The More You Know...

I'm still processing everything from last night, but I am happy Obama won.  I am happy a lot of Dems won across the board, especially Tammy Baldwin, Tammy Duckworth, and Elizabeth Warren.  I am not happy that Mike Pence got elected Governor of Indiana along with the double whammy of Republican Supermajorites in both the House and Senate...... UGH!  More to come!

One question that popped in my head last night: What are the stats on a nominee losing his home state? Yes...I'm a nerd. Anyway, DailyKos.com printed the answer:

"The only presidential candidate to suffer a larger home state loss [than Romney] was the first-ever Republican nominee, John Frémont of California.

Frémont received only 18.8 percent of the vote in California in 1856, good for a distant third place behind Democrat James Buchanan and third party candidate and former president Millard Fillmore.

Four Democrats and two Republicans has also lost their home states by double digits. Democrats: Alton Parker of New York in 1904; Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey in 1916; James Cox of Ohio in 1920; Adlai Stevenson of Illinois in 1956. Republicans: William Taft of Ohio in 1912; Herbert Hoover of Iowa in 1932. Progressive nominee Teddy Roosevelt of New York also lost by double digits in 1912."

The more you know ;-)