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More Republican candidates will have launched bids by the end of the first week of June than in any previous election cycle in party history. The post How Big Will the 2024 GOP Presidential ...

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Prior to 2024, only one of the non-fringe candidates to launch campaigns against their party’s president in the modern primary era did so prior to July in the year before the election. The...

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The Democrat received the largest support in a contested gubernatorial primary in state history. The post Beshear Sets Record: Kentucky Gubernatorial Primary By the Numbers appeared first o...

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Three candidates with two 'first names' have been elected to the White House over the last half-century. The post Tim Scott and Presidential Candidates with Two First Names appeared first o...

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Nearly all metrics show support for Libertarian gubernatorial candidates is currently at an all-time high. The post Will Libertarians Continue to Make Inroads in 2024? appeared first on Sma...

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The party has never held fewer than two governorships in the South outside of the Civil War and Reconstruction. The post Southern States Poised to Have Fewest Democratic Governors Since Reco...

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Only a few nominees over the last half century were the first or last of their party to file, with the average announcement date still a month away. The post Should Presidential Candidates A...

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The winning percentage of women seeking another term in the chamber lags behind men by approximately five points. The post Will Women US Senators Run the Table in 2024? appeared first on Sm...

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Women have now defeated men in 12 of 14 head-to-head matchups in Badger State elections to its highest court. The post Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Election by the Numbers appeared first on ...

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Kelly will become either the first ex-Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice to be voted back into the chamber or just the second former justice to try and fail. The post Win Or Lose, Dan Kelly Poi...

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