Political Packs - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Texas. Perry and North Dakota's John Hoeven are the currently longest-tenured state governors, both having taken office in 2000.
• A2) Louisiana. Jindal and New York's David Paterson are the two newest governors, both joining the ranks this year.
• A3) Idaho. Craig of course was infamously in the news last year; if you don't know why, you can Google him if you promise you're old enough to know about these things.
• A4) Georgia. In 2003, Perdue (no relation to the poultry company) became the first Republican to head the state in over 130 years.
• A5) Connecticut. Lieberman was a Democrat until he lost his party's nomination in 2006. He won his seat running under the "Connecticut for Lieberman" party and now calls himself an Independent Democrat.
• A6) Vermont. Sanders, who considers himself an Independent, is the only other non-Democrat, non-Republican besides Lieberman.
• A7) Florida. Nelson shares his last name with Democrat Ben Nelson of Nebraska, the only pair in the U.S. Senate (honorable mention: Jack Reed of Rhode Island and Harry Reid of Nevada). No two governors have the same last name, and no governor matches any senator.
• A8) Washington. The Evergreen State is currently the only state with a female trio. Alaska and Michigan have female governors (Sarah Palin; Jennifer Granholm) and one female senator (Lisa Murkowski; Debbie Stabenow), and California and Maine have two female senators (Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer; Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins).
• A9) Hawaii. The 50th state is the only one with two senators who go by the same first name, although Arizona is close (John McCain and Jon Kyl). New Hampshire's Governor John Lynch and Senator John Sununu also match.
• A10) Rhode Island. The smallest state is one of only four that have a Republican governor but two Democratic senators (California, Hawaii, and North Dakota are the other three).
• A11) Mississippi. Wicker was appointed on December 31, 2007, thirteen days after Trent Lott resigned.
• A12) Wyoming. Barrasso was appointed on June 22, 2007, eighteen days after Craig Thomas passed away.