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How many presidential elections have featured two major party nominees from the same state?
a. Zero
b. Two
c. Four
d. Six

Since 1789, there have been six presidential elections where both major party nominees were from the same state. Four of those elections have featured two candidates from New York, one featured two candidates from Illinois, and one featured two candidates from Ohio.

The first presidential election with two major-party candidates from the same state took place in 1860 between Stephen Douglas (D-Ill.) and Abraham Lincoln (R-Ill.). Lincoln carried Illinois by a 3.5% margin, becoming the first Republican to win the state.

The 1920 election was contested between Ohioans Warren Harding (R) and James Cox (D). Ohio had backed Democratic nominee Woodrow Wilson in the past two elections and the Republican candidate in the 14 elections before that (every election since the Republican Party first ran a presidential candidate in 1856). Harding carried the state by a 19.9% margin and won the presidency nationally.

The four elections with two candidates from New York took place in 1904 (between Theodore Roosevelt (R) and Alton Parker (D)), 1940 (between Franklin Roosevelt (D) and Wendell Willkie (R)), 1944 (between Franklin Roosevelt (D) and Thomas Dewey (R)), and 2016 (between Donald Trump (R) and Hillary Clinton (D)). Theodore Roosevelt (R) carried the state in 1904, while the Democratic nominee carried it in the other three elections. The only election where the winner in New York did not win nationwide was the 2016 election.