Trivia Question: Senate Streaks
I heard a good trivia question on yesterday’s Talk of the Nation for all you Americanists out there. In honor of the fact that the National League has now failed to win the all-star game in 13 successive years, the challenge is to name 4 states in which either party has failed to win a Senate seat in the last 13 Senate elections in that state.
Answer below the break…
Hawaii, Kansas, West Virginia, and Wyoming
Comments
massachusetts just barely misses
Posted by: tyler | July 16, 2009 02:08 PM
Democrats haven’t won in Kansas for a very long time.
It seems like Akaka and Inouye have been in office since I was in High School, meaning Republicans have been shut out for a long time.
I can’t remember a Democratic Senator from Wyoming.
Posted by: Tim | July 17, 2009 12:41 AM
Darn, I had Hawaii and West Virginia; I thought North Dakota and Utah might be the other two.
Posted by: Patience | July 18, 2009 01:44 PM
Ah! I forgot Hawaii. Did get Wyoming and WV. Guessed MA instead of Kansas. 2/4 isn’t too bad.
Posted by: Adam Hyland | July 19, 2009 05:04 PM