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cos ([personal profile] cos) wrote2010-10-22 07:40 pm
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US Senate - the anti-incumbency state

There's a state in the US where, since the 1960s, only one US Senator has been re-elected. He got re-elected several times, and was quite notorious in his day, so you might've heard of him, but he's been gone for a while now*. Do you know which state (and which Senator they did re-elect)?

Or, do you have a guess? If so, leave a comment before you Google or read other comments, I'm curious.

* edit: "a while" means more than just a couple of years :) Long enough that we already know his successor served only one term.

Edit2: To clarify, that one Senator they re-elected a few times was the exception - this state's pattern has been to not re-elect Senators. From 1970 - present, no Senator in this state except that one exception, has been elected more than once (or elected even once, if they were already serving due to being first elected before 1970).

[identity profile] sykotropic.livejournal.com 2010-10-23 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
You amuse me.

[identity profile] sykotropic.livejournal.com 2010-10-23 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
Hmmm....the idea that you might be around long enough to need to be re-elected is hmmm...

Actually what I was referring to was the political mind twistering question. That you pose such questions amuses me and therefore you amuse me. In a good way.