West Virginia
West Virginia, Utah Eye All-GOP US House Delegations in 2014
It has been more than 90 years since the last time Republicans had a monopoly on every U.S. House seat in the Mountain State.
Read MoreWest Virginia 2014 US Senate Race to Feature Rare Matchup
Only 12 U.S. Senate elections have involved two major party female nominees in U.S. history and just two of these without a female incumbent.
Read MoreThe Longest Republican US Senate Droughts in the Nation
It has been a combined 141 years since the GOP won a U.S. Senate race in West Virginia (1956), Hawaii (1970), and New Jersey (1972).
Read MoreMounting US Senate Retirements: Tired of DC or Just Plain Tired?
The five U.S. Senators who have announced their retirement during the 113th Congress are 10 years older on average than any ‘retiring class’ from the chamber over the last five decades.
Read MoreThe Oldest (and Youngest) US House Delegations in the 113th Congress
West Virginia and Oregon have the oldest multi-member delegations to the House with Kansas and Arkansas the youngest.
Read MoreWill West Virginia Democrats Hold Jay Rockefeller’s Seat?
The party of retiring five-term U.S. Senators has held the seat 83 percent of the time in the next election since popular vote Senate contests began a century ago.
Read MoreRecord Book Near Misses in the 2012 Presidential Election
The Romney-Obama contest ranked among the Top 5 most competitive races ever in three states (AK, FL, NC) and the Top 5 least competitive in six (HI, MD, OK, UT, WV, WY).
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 MoreIndiana, North Carolina, and West Virginia Test Romney and Paul Support
Tuesday’s primaries are three of the nine contests in the 2008 and 2012 cycles held when the presumptive GOP nominee and Ron Paul were the only active candidates left in the race.
Read MoreMeet the ‘Other Bachmann’
All about Michele’s long forgotten namesake in the U.S. House.
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