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nclib
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« on: September 30, 2006, 04:38:34 PM »
This thread was inspired by this Gubernatorial thread.

As far as the Atlas goes back, I found these results:

Obama, IL (2004) 69.97%
Crapo, ID (1998) 69.54%
Bayh, IN (1998) 63.72%
Reed, RI (1996) 63.48%
Roberts, KS (1996) 62.02%

Does anyone have any guesses as to other non-incumbents who won a comparable percentage for their first term?
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nclib
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« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2006, 04:44:32 PM »
Quote from: Al ydw i on September 30, 2006, 04:43:08 PM
A lot in SC went unopposed in the early 20th century

True, but I was mainly thinking about the past 50 years.
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nclib
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« Reply #2 on: October 01, 2006, 02:46:04 PM »
Good work as usual, jimrtex. Do you know Brownback's results in 1996? (Brownback and Roberts were both originally elected in 1996, but the Atlas only has the data for Roberts.)

Anyway, it looks like Obama still has the highest percentage of the 100 Senators running for their first term.
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« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2006, 03:47:18 PM »
Quote from: DWPerry on October 06, 2006, 01:53:28 AM
But, Robb didn't defeat an incumbent, he won an Open Seat.

Actually, the original thread question didn't specify running against an incumbent.

Anyway, why did Robb do so well in '88? I know he was a former Governor but also was the Republican candidate really weak?
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