How Do Governors Do Running For Senate?It’s become a recurring meme among people that follow elections that a party recruits a former governor to run in a Senate election to get…Apr 6Apr 6
What Home Base Advantage do Elected Officials Get When They Run for Higher Office?This is going to be a bit different than my other blog posts. Usually when I post something here I try to cover all of the bases and only…Jan 161Jan 161
Multiple Ballot Speakership Elections Part 6: ConclaveThis is Part 6 of the series looking at elections for Speaker of the House that took multiple ballots. I called Part 5, “The Long 2023,”…Dec 30, 2024Dec 30, 2024
Chapter 6: The 1888 ElectionSo, it’s been 3 and a half years since I last added to this project of chronically the Prohibition Party history in a more quantitative…Aug 8, 2024Aug 8, 2024
Four More Years“The West hasn’t reached its universal state as yet, although it’s close to it, but it certainly has evolved out of its warring state…Jun 24, 2024Jun 24, 2024
Twice Bitten, Once Shy of WinningLast Tuesday was the West Virginia primary and there were a lot of high profile races up and down the ballot, from a high spending…May 18, 2024May 18, 2024
Did Being First on The Ballot Help a Controversial Candidate Topple An Incumbent?A few days ago, Super Tuesday brought us the first set of non-presidential results and in my home state of North Carolina, there was only…Mar 9, 2024Mar 9, 2024
