MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!
Kalwejt
Atlas Institution
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« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2012, 07:09:03 PM » |
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List of Senators elected unopposed after the WWII:
John Thune (South Dakota, 2010) Mike Crapo (Idaho, 2004) David Pryor (Arkansas, 1990) Sam Nunn (Georgia, 1990) Thad Cochran (Mississippi, 1990) John C. Stennis (Mississippi, 1976) Robert Byrd (West Virginia, 1976) Russell B. Long (Louisiana, 1974) George Aiken (Vermont, 1968) John L. McClellan (Arkansas, 1966) Richard B. Russell (Georgia, 1966) Allen J. Ellender (Louisiana, 1966) John C. Stennis (Mississipi, 1964) John L. McClellan (Arkansas, 1960) Richard B. Russell (Georgia, 1960) Strom Thurmond (South Carolina, 1960) John C. Stennis (Mississippi, 1958) J. Lister Hill (Alabama, 1956) George Smathers (Florida, 1956) Herman Talmadge (Georgia, 1956) Russell B. Long (Louisiana, 1956) Olin B. Johnson (South Carolina, 1956) Strom Thurmond (South Carolina, 1956) John L. McClellan (Arkansas, 1954) Richard B. Russell (Georgia, 1954) Allen J. Ellender (Louisiana, 1954) James O. Eastland (Mississippi, 1954) Sam Ervin (North Carolina, 1954) Spessard Holland (Florida, 1952) John C. Stennis (Mississippi, 1952) J. William Fulbright (Arkansas, 1950) Walter F. George (Georgia, 1950) Olin B. Johnston (South Carolina, 1950) Richard B. Russell (Georgia, 1948) Allen J. Ellender (Louisiana, 1948) James O. Eastland (Mississippi, 1948) Burnet R. Maybank (South Carolina, 1948) John Sparkman (Alabama, 1946) Theodore G. Bilbo (Mississippi, 1946)
Became rare examples after end of the Solid South, but happens from time to time
List of Senator elected with no major party opposition after the WWII:
Mark Pryor (Arkansas, 2008) Dick Lugar (Indiana, 2006) Pat Roberts (Kansas, 2002) John Kerry (Massachusetts, 2002) Thad Cochran (Mississippi, 2002) John Warner (Virginia, 2002) Jon Kyl (Arizona, 2000) John Warner (Virginia, 1990) Howell Heflin (Alabama, 1978) James B. Allen (Alabama, 1974) Daniel Inouye (Hawaii, 1974) A. Willis Robertson (Virginia, 1954)(/color] Lister Hill (Alabama, 1950) John L. McClellan (Arkansas, 1948)
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