Incumbent Win Streaks

The Incumbent Win Streaks index records the length of time since an incumbent has been defeated.  It ranks each individual state according to the duration of time in which there has been a 100% incumbent re-election rate (all incumbents seeking re-election in general elections were successful). States in which an incumbent was recently defeated receive higher rankings in this index.

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Ranking

Years

State

ST

# Elections of Incumbent Win Streak

# Races of Incumbent
Win Streak

1

0

Alabama

AL

0

0

1

0

Arizona

AZ

0

0

1

0

Colorado

CO

0

0

1

0

Florida

FL

0

0

1

0

Georgia

GA

0

0

1

0

Hawaii

HI

0

0

1

0

Idaho

ID

0

0

1

0

Illinois

IL

0

0

1

0

Indiana

IN

0

0

1

0

Louisiana

LA

0

0

1

0

Maryland

MD

0

0

1

0

Michigan

MI

0

0

1

0

Minnesota

MN

0

0

1

0

Mississippi

MS

0

0

1

0

Missouri

MO

0

0

1

0

Nevada

NV

0

0

1

0

New Hampshire

NH

0

0

1

0

New Jersey

NJ

0

0

1

0

New Mexico

NM

0

0

1

0

New York

NY

0

0

1

0

North Carolina

NC

0

0

1

0

North Dakota

ND

0

0

1

0

Ohio

OH

0

0

1

0

Pennsylvania

PA

0

0

1

0

South Carolina

SC

0

0

1

0

South Dakota

SD

0

0

1

0

Tennessee

TN

0

0

1

0

Texas

TX

0

0

1

0

Virginia

VA

0

0

1

0

Wisconsin

WI

0

0

31

2

Connecticut

CT

1

5

31

2

Kansas

KS

1

1

33

4

California

CA

2

102

33

4

Iowa

IA

2

10

33

4

Kentucky

KY

2

11

36

10

Arkansas

AR

5

17

37

12

Washington

WA

6

50

38

14

Maine

ME

7

12

38

14

Massachusetts

MA

7

68

38

14

Oregon

OR

7

32

38

14

Utah

UT

7

18

42

16

Nebraska

NE

8

20

43

18

Montana

MT

9

7

44

20

Vermont

VT

10

9

45

22

Rhode Island

RI

11

17

46

28

Delaware

DE

14

12

46

28

West Virginia

WV

14

44

48

36

Oklahoma

OK

18

88

49

44

Alaska

AK

22

20

50

46

Wyoming

WY

23

16