North Carolina
Bellwether 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 MoreHow Many States Will Split Their Presidential and US Senate Vote in 2020?
The 2016 cycle was the first in history in which no state saw its voters split its ticket for these two offices.
Read MoreNorth Carolina’s 9th CD Race Not Only US House Election Do-Over Due to Fraud
The U.S. House Committee on Elections determined fraud took place in a Rhode Island congressional race 135 years ago and ordered a new election.
Read MoreNorth Carolina Has 2 US House Vacancies For 1st Time Since 1930
The Tar Heel State is enduring two vacancies in its delegation to the chamber for just the fourth time since statehood.
Read MoreWalter Jones Ranks 2nd for North Carolina GOP US House Service
Only Howard Coble served longer among the five-dozen Republicans elected to the office in state history.
Read MoreMcCready vs Harris and a Brief History of North Carolina US House Vacancies
The current vacancy is one of just three in the state to occur at the onset of a new congress.
Read MoreThe Magnificent Six
Just six governors hail from a different party than their state’s U.S. Senate delegation; 34 governors are from the same party.
Read MoreDoug Ducey Will Become 14th Governor to Appoint 2 US Senators Since 1913
Only three other governors have made more than one appointment to the chamber during the last 64 years.
Read MoreThe Longest Partisan State Attorney General Streaks in the Nation
The impressive Democratic electoral winning streak in Minnesota is not even the fifth biggest for the party across the country.
Read MoreNumber of Plurality-Winning US Senators Nears Century-Long High
Doug Jones’ victory last month brings the total of senators elected to the chamber with a plurality of the vote to 14 – tied for the most in 95+ years.
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