Gwen Graham Would Be Rare Female Governor from Parental Political Royalty
Only one female governor in history was the daughter of a governor and only a few others had parents serve at any level of elected office.
July 2016
Bill 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.
Wasserman Schultz Could Become 2nd Party Leader to Lose Chair, Reelection in Same Year
It has been 150 years since the last time a sitting elected official lost their seat and saw their chairmanship end in the same year.
Stealing Thunder: Will the Democratic Convention Blunt the ‘Trump Bounce?’
Across the last 20 cycles since 1936 there has been no positive correlation connecting shorter gaps between conventions and the president’s party holding the White House that November.
Do Vice-Presidential Nominees Carry Their Home States?
Since 1828, just a shade over half of major party presidential tickets won the home state of their VP nominees; one-quarter were not even able to hold the state after winning it during the previous cycle.
Grassley Not Yet Out to Pasture
Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley may be facing his most competitive reelection bid of his U.S. Senate career, but he is still favored to win a…
One and Done?
Fifteen first-term U.S. Senators are running for reelection this cycle (excluding Illinois Republican Mark Kirk who served a shade over a month in 2010 after…
A Brief Look at Indiana’s Rich History of Landing Vice-Presidential Nominees
The Hoosier State has produced the second largest number of running mates in U.S. history.
Bayh Could Succeed Same US Senator Twice for Just 2nd Time in US History
It has been 135 years since the last – and only – time one senator directly followed another twice in the chamber.
The Real Law and Order Party
On Monday, Donald Trump proclaimed himself the “law and order candidate” – resurrecting Richard Nixon’s 1968 campaign rhetoric. More than a century prior, the actual…