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4. The analyst didn't talk about incumbents (my mistake, but irrelevant fact)

Fri Oct 29, 2021, 08:19 AM

Oct 2021

I don't know why I typed incumbent, but the fact is that the president's party barely ever fares well here.

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McAuliffe isn't an incumbent FBaggins Oct 2021 #1

Thanks. You beat me to it. Does NC do this too? NT mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 #2

No, Govs in NC can serve more than one term consecutively obamanut2012 Oct 2021 #3

it used to be that way but in the 1980's they changed the rules. dsc Oct 2021 #6

I recently read an article about Terry Sanford. He couldn't succeed himself. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 #7

Gov Hunt was the first to succeed himself in the 1980's. dsc Oct 2021 #9

If the moon aligns with Saturn and Jupiter ForgedCrank Oct 2021 #5

The incumbent can't run in VA. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #8

Do you have a source for Terry's popularity in his prior term onenote Oct 2021 #10

This Needs To Be Bumped Up Mayday_Messenger Nov 2021 #11