Long post. If it bores you, just skip it, it's unimportant..
Every state has two U.S. senators. Each senator has a 6-year term. The terms are staggered by law, so that they are never up for election at the same time. One-third of all US senators are elected in 2024, one-third in 2026, and one third in 2028, etc, repeating.
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Here's my point.
I have seen at least one primetime drama that depicted a senatorial election on the OFF year. This was the regular main election, and not a special one. What I mean is, if that state had this rotation:
2016, position #1.
2018, position #2.
2020, none
The show was written that that state had the election in 2020 fictionally and the characters were running to be elected then. Even though 2020 didn't have a US Senate election in that state.
I don't remember what state it was, or what show it was, or what year it was --- but the premise was the state was doing the fictional election on the year when that state had none in real life.
* in real life *, Maryland has US Senate elections in
2022-yes, 2024-yes, 2026-none,
2028-yes, 2030-yes, 2032-none.
* in real life *, Virginia has US Senate elections in
2018-yes, 2020-yes, 2022-none,
2024-yes, 2026-yes, 2028-none,
2030-yes.
For fictional drama purposes, I think it would work better if Martin were running in 2028 for Senator from Virginia; so there's no real-life campaign playing out at the same time.
We know that fictional Fairmont Crest is in the D.C. area, and is similar to real-life wealthy Black communities in Maryland. Are there any wealthy Black communities in Virginia?
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