Geoffrey Skelley has this article listing all the U.S. Senate general election candidates who got at least 35%, yet who were not Democratic nor Republican nominees. There are only fourteen, if races in which one major party did not run anyone are excluded. Of the fourteen, the third party or independent candidate won eleven times.
The article has a slight error. It says that James Buckley was a registered member of the Conservative Party of New York when he was elected as the Conservative nominee in 1970. Actually he was always a Republican registrant. Thanks to Ken Bush for the link.
3 majority
10 minority
more gerrymander hack Senators — since 1789.
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Abolish the USA Senate and ALL State senates – vestiges of the evil rotted ANTI-Democracy DARK AGE UK House of Lords.
PR in all legislative bodies and AppV
Senator Buckley was elected solely on the Conservative Party line, running against Rep. Richard L. Ottinger,Democrat, and Sen. Charls E. Goodell, Republican-Liberal.
You’re right, Tim. In New York there is no necessary connection between a candidate’s registration and what party nominates him or her.