Washington Profile
Posted on August 24, 2009
Fact in focus: Since 2000, Washington has never had more than one competitive race for its nine US House seats.
Read moreFact in focus: Since 2000, Washington has never had more than one competitive race for its nine US House seats.
Read moreFact in focus: In 2008, Democrat Peter Welch also earned the Republican nomination as a write-in.
Read moreFact in focus: In 2008, all US House seats in Virginia were won by men for the first time in a decade.
Read moreFact in focus: In 2008, 67% of Utah's House races were won by repeat landslide winners, and since 1998 only one race has been competitive.
Read moreFact in focus: In 2008 South Carolina Democrats won just 33% of US House seats with 49% of votes.
Read moreFact in focus: Since 1974, all 132 incumbents in US House races in Tennessee have won.
Read moreFact in focus: US House races in Oregon in 2008 were won on average by a whopping 64% of the vote.
Read moreFact in focus: In 2008, incumbents won 31 of Texas' 32 US House seats -- the average victory margin was 49%.
Read moreFact in focus: Rhode Island Republicans regularly win a third of the state's US House vote, but have won no seats since 1992.
Read moreFact in focus: No US House incumbent has lost in South Dakota since 1982.
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