In 2003, Republican Michael Decker accepted a $50,000 bribe in an IHOP bathroom to switch parties, flipping control of the House to a tie.
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Aidan Sterk looks back at the 2010 Nevada statewide elections, a mixed bag for Republicans outside the gubernatorial election.
Arnold Schwarzenegger won re-election in 2006 with margins that would be unthinkable for a Republican candidate in the modern age.
On International Women’s Day, Sarah Stook looks at 50 powerful and influential women in American history.
Sarah Stook looks at how each President has been portrayed in film and on television.
Sarah Stook explores the nine extraordinary inaugurations in American history – following the death or resignation of a President.
Sarah Stook continues her series on Presidential runners-up.
Sarah Stook looks back on more of the post-Civil War presidential runners-up, virtually all of whom are Democrats.
Sarah Stook looks back on the post-Civil War presidential runners-up.
Every cycle, there’s always a state that seems to be truly poised to surprise. And yet in most cases, these surprise states are mirages.