U.S. Senate
Tim Kaine: Another Minnesota Export?
Two Minnesota-born U.S. Senators have been elected to seats outside of the Gopher State over the last two cycles.
Read MoreSenator Tim Scott? Sitting Congressmen Rarely Appointed from South Carolina
Only one sitting U.S. House member has been appointed out of 15 appointments to the U.S. Senate from South Carolina; only four of these appointed senators were subsequently elected to the chamber
Read MoreDeMint Resignation in History: 1 in 3 South Carolina US Senators Resigned
DeMint will join the likes of Charles Pinckney, Thomas Sumpter, John Calhoun, and Strom Thurmond – former South Carolina U.S. Senators who resigned from the highest legislative office in the land.
Read MoreWomen Reelected to US Senate at Same Rate as Men
A study of more than 325 sitting U.S. Senators on the ballot since 1990 finds women have been reelected at exactly same rate as men – 87 percent.
Read MoreRounds Seeks 1st US Senate Win for ex-South Dakota Governor
No former governor has ever won a U.S. Senate seat in South Dakota, with the last sitting governor to do so 70 years ago.
Read MoreForerunners of the Fiscal Cliff
Chuck Grassley, Jeff Flake, Jim DeMint, and Kent Conrad have warned about budgetary fiscal cliffs for years.
Read MoreIceberg: Split-Ticket Voting Leaves GOPers Cold in Two Northern US Senate Races
North Dakota’s Rick Berg and Montana’s Denny Rehberg were the latest Republican victims of a rich history of split-ticket voting in their respective states.
Read MoreAll-Republican US Senate Delegation Wait Continues in Florida, Wisconsin, North Dakota
The three states have not been represented by two Republicans in the U.S. Senate for a combined 244 years and counting.
Read MoreRecord-Setting 3rd Party and Independent Candidacies Abound in 2012 US Senate Races
Five candidates set all-time statewide records for non-major party candidates in U.S. Senate races this cycle.
Read MoreDean Heller Makes History in Nevada
Heller is the first Republican in Nevada to be elected to the U.S. Senate while the state votes for the Democratic presidential nominee since the introduction of popular vote elections.
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