Mind-blowing facts about statewide officials

[The Arizonan]

This is the thread for posting amazing facts about statewide officers. Here are a few.

Pat Leahy is the only Democrat ever elected to the Senate from Vermont.

Leslie Rutledge is the only Republican ever elected Attorney General of Arkansas.

[The Arizonan]

I find it amazing that in Minnesota, none of the major parties have even nominated a woman for governor. This is the same state that has elected women to the office of lieutenant governor for decades straight.

Mississippi has never had a Republican elected attorney general

I thought George E. Harris was elected to that office.

[The Arizonan]

Until Kevin Cramer entered the Senate, the last time the GOP held all four Senate seats in the Dakotas was in....1960.

Despite being such a liberal state, New Jersey has never had a woman in the senate. Same with Connecticut.

Vermont is one of the most liberal states in the county. It’s also the only to have never sent a woman to congress.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_United_States_Senate

Don't forget that there are a handful of other blue states that have never elected or sent any women to the Senate. As for New Jersey, they've also sent very few women to Congress. On the other hand, they had one woman who served as governor.

I'm amazed that New Jersey has never had a Jewish governor despite being close to New York and being a liberal state with a large Jewish population. I wouldn't be surprised if Nevada and Arizona ended up achieving that milestone before New Jersey.

As for Vermont, they haven't sent any women to Congress because their representatives stay in office for a long time and they only have one House seat. They did have one woman serve as governor though.