Presidential Elections
In 2004, a Minnesota elector accidentally voted for this North Carolina Senator for President, who was also John Kerry's running mate.
Who is John Edwards?
In this hotly contested primary, a former President challenged his own party's incumbent President.
What is the 1912 Republican Primary?
In this Presidential election, the Senate winner in every state was in the same party as the Presidential election winner in each state.
What is the election of 2016?
Despite the polls showing him narrowly behind, this actor surprised the world when he won the first Gubernatorial recall election since 1921 by a margin of 17%.
Who is Arnold Schwarznegger?
Jesse Ventura, the last third party candidate to be elected Governor of Minnesota, won that race only two years after the re-election of this President.
Who is Bill Clinton?
This controversial activist is the last third party candidate to win a county in a Presidential election.
Who is Ralph Nader?
This Presidential primary was assumed to be an easy victory for a former director of the CIA, but a surprise loss in New Hampshire propelled an actor to the nomination.
What is the 1980 Republican Primary?
This state, well known for having an unusually large number of independent voters, hasn't had a single county vote for a Democrat in a Senate race since before 2000.
What is Maine?
In 2006, this Texas Governor and future Presidential candidate was re-elected with only 39% of the popular vote.
Who is Rick Perry?
This controversial former Congressman from Minnesota lost his 2018 re-election campaign and is nicknamed "Mr. Right"
Who is Jason Lewis?
In the 1948 Presidential election, this Democrat got only 2.4% of the national vote but won four states.
Who is Strom Thurmond?
In the 2008 Democratic Presidential Primary, Barack Obama removed himself from the ballot in this state after it violated DNC rules by scheduling itself before Iowa and New Hampshire.
What is Michigan?
This United States Senator was the first and only Senator elected by write-in after losing her own party's primary.
Who is Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)?
In 2012, this Wisconsin Governor became the first Governor in American history to win a recall election.
Who is Scott Walker?
In 2012, Minnesotans narrowly voted against a controversial referendum that would've explicitly banned this.
In this Presidential election, five candidates got at least 1% of the popular vote.
What is the election of 1912?
This was the only election in American history where both major parties nominated a candidate that didn't win the popular vote in the primaries.
What is the election of 1968?
The 2010 Senate election in this state was considered competitive until the Republican candidate was asked about abortion and coined the phrase "legitimate rape".
What is Missouri?
In 2008, this Utah Governor broke records when he was re-elected with 78% of the popular vote, winning a higher percent of the vote than any candidate in Utah's history.
Who is Jon Huntsman?
After losing a Senate race in Minnesota, this former Vice President became the only person in American history to lose an election in all 50 states as a major party candidate.
Who is Walter Mondale?
In this election, one party intentionally and unsuccessfully ran four different candidates for President that were intended to appeal to different regions.
What is the election of 1836?
All the candidates in this primary were referred to as "The Seven Dwarves" because they were considered boring and dull in comparison to the President.
What is the 1988 Democratic Primary?
This Senator is possibly the only Senator in American history to never be a Junior Senator.
Who is Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)?
This liberal third party, exclusive to West Virginia, is recognized as a major party there because of their strong support in Gubernatorial elections.
What is the Mountain Party?
Because of the large Catholic population, this county had the longest continuous streak of voting for Democrats in Minnesota Presidential elections following the 1858 statehood of Minnesota, not voting for a Republican until 1904.
What is Scott County?