Incumbent Win Streaks

The Incumbent Win Streaks index records the length of time since an incumbent has been defeated.  It ranks each individual state according to the duration of time in which there has been a 100% incumbent re-election rate (all incumbents seeking re-election in general elections were successful). 

States in which an incumbent was recently defeated receive higher rankings in this index.

 

 

Ranking Years

State

# Elections of

Incumbent Win Streak

# Races of

Incumbent Win Streak
1 0 Colorado 0 0
1 0 Connecticut 0 0
1 0 Florida 0 0
1 0 Idaho 0 0
1 0 Kansas 0 0
1 0 Louisiana 0 0
1 0 Michigan 0 0
1 0 Nevada 0 0
1 0 New York 0 0
1 0 North Carolina 0 0
1 0 Ohio 0 0
1 0 Pennsylvania 0 0
1 0 Texas 0 0
1 0 Virginia 0 0
15 2 Arizona 1 7
15 2 California 1 51
15 2 Indiana 1 9
15 2 Iowa 1 5
15 2 Kentucky 1 5
15 2 Minnesota 1 7
15 2 New Hampshire 1 2
22 4 Georgia 2 25
22 4 Illinois 2 33
24 6 Maryland 3 22
25 8 Arkansas 4 16
26 10 New Jersey 5 60
26 10 New Mexico 5 11
26 10 Washington 5 42
26 10 Wisconsin 5 39
30 12 Maine 6 10
30 12 Massachusetts 6 59
30 12 Oregon 6 27
30 12 Utah 6 15
34 14 Nebraska 7 17
35 16 Alabama 8 51
35 16 Missouri 8 62
35 16 Montana 8 6
35 16 South Carolina 8 42
39 18 Vermont 9 8
40 20 Hawaii 10 18
40 20 Rhode Island 10 16
42 22 Mississippi 11 45
43 26 Delaware 13 12
43 26 West Virginia 13 42
45 28 South Dakota 14 11
46 34 Oklahoma 17 84
46 34 Tennessee 17 132
48 42 Alaska 21 19
48 42 North Dakota 21 18
50 44 Wyoming 22 15

 

 

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