As of October 2026, the state of Kansas has not elected a Democratic candidate to the U.S. Senate since 1932

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The founding philosophy of the United States was rooted in the premise that human life is perfectible on Earth

Lyndon B. Johnson's two immediate predecessors as Senate Majority Leader both lost their United States Senate seats in reelection campaigns

United States Ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young was forced to resign in 1979 after holding an unauthorized meeting with the Palestine Liberation Organization

Lyndon B. Johnson arranged campaign funding from Texas oil executives for United States senators seeking reelection

Lyndon B. Johnson scheduled a vote on a federal dam between Idaho and Oregon to secure Western senators' votes for the Civil Rights Act of 1957

Lyndon B. Johnson's two immediate predecessors as Senate Democratic Leader each lost their subsequent Senate re-election campaigns

Alaska conducts an open top-four primary election system where the four candidates with the most votes advance to a ranked-choice voting general election

Cenk Uygur released a political advertisement in the Michigan Senate race supporting candidate Abdul El-Sayed against Mike Rogers

The Civil Rights Act of 1957 retained jury trial guarantees for Southern election officials, avoiding a Southern Democratic filibuster

The Civil Rights Act of 1957 retained jury trial protections for Southern election officials, preventing a Southern filibuster

Dan J. Sullivan registered as a Republican on the day Dan J. Sullivan filed to run against incumbent Republican Dan S. Sullivan in the Alaska Senate race

In 1957, after Senator Estes Kefauver voted against Lyndon B. Johnson on a legislative motion, Johnson assigned a coveted Foreign Relations Committee seat to Senator John F. Kennedy

To win Western senatorial support for the Civil Rights Act of 1957, Lyndon B. Johnson permitted a vote on a federal dam between Idaho and Oregon

Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson established a standard practice of barring bills from the floor until a unanimous consent agreement was approved

Lyndon B. Johnson added a provision to the Civil Rights Act of 1957 ensuring Black citizens the right to serve on federal juries

To secure Midwestern Republican votes for the Civil Rights Act of 1957, Lyndon B. Johnson extended jury trial rights to striking railroad union workers

During the 1950s, Southern states required jurors to be registered voters, which resulted in all-white juries in civil rights prosecutions

In 1957, Lyndon B. Johnson bypassed Senator Estes Kefauver and assigned a vacant Senate Foreign Relations Committee seat to John F. Kennedy

Lyndon B. Johnson established a precedent of barring bills from the United States Senate floor until unanimous consent agreements had been negotiated

The Civil Rights Act of 1957 included a provision establishing the right of African American citizens to serve on federal juries