U.S. Senate
Will 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.
Read MoreCan 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.
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