U.S. Senate
Roxanne Conlin Poised to Hold Iowa U.S. Senate, Gubernatorial Records
Conlin is only the second female major party candidate to appear on a U.S. Senate general election ballot in Iowa and the 9th woman overall
Read MoreCharlie Crist and the Long Odds of an Independent U.S. Senate Candidacy
Only six men have been elected to a first term in the U.S. Senate without major party backing since popular vote elections in 1914
Read MoreStill thinking about running for the U.S. Senate? You’re Too Late
No non-incumbent has won a U.S. Senate seat by announcing their candidacy this late in the election cycle; the average length of successful U.S. Senate campaigns since 2000 has been 447 days
Read MoreDemocratic Party Failure to Field Candidate in South Dakota U.S. Senate Race Is Historic
The South Dakota Democratic Party’s plunge from 49 percent of the vote in 2004 to falling off the ballot in 2010 is the greatest in the nation since the end of WWII
Read MoreWhich States Have the Most Proportional Female Representation in Congress?
Women are still proportionally underrepresented in 48 states, with 19 states and 22 percent of the nation’s population without a female U.S. Senator or Representative
Read MoreKlobuchar and Franken to Get Boost in Senate Seniority After 2010 Election
Gopher State delegation currently has second lowest collective seniority in the U.S. Senate
Read MoreEvan Bayh’s Exit from the U.S. Senate Unprecedented in the History of Indiana Politics
Bayh is only elected Democrat from Indiana since popular vote elections to exit the U.S. Senate for reasons other than defeat at the ballot box or death
Read MoreRed States Hold Primaries More than Five Weeks Earlier on Average than Blue States: Which Party Benefits?
Average ‘red state’ primary date is June 15th, while average ‘blue state’ date is July 23rd. ‘Purple state’ average date is July 11th
Read MoreBrown Victory in Massachusetts Would End 3rd Longest GOP U.S. Senate Drought in Nation
Only West Virginia and Hawaii have gone more years without electing a Republican to a U.S. Senate seat
Read MoreMassachusetts U.S. Senate Race: Special Elections Frequently See Flip in Voter Preferences
More than half of U.S. Senate special elections since 1970 have resulted in a partisan flipping of voter preferences
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