Will Keyes be the first person to lose a Senate race in two states?

[ButterflyBlood]

Or lose by a landslide in two states? I think he lost by around 25-30 points both times he ran in Maryland. Anyone else did this feat before?

[Momgonepostal]

1. That would be something impressive to add to a resume!

[madrchsod]

2. yes

[Frodo]

3. Nope

There's another republican losing his second state (in a primary) this year.

Smith? In Florida.

[PsN2Wind]

4. Alan Keyes

Twice rejected in his home state by
by those that know him best!!!

[Zynx]

5. He lost by 45-50 points in both of his previous races.

He would be the first one I think.

[liberalpragmatist]

6. No - James Buckley of NY and Connecticut

He's now a federal judge and is the brother of Bill Buckley (of National Review fame). He was a member of NY's Conservative Party in 1970. The Republicans nominated a liberal Republican and the Democrats another liberal. The liberals split the vote and a strong campaign by the Conservatives made Buckley the only person elected to the US Senate as a third-party (not independent) candidate post-WW2.

He served for a full 6-year term. He never switched his party allegiance, but he caucused with the Republicans and endorsed them nationally. In 1976, he was the nominee of both the Conservative Party and the Republican Party but he lost to Daniel Patrick Moynihan.

A few years later, he moved back to Connecticut, where he was originally from and was the Republican nominee for an open senate seat. He lost to Chris Dodd.

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[FightinNewDem]

8. Chub Peabody

Endicott "Chub" Peabody lost Senate races in Mass. and New Hampshire.

He was the Democratic nominee in Mass in 1966, but lost to Republican Ed Brooke.

In 1986, Peabody, by then a resident of Hollis, NH (about an hour from Boston, just outside of Nashua), was the Democratic sacrificial lamb against Warren Rudman. He ran a spirited and sometimes entertaining campaign, but was swamped.