Archive for November 2010
Support for Minnesota GOP US House Candidates Rises 22 Percent in 2010
Support increases across all eight districts for Republicans; cumulative vote for DFLers falls below 48 percent for just the 3rd time in six decades
Read More‘No’ Vote on Health Care May Have Saved Several Democratic House Seats in McCain Districts
House Democrats from McCain districts voting ‘no’ on health care were reelected at nearly four times the rate as those voting ‘yes’
Read MoreMinnesota Gubernatorial Recount Event to be Held at Humphrey Institute
Panelists include elections managers from Hennepin and Ramsey Counties as well as attorneys involved in the 2008 U.S. Senate race recount between Norm Coleman and Al Franken
Read MoreThird Parties Leave Footprints in Minnesota’s 2010 U.S. House Contests
Votes for third party candidates eclipse 5 percent in six congressional districts; most since DFL merger in 1944
Read MoreNancy Pelosi 1 of 8 House Democrats to Win by Bigger Margin in 2010 than 2008
Only 3 percent of 230 Democratic U.S. House incumbents on the ballot increased their margin of victory in 2010 compared to 2008; Nancy Pelosi had the second largest increase
Read MoreSouth Dakota Democratic State Senate Delegation Slashed to 44-Year Low
Democratic delegation to State Senate cut by more than half on Tuesday
Read MoreMichele Bachmann Raised More Than $70 Per Vote Won on Election Day
Incumbent in nation’s most expensive U.S. House contest raises $70 per vote won in 6th CD race through mid-October FEC filings
Read MoreJohn Dingell Escapes with Narrowest Victory of Congressional Career
Democratic Congressman from Michigan not immune from GOP surges during the Republican waves of 1966, 1994, and 2010
Read MoreSmart Politics Projections: Gubernatorial Races
Nail-biters abound in several of the nation’s 37 gubernatorial contests, with third-party watchers glued to the elections in Rhode Island and Colorado
Read MoreSmart Politics Projections: U.S. House of Representatives
Projected partisan shift: GOP +62
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