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Draft:List of United States election rematches

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A notable election in the United States shall be included in this list if it is a rematch of a previous election; viz. if it featured two candidates who had opposed each other in a previous election.[1][2][3]

Presidential elections

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  losing candidate had won the previous election     neither candidate had won the previous election     winning candidate had also won the previous election

Election Winning candidate Losing candidate Previous election Ref.
1800 Thomas Jefferson John Adams 1796
1828 Andrew Jackson John Quincy Adams 1824
1832 Andrew Jackson Henry Clay 1824
1840 William Henry Harrison Martin Van Buren 1836
1892 Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison 1888
1900 William McKinley William Jennings Bryan 1896
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson II 1952

Gubernatorial elections

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Election State Winning candidate Losing candidate Previous election Ref.
1840 Connecticut William W. Ellsworth John Milton Niles 1839
1851 Connecticut Thomas H. Seymour Lafayette S. Foster 1850
1859 Connecticut William Alfred Buckingham James T. Pratt 1858
1863 Connecticut William Alfred Buckingham Thomas H. Seymour 1860
1865 Connecticut William Alfred Buckingham Origen S. Seymour 1864
1867 Connecticut James E. English Joseph Roswell Hawley 1866
1885 Ohio Joseph B. Foraker George Hoadly 1883
1869 Connecticut Marshall Jewell James E. English 1868
1892 Connecticut Luzon B. Morris Samuel E. Merwin 1890
1903 Massachusetts John L. Bates William A. Gaston 1902
1916 Ohio James M. Cox Frank B. Willis 1914
1918 Ohio James M. Cox Frank B. Willis 1916
1919 Massachusetts Calvin Coolidge Richard H. Long 1918
1924 Ohio A. Victor Donahey Harry L. Davis 1920
1926 South Dakota William J. Bulow Carl Gunderson 1924
1928 Connecticut John H. Trumbull Charles G. Morris 1926
1942 Connecticut Raymond E. Baldwin Robert A. Hurley 1940
1942 Idaho C. A. Bottolfsen Chase A. Clark 1940
1942 Wisconsin Orland Steen Loomis Julius P. Heil 1940
1944 Connecticut Raymond E. Baldwin Robert A. Hurley 1942
1946 Wisconsin Walter Samuel Goodland Daniel Hoan 1944
1948 Ohio Frank Lausche Thomas J. Herbert 1946
1948 Washington Arthur B. Langlie Monrad Wallgren 1944
1954 Wisconsin Walter J. Kohler Jr. William Proxmire 1952
1958 Ohio Michael DiSalle C. William O'Neill 1956
1962 Hawaii John A. Burns William F. Quinn 1959
1968 Arizona Jack Williams Samuel Pearson Goddard Jr. 1966
1970 Idaho Cecil Andrus Don Samuelson 1966
1970 Oregon Tom McCall Robert W. Straub 1966
1972 Washington Daniel J. Evans Albert Rosellini 1964
1974 Michigan William Milliken Sander Levin 1970
1978 Oregon Victor Atiyeh Robert W. Straub 1974
1980 West Virginia Jay Rockefeller Arch A. Moore Jr. 1972
1982 Arkansas Bill Clinton Frank D. White 1980
1986 Arkansas Bill Clinton Frank D. White 1982
1986 California George Deukmejian Tom Bradley 1982
1986 Texas Bill Clements Mark White 1982
1986 Illinois James R. Thompson Adlai Stevenson III 1982
1998 Rhode Island Lincoln Almond Myrth York 1994
2008 Washington Christine Gregoire Dino Rossi 2004
2012 West Virginia Earl Ray Tomblin Bill Maloney 2011
2012 Wisconsin Scott Walker Tom Barrett 2010
2010 Maryland Martin O'Malley Bob Ehrlich 2006
2014 Connecticut Dannel Malloy Thomas C. Foley 2010
2018 Rhode Island Gina Raimondo Allan Fung 2014
2022 Connecticut Ned Lamont Bob Stefanowski 2018
2022 Georgia Brian Kemp Stacey Abrams 2018

U.S. Senate elections

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  losing candidate had won the previous election     neither candidate had won the previous election     winning candidate had also won the previous election

Election State Winning candidate Losing candidate Previous election Ref.
1936 Wyoming Harry Schwartz Robert D. Carey 1930
1944 Illinois Scott W. Lucas Richard J. Lyons 1938
1948 West Virginia Matthew M. Neely Chapman Revercomb 1942
1958 Arizona Barry Goldwater Ernest McFarland 1952
1964 Delaware John J. Williams Elbert N. Carvel 1958
1966 Alaska Bob Bartlett Lee McKinley 1960
1966 Kentucky John Sherman Cooper John Y. Brown Sr. 1946
1968 South Carolina Fritz Hollings Marshall Parker 1966
1970 Wyoming Gale W. McGee John S. Wold 1964
1974 Missouri Thomas Eagleton Thomas B. Curtis 1968
1974 Washington Warren Magnuson Jack Metcalf 1968
1976 Ohio Howard Metzenbaum Robert Taft Jr. 1970
1996 Minnesota Paul Wellstone Rudy Boschwitz 1990
1996 North Carolina Jesse Helms Harvey Gantt 1990
2002 Delaware Joe Biden Raymond Clatworthy 1996
2008 New Hampshire Jeanne Shaheen John E. Sununu 2002
2008 West Virginia Jay Rockefeller Jay Wolfe 2002
2012 Utah Orrin Hatch Scott Howell 2000
2012 West Virginia Joe Manchin John Raese 2010
2016 Wisconsin Ron Johnson Russ Feingold 2010
2020 Mississippi Cindy Hyde-Smith Mike Espy 2018

Different offices

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A notable U.S. election shall be included in this section if it featured two candidates who had opposed each other in a previous election for a different office.

  losing candidate had won the previous election     neither candidate had won the previous election     winning candidate had also won the previous election

Election Office State Winning candidate Losing candidate Previous election Previous office Ref.
1860 President Illinois Abraham Lincoln Stephen A. Douglas 1859 U.S. Senate
1957 U.S. Senate Wisconsin William Proxmire Walter J. Kohler Jr. 1954 Governor
1962 U.S. Senate Wyoming Milward Simpson John J. Hickey 1958 Governor
1978 U.S. Senate Virginia Richard D. Obenshain[n 1] Andrew P. Miller 1969 Attorney General
1996 U.S. Senate Maine Susan Collins Joseph E. Brennan 1994 Governor
2009 Governor Virginia Bob McDonnell Creigh Deeds 2005 Attorney General
2012 U.S. Senate Hawaii Mazie Hirono Linda Lingle 2002 Governor
2018 Governor Oregon Kate Brown Knute Buehler 2012 Secretary of State
2022 U.S. Senate California Alex Padilla Mark Meuser 2018 Secretary of State
  1. ^ died before election, replaced on the ballot by John Warner, who defeated Miller to win the seat

References

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  1. ^ Isenstadt, Alex (December 16, 2010). "Defeated Dems: Game for rematch?". Politico. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  2. ^ Hirschhorn, Dan (August 26, 2011). "2012: Year of the rematch". Politico. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  3. ^ Anand, Priya (July 10, 2013). "GOP candidates eager for rematches". Politico. Retrieved February 6, 2023.