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« Reply #25 on: November 18, 2013, 10:58:25 PM »

Minnesota had non-partisan legislative elections until the early 1970s.

New Hampshire has an interesting electoral system in its state house.  I forget the name of the system... but you have multi-member districts.

3rd party candidates have had some success in New England and Minnesota and 3rd party movements have always been relatively popular here.

NJ has multi-member districts, as well; each legislative district elects one Senator and two Representatives.


Washington (And Arizona IIRC) have the same system.

As do North and South Dakota. Although SD has a few districts split in half which each half electing one Representative probably for VRA reasons (all are districts that combine a Reservation with uber-Republican white areas.)

West Virginia has a rather odd system of apportioning the legislative districts, or at least the House. Maryland's is kind of unique too.
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« Reply #26 on: November 19, 2013, 02:08:59 AM »

In the state of Mississippi, if a gubernatorial candidate fails to garner at least 50 percent in the election than the state House of Representatives is free to select a governor.  The last time this happened was in 1999. 
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