U.S. Senate
Can Iowa’s Split US Senate Delegation Tradition Save Bruce Braley?
The Hawkeye State has the second highest rate in the nation over the last 100 years of sending members from two different parties to the nation’s upper legislative chamber.
Read MoreDemocratic US Senators Slow Out of the Gate to Respond to Syrian Bombing
Republican U.S. Senators issued press releases on the air strikes within the first 24 hours at more than twice the rate of Democrats and at four times the rate for those who are running for reelection in 2014.
Read More42 Members of Congress Who Were Born in Scotland
Twenty states have been represented in Congress by a Scottish-born U.S. Representative or U.S. Senator, including one Speaker of the House.
Read MoreMedia Analysis: Iowa US Senate Race Is 2014’s True Toss-up
A study of 2014 U.S. Senate race ratings finds the odds of a pick-up in Iowa’s race between Bruce Braley and Joni Ernst are closer to 50-50 than any other contest in the country.
Read MoreUS Senators Record Renomination Sweep for 15th Time Since 1914
Incumbency advantage alert: 11 of these 15 cycles have occurred since 1982.
Read MoreSullivan Advances with Lowest GOP US Senate Primary Support in Alaska History
The Alaska GOP nominee is the first to advance to a U.S. Senate general election with only plurality support.
Read MoreWyoming Primary Election Results By the Numbers
Enzi continues the perfect renomination streak of Wyoming U.S. Senators – 29 for 29 since the first primary contest 1918; Lummis extends renomination streak by Cowboy State U.S. Representatives to 19 in a row since 1972.
Read MoreHawaii Primary Roundup
Neil Abercrombie is the first Hawaii governor to lose a renomination bid while Brian Schatz avoided becoming the first Aloha State U.S. Senator to do so.
Read MoreAlexander Records Weakest Primary Win for GOP US Senator in Tennessee History
Alexander becomes the fifth Republican U.S. Senator to set a low water mark for an incumbent in a GOP primary election this cycle.
Read MoreScott Brown Could Become 1st US Senate Nominee to Lose to Two Women
A primary victory will make Brown just the fourth U.S. Senate candidate in history to face major party female nominees in three different cycles; he could also become the first to lose in two of them.
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