Nevada
Dean Heller Attempts Rarity With Gubernatorial Bid
Since 1900, only seven defeated U.S. Senators subsequently won the governorship of their state.
Read MoreA Review of State Executive Partisan Outliers
One party controls every elected executive office in all but 14 states.
Read MoreWill Adam Laxalt Add His Name to a Short List in 2022?
Only two major party nominees in Nevada history have lost both gubernatorial and U.S. Senate elections.
Read MoreWhich States Are US Senate Battlegrounds?
Just 10 states have hosted U.S. Senate contests decided by single digits during its last two elections.
Read MoreDean Heller Eyes Electoral First In Nevada
No sitting or former Nevada U.S. Senator has ever appeared on a gubernatorial primary or general election ballot.
Read MoreBiden Exaggerates Bill Clinton’s Early Campaign Struggles
Georgia was not on his mind.
Read MoreBellwether States for Partisan Control of the US Senate
Seven states have elected U.S. Senators into the majority party of the subsequent Congress 70+ percent of the time over the last century, but no state has done so in each of its last four elections.
Read MoreWill a Westerner Finally Land on a Democratic Presidential Ticket in 2020?
Democrats have never nominated a westerner for their presidential or VP slots across the 42 cycles since the first western state voted in a presidential election.
Read MoreWhich US Senate Race Will Be the Biggest Nail-Biter of 2018?
Two of this cycle’s ‘toss-up’ states – Indiana and Nevada – have hosted the most closely decided races for the office in seven cycles over the last century.
Read MoreHorsford vs Hardy II and a History of Nevada US House Rematch Elections
The 4th CD race is the 10th rematch among major party nominees for the office in state history; each of the previous nine losers were unsuccessful in the rematch.
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