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Former N.C. Governor Pat McCrory threw his hat in the ring on Wednesday to represent North Carolina in the United States Senate. It’s a coveted seat being vacated by the retirement of Republican Senator Richard Burr. Since 2000, twenty former governors have run for U.S. Senate as first-time candidates, compiling a 13-7 record, for a 65% win percentage. It’s a record any team would take, but could McCrory be on the winning side of those statistics? There is a lot of history working for and against him.
Governors in the Senate: By the numbers
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two notable metrics influenced the failed Senate campaigns. One was the amount of time that had elapsed between the candidate’s departure from the governorship and their Senate bid. The second factor was whether the candidate was running in a state that, at the time of their Senate run, was generally favorable to their party in statewide races.
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Study shows AOC is one of the most ineffective members of Congress
A new academic study from the nonpartisan Center for Effective Lawmaking shows that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is ineffective, one of the most ineffective members of Congress.
AOC introduced a total of 21 “substantive” bills according to the research. But Ocasio-Cortez’s legislation was not taken up by committees, received no floor votes, and none ever became law.
“She introduced a lot of bills, but she was not successful at having them receive any sort of action in committee or beyond committee and if they can’t get through committee they cannot pass the House,” Alan Wiseman, a Vanderbilt political scientist, told The New York Post.
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