Talk about a winning streak
By Wally EdgeEdward Brooke: U.S. Senator from 1967 to 1979It looks like Massachusetts will continue to be tied for third place among states to go the longest without electing a Republican to the U.S. Senate.
U.S. Sen. Edward Brooke’s 1972 re-election over Democrat John J. Droney was the last time a member of the GOP won, tying with New Jersey’s Republican Sen. Clifford Case. Both men sought and were defeated for re-election in 1978, with Case falling to a primary challenger and Brooke fending off Avi Nelson in the primary but losing the general to Democrat Paul Tsongas.
The two states to go longer without electing a Republican to the Senate are West Virginia and Hawaii. Sen. William Chapman Revercomb won a special election to fill a Senate vacancy in 1956, only to lose to the still-serving Robert Byrd in 1958, while 1970 saw the last election of Hawaii Republican Hiram Fong, one of the 49th state's original U.S. Senators.
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