Vermont
Bernie Sanders Becomes 5th Presidential Candidate in Vermont History
Can the Vermont U.S. Senator eclipse George Edmunds and Howard Dean as the strongest ever Green Mountain State presidential hopeful?
Read MoreWyoming and Tennessee: The Nation’s Political Naysayers?
Ten states have voted against the party of the sitting president in every gubernatorial election since at least 1994 led by Wyoming and Tennessee; just two states have voted for the president’s party during that span.
Read MoreWhich 16 States Have Never Been on Michelle Obama’s SOTU Guest List?
More than 135 guests have appeared with the First Lady since the president’s first SOTU speech in 2010, but none from 16 states.
Read MorePlurality-Winning Governors Elected At Century-Long High Water Mark
The rate of gubernatorial candidates elected without the support of a majority of voters is at its highest level since the 1910s.
Read MoreWhich States Have the Highest Gubernatorial Reelection Rates?
Six states have not seen a governor lose a reelection bid over the last half century with Vermont and Connecticut boasting the most impressive incumbency advantage resumés.
Read MoreWhich States Have the Longest and Shortest Election Day Voting Hours?
Residents in some North Dakota towns have less than half as many hours to cast their ballots as those in New York State.
Read MoreWhich States Are Bellwethers for Partisan Control of the US Senate?
Two states – Rhode Island and Nevada – have elected U.S. Senators into the majority party of the subsequent Congress 75+ percent of the time over the last 100 years; Virginia has done so in each of the last six elections.
Read MoreThe Final Six: Which State Will Next Elect Its 1st Woman to the US House?
Six states have yet to elect a woman to the U.S. House of Representatives, but one is poised to be crossed off that list in 2014.
Read More7 Gubernatorial Election Double-Takes
The Idaho GOP didn’t give us Labrador vs. Otter in 2014, so Smart Politics takes a look back at some eyebrow raising surname matchups in gubernatorial electoral history.
Read MoreThe Five-Timers Club: Gubernatorial Edition
Thirty-seven governors in U.S. history were elected into office at least five times but only 10 served in the 20th or 21st Centuries; four members of the Club are alive today.
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