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Derrick Van Orden and a Brief Electoral History of Wisconsin Freshman US Reps

Doug Mastriano Eyes Unusual US Senate Bid in Pennsylvania

Democrats and Republicans Have Record US Senate Winning Streaks in 26 States

Jay Inslee: Moving Up the Ranks

A Record Out of Reach? Dianne Feinstein to Retire with Most Votes in US Senate Electoral History

I Can’t Quit You: Omar, Swalwell, Schiff Still Identify As Serving On Foreign Affairs, Intelligence Committees

Archive for December 2009

Housing Foreclosure Rate Up 56 Percent in Minnesota from One Year Ago

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 23, 2009 | 5

Gopher State jumps from 26th highest foreclosure rate in nation to 18th highest over the last 12 months

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Gasoline Prices in Minnesota Up 49 Percent from One Year Ago

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 22, 2009 | 4

Gopher State has seen the 6th lowest increase in the nation in average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline over the past year

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Minnesota Has 2nd Largest Increase in Prison Population in the Nation This Decade

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 21, 2009 | 2

Only West Virginia saw its state and federal prison population increase at a higher rate from 2000-2008

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How Does the Current Minnesota Unemployment Situation Compare to 1982?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 18, 2009 | 2

Early signs show rate of jobs recovery in Minnesota moving at twice the rate of the recovery in the early 1980s

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Democratic Gubernatorial Drought in Minnesota Is 3rd Longest in the Nation

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 17, 2009 | 0

Politically schizophrenic Gopher State’s 23-year dry spell without a DFL gubernatorial victory trails only GOP strongholds of South Dakota and Utah for longest in the U.S.

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Younger Candidate More than Twice as Likely to Win Minnesota Gubernatorial Elections

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 16, 2009 | 1

A study of Minnesota’s 64 gubernatorial races finds younger candidate victorious more than 70 percent of the time

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Minnesota Among Leaders in Adult Literacy and High School Graduation Rates Despite Middling Library Resources

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 15, 2009 | 3

Analysis of various education indicators finds that Minnesota ranks at or near the top of key education outputs, despite having only a moderate number of public libraries in the state

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Hello, Governor – What’s Your Sign?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 14, 2009 | 1

Virgo and Cancer are the most common signs for Minnesota governors throughout history; Scorpios and Sagittariuses are the rarest

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Which Minnesota Counties Receive the Most Federal Spending?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 11, 2009 | 2

Peterson outduels Oberstar in per capita county-wide federal spending

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Rybak Hopes to Revive the Gopher State Tradition of Journalist-Turned-Governor

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 10, 2009 | 3

Rybak seeks to become the first Minnesota governor in over 80 years with a newspaper background

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