Pennsylvania will have a Democratic governor, and has been historically easier to win than the Buckeye state.
2. Along with converting some Republican voters Doug Jones needs either historically high turnout OR historically low turnout to win.
In 1971, Howard became the first historically black college to win the N.C.A.A. Division I championship.
Second-ranked Winston-Salem State (14-1) was trying to become the first historically black university to win the Division II title.
As the first film to focus so fully and unflinchingly on the realities of slavery, "12 Years a Slave" feels too historically significant not to win.
It started when Nunes asked, "Do Russians historically prefer Republicans to win over Democrats?" Nunes ticked through some recent elections and inquired whether the Russians supported John McCain over Obama, in 2008, or Mitt Romney over Obama, in 2012.
Inside Iraq — a country split along sectarian and ethnic lines, with the army historically used to winning that internal power struggle — the request is already being greeted with suspicion.
Mr. Humala capitalized on social movements like these, especially among Peru's large and historically marginalized indigenous population, to win the presidency, much to the chagrin of the middle and upper classes in Lima, the capital, who were the primary beneficiaries of a decade-long economic boom based substantially on mining.
But quite apart from the fact that House members have historically found it difficult to win nomination for the presidency, Mr. Gephardt will carry an additional burden: for two years, he put all his chips into an ultimately futile bid to recapture the House, and he will shoulder some of the blame.
Historically, it's easier to win an open seat than oust an incumbent.
