Archive for 2010
Wisconsin Closes 3rd Least Competitive Congressional Redistricting Period in State History
Average margin of victory in Wisconsin’s U.S. House races since 2002 is 37.4 points – eclipsed by only two other redistricting periods
Read MoreMinnesota to Have Only Democratic Upper Midwestern Governor for First Time Since 1954
Dayton one of four Minnesotan ‘lone Democratic wolves’ to govern in the five-state region since the Dakotas achieved statehood in 1889
Read MoreIowa’s Schizophrenic 2010 Electorate
A Democratic majority U.S. House delegation from Iowa is sent to D.C. under historic circumstances in 2011
Read MoreMedia Myth Exposed: Loss of Democratic Governorships Not Key to Obama’s 2012 Battleground State Prospects
Since 1968, Democratic presidential candidates have had the same success rate in carrying states with Democratic governors as Republican governors – 33 percent
Read MoreBachmann Survives Sixth Closest Victory Among 2010 Republican House Incumbents
Fellow controversial Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) at #3; Bachmann had the narrowest victory among GOP incumbents in 2008
Read MoreMurkowski Wins More Votes Than All Statewide Write-in Candidates in Alaska History Combined
Only 94,926 Alaskans had cast their ballot for statewide write-in candidates over the previous 52 years; Murkowski eclipses 100,000
Read MoreAre Democrats Becoming a Two-State Party?
Percentage of Democratic U.S. House Seats from California and New York soars to a record high of 28.1 percent after the 2010 elections
Read MoreHeath Shuler Would Be Greenest (and Youngest) Floor Leader in U.S. House History
If elected, Shuler would become the first majority or minority leader with less than five terms of service in the U.S. House and the first elected below the age of 45
Read MoreDid an Independent Turn South Dakota’s 2010 U.S. House Race?
B.Thomas Marking turns in the best performance by a South Dakota U.S. House independent or third party candidate in 80 years
Read MoreSupport 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
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