QUESTIONS:
1. In accepting the Republican nomination for the Senate from Illinois, former Maryland GOP Senate nominee Alan Keyes becomes only the third man since 1900 to be a major party nominee for the Senate from two states. Can you name the other two?
2. Prior to Keyes??¢â???¬â???¢ nomination earlier this month, who was the last African-American Republican Senate nominee anywhere?
3. Who was the last African-American Democratic Senate nominee anywhere?
4. New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey??¢â???¬â???¢s announcement that he was resigning rocked American politics. Who was the last sitting governor of a state to resign?
5. Who was the last governor of New Jersey to resign the office?
ANSWERS:
1. Republicans James Buckley (in New York in 1976, Connecticut in 1980) and Bill Brock (in Tennessee in 1970 and ??¢â???¬â???¢76, Maryland in 1994).
2. Keyes himself in Maryland in 1992.
3. Former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois, elected in 1992 and defeated in 1998.
4. Republican John Rowland of Connecticut, who resigned earlier this year amid investigations into his personal finances.
5. Republican Christie Todd Whitman, who resigned the office in 2000 to accept appointment as head of the Environmental Protection Administration.
