South Carolina
Democrats and Republicans Currently Have Record US Senate Winning Streaks in 28 States
Only one region of the country is regularly seeing both parties win U.S. Senate seats in the vast majority of its states.
Read MoreHistory Gives Luther Strange Long Odds in US Senate Primary Runoff
No appointed US Senator has ever won a primary runoff and only two incumbents who placed second in the initial primary have done so.
Read MoreRecord Partisan Gubernatorial Winning Streaks On the Line in 2018
Record partisan winning streaks in races for governor can be extended, broken, or tied in 15 states holding elections in 2018.
Read MoreParnell vs Norman: 3rd Closest South Carolina US House Race Since 1800s
In an unusually competitive race, Democrats failed to pick up a GOP-held seat in the Palmetto State for a nation-leading 61st election in a row.
Read MoreCan South Carolina Democrats End the Party’s Biggest Congressional Pick-Up Drought?
Palmetto State Democrats have failed to flip a GOP-held U.S. House seat in a nation-leading 60 consecutive contests.
Read MoreThe 115th Congress: Feeling Special
Not since before World War II have five U.S. House special elections been conducted during the first six months of a new Congress.
Read MoreJeff Sessions, Richard Shelby and the Longest-Serving US Senate Delegation Pairs in History
The Alabama duo served alongside one another for the 27th longest stretch in the chamber’s history.
Read MoreNikki Haley: 1st South Carolina Governor in More Than Half a Century to Exit Early
However, nearly one in six governors of the Palmetto State did not finish their term.
Read MoreA Party Divided? Republican US Senators Setting Record Lows in Primaries
GOP U.S. Senators continue to win renomination, but many state party records are falling each cycle for the worst ever showings by a Republican incumbent.
Read MoreBill Clinton Was Not the Youngest Ex-Governor in History
Contrary to what he said during his DNC speech Tuesday, the former Arkansas governor did not even rank in the Top 10 youngest ex-governors when he lost his 1980 election bid.
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