U.S. Senate
On the Hot Seat: US Senate Plurality-Vote Winners
Nearly 40 percent of plurality vote winners of U.S. Senate contests have lost their seat in the next election; three are on the ballot in 2014 (Begich, Franken, Merkley).
Read MoreMinnesota Republican US Senate Primaries by the Numbers
The GOP is coming off its most competitive Senate primary since 1934; Julianne Ortman will become the 10th female GOP U.S. Senate primary candidate if she wins (or ignores) her party’s endorsement.
Read MoreMark Pryor Could Face Historic Defeat in 2014
No incumbent U.S. Senator has lost a general election race coming off a victory in which he did not face a major party opponent.
Read MoreIt’s Tough Being Beautiful: Falling Down The Hill
Six alumni of The Hill’s “Most Beautiful” list lost election bids in 2012; nearly 40 percent of officeholders to make the list have been defeated, resigned in scandal, or retired from political office.
Read MoreHarry Byrd’s Death Leaves 167 Living Ex-Senators
Minnesota has the most living former Senators with eight while six states have only one (Hawaii, Mississippi, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming).
Read MoreMichelle Nunn: A Return to Dynastic Politics in Georgia?
More than two-dozen Georgia U.S. Senators and Representatives had family members who previously served in Congress – but none since Sam Nunn in 1972.
Read MoreWill Democrats Run a Candidate in Every 2014 US Senate Race?
Democrats have failed to field a U.S. Senate candidate in as many races since 2000 as they did from 1930 through 1999 (eight).
Read MoreCould Liz Cheney End Wyoming’s GOP Incumbency Streak?
All 17 Wyoming Republican U.S. Senate incumbents running for reelection have won their renomination bids over the last century.
Read MoreYankee Doodle Dandies: 40 Members of Congress Born on July 4th
Over the past 284 years, 40 eventual U.S. Senators and Representatives from 22 states were born on the 4th of July.
Read MoreDo the Numbers Add Up for Mitch McConnell?
McConnell is 1 of just 6 U.S. Senators in history to win three of their first five consecutive terms by single digits. Three subsequently retired. A fourth – Bob Packwood – resigned. The fifth? Harry Reid.
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