Senate Upsets?

[Mr. Smith]

IA 2014, which was really close most of the way because Ernst herself was also terribly flawed. Even with the "farmer" comment, it seemed like it'd be neck-and-neck.

CA 1982, that one showed Gov. Moonbeam neck-and-neck with Stinky Pete, but it wasn't close at all.

TN 1994, either of them.


Oh and as for Wisconsin '16, I knew Hillary was f*(ked, Scott Walker set the stage too perfectly with the union busting to open them up to Trump...but I figured the more swingy-rural voters would split Feingold-Trump enough for him to win, since it worked in 2004.

[Mr. Smith]

Evan Bayh losing in 2016

I never saw this as an upset- The polling was tightening the whole time, there were multiple issues about Bayh’s lobbying and residence, and he got millions spend against him.

The only upset in 2016 was Wisconsin; mainly because it had been put in the same column as Illinois until October, and I thought feingold would outrun Clinton.

To answer the OP: didn’t 1980 have a string of upsets? Bayh Snr, Church, Gore etc

Gore was in the '70's