U.S. Senate
Inhofe Wins Record-Setting 5th US Senate Election in Oklahoma
The oldest U.S. Senator in Oklahoma history now has the most victories from the state in races to the nation’s upper legislative chamber.
Read MoreWill Alaskans “Throw All the Bums Out” for the First Time in History?
Alaskans have never voted both gubernatorial and U.S. Senate incumbents out of office in the same cycle; incumbents in all three statewide offices could lose Tuesday.
Read MoreSenators Greg, Bruce, and Michelle? The Names They Are a-Changin’
The Senate will likely add another James, Mike, and Steve to its ranks after the 2014 election, but could also welcome new Senators with names never previously seen among its membership.
Read MoreThe Revolution Continues: 3rd Party and Independent US Senate Candidacies in 2 Charts
The rate of third party and independent U.S. Senate candidacies over the last two decades has increased 60+ percent compared to the first 75 years of the direct election era; 2014 may make the biggest splash yet.
Read MoreWhy Are We Obsessed with the 2014 US Senate Elections?
Control of the upper legislative chamber has flipped in just one out of five cycles since 1914.
Read MoreWill New Hampshire Split Its Gubernatorial and US Senate Vote in 2014?
Electing a Democratic governor and a Republican U.S. Senator has been a common practice in the Granite State over the last half-century.
Read MoreMike Rounds Fact Check: Is South Dakota a Purple State?
Rounds stretches the truth about the electoral history of the Mount Rushmore State in an interview with Bloomberg News.
Read MoreStrange Bedfellows: A Historical Review of Divided US Senate Delegations
Over the last century, states have been twice as likely to be represented by a single political party in the U.S. Senate than have a split delegation; only Delaware, Iowa, and Illinois have been divided more than half the time.
Read MoreCan Dayton, Franken Both Win By Double-Digits in 2014?
The DFL/Democratic parties have won Minnesota gubernatorial and U.S. Senate contests in the same cycle in just three out of 25 elections and never by double-digits in both.
Read MoreRise of the Independents? Greg Orman Victory Would Make Senate History
No more than two independents have served in the chamber at the same time; the last time three non-major party officeholders served in the U.S. Senate was 1940.
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