Candidates who got their entire winning margin out of a single county?

[Tekken_Guy]

What political candidates got their winning margins out of one county?

[The Economy is Getting Worse]

CCM 2016.

[Mexican Wolf]

Chris Coons in both 2010 and 2014.

[NewYorkExpress]

Any Democrat who wins in Nevada or Arizona (Clark/Maricopa counties).

[The Economy is Getting Worse]

Any Democrat who wins in Nevada or Arizona (Clark/Maricopa counties).

CCM would've lost in 2022 without Washoe. Pima is a crucial part of the Democratic coalition in Arizona.

[Aurelius2]

Any Democrat who wins in Nevada or Arizona (Clark/Maricopa counties).

CCM would've lost in 2022 without Washoe. Pima is a crucial part of the Democratic coalition in Arizona.

Yeah, this is no longer true in Nevada. Clark is slowly moving right, and Washoe is moving left.

[Nyvin]

It's not really the case in Arizona since Pima county is actually the bigger margin for Democrats in any recent election.

[Mexican Wolf]

Would Maria Cantwell's win in 2000 count? She only won by a little over 2,000 votes, and winning King's County by 20% was absolutely vital to her win. It was also her largest margin of the 5 counties she won.

[Xing]

IL-SEN 2022?

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

If you mean only one county wins I was expected IL-Gov 2010 to fit the bill, but Pat Quinn won three counties along the Mississippi.

Looking way back HI-Gov 1959 had William F. Quinn elected only carrying Oahu. In 1966 his opponent Burns from ‘59 would win re-election with a map almost identical, just slightly better margins across the board.

DE-Gov 2004 also fits the bill

[Minnesota Mike]

Not sure I understand the question. In any extremely close statewide race there is likely to be one county where the margin is greater than the statewide margin. Or are you asking about candidates winning while carrying only one county?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Not sure I understand the question. In any extremely close statewide race there is likely to be one county where the margin is greater than the statewide margin. Or are you asking about candidates winning while carrying only one county?

It seems to be defined using a two-prong test of: 1-Where the candidate's margin of victory in one county is larger than their margin statewide and 2-Where this doesn't apply to another other county.

Based on that test Fetterman qualifies in regards to Philadelphia. Also applies to Tina Smith in 2020 actually, she would've still won without Ramsey County but obviously not without Hennepin.

[Bernie Derangement Syndrome Haver]

I would imagine this always happens in Delaware.

[BigZuck08]

Lisa Blunt Rochester in 2022.

[patzer]

More extreme version of this question, are there any candidates which have won without winning any counties? Like in the UK, Kim Leadbeater winning the 2021 Batley and Spen by-election despite not having won any of the wards making up the constituency.

[Skill and Chance]

Basically every narrow Dem win in the past 20 years outside of New England?

[Hope For A New Era]

I believe this was sort of the narrative around 2008 in Missouri - McCain was seen as having been saved by high turnout in St. Charles County.