Iowa has had open seats for governor and the U.S. Senate in just two of the previous 30 cycles in which both offices have been on the ballot since 1914 https://t.co/F68tHhK6IK
10 of 18 second place Texas US Senate primary finishers went on to win the runoff; none by a greater margin than Ken Paxton (63.8 percent)
https://t.co/hlUYYYzxKG
In February, I wrote this report documenting every U.S. Senator who placed third or worse in a primary since 1914 – Bill Cassidy is the third Republican to do so and 14th overall
https://t.co/qBszm3sBT7
Wisconsin Democrats have netted an average of one seat per cycle across the 23 midterm elections held during Republican presidencies https://t.co/QqD9fvJGdz
The death of Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) in 2013 ended a storied Capitol Hill political career that spanned more than three decades.
Or so it seemed.
https://t.co/dzKIKnN6FV
If elected in November, Sherrod Brown would be the 23rd U.S. Senator to have held both seats from his state during the direct election era
https://t.co/GJwJ8ad0fP
Some real suspense in Virginia! I'll be going live at 6:45 and as always with these, we will stay live and uninterrupted until we get a call. Hope you'll come along for the ride tonight.
Mark Sanford is looking to become the 5th South Carolina U.S. Representative to serve three interrupted terms in the chamber, and the 1st since the 1800s #SC01 https://t.co/5kWgJCmfcu
@DaveMeyer This study includes ascended governors, so Keen Johnson (1939) and Lawrence Weatherby (1951) - both subsequently elected - are included. But so is James Black (1919, loss), so KY is 67% since 1914 (corrected map on site).
Gubernatorial incumbents have won the same percentage of elections in midterms (433 of 611, 70.9 percent) as presidential cycles (251 of 355, 70.7 percent) since 1914
https://t.co/oRvCnR6NzB
Two former House members who served federal prison time within the past dozen years have lost 2026 comeback bids:
Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.)
Steve Stockman (R-Texas)
One more to go, with Chris Collins (R-Fla.) running in FL19. Collings previously was a House member from New York.
The 10 Democrats on the Illinois US Senate primary ballot in 2026 is a party record (9 in 1932). The 16 DEM and GOP US Senate primary candidates this cycle is also a state record (14 in 2004).