Archive for April 2011
Idaho Soon to Be Only State Never to Hold a U.S. House Special Election after NV-02
All other 48 states have held special elections for U.S. House seats since the turn of the 20th Century
Read MoreHow Many U.S. Secretaries of Defense Have Served in the Military?
Nearly three in 10 defense secretaries never served in the nation’s Armed Forces
Read MoreRon Paul to Become 3rd Oldest Major Party Presidential Candidate in U.S. History
Only Minnesota’s Harold Stassen and Alaska’s Mike Gravel would have made older presidents if elected
Read MoreCan Haley Barbour End Mississippi’s Presidential Drought?
Mississippi has not produced a competitive presidential candidate who has been close to winning a major party nomination across four-dozen election cycles since statehood in 1817
Read MoreEnsign Is First Nevada Senator to Resign Before Election Day
Ensign is one of just two Senators in Nevada history to resign from office before the end of his term, and the only one to do so for more than technical, procedural reasons
Read MoreHouse Republican Committee Chairs Enjoy Huge Spike in Fundraising
Collective contributions to 21 GOP House Committee chairs up 93 percent in Q1 2011 from same period in 2009
Read MoreMichele Bachmann on Pace to Raise $52 Million for the 2012 Cycle
Bachmann’s first quarter receipts have historically averaged just 3.3 percent of her eventual election cycle haul
Read MoreProsser-Kloppenburg Supreme Court Matchup 2nd Closest in Wisconsin Since 1878
106-cycle span finds just one Supreme Court race closer than April’s election in the Badger State
Read MoreNBA’s Eastern Conference Records Worst Season During Six-Division Era
Eastern Conference teams compiled a record of 579 wins and 651 losses, or a .471 winning percentage
Read MoreExtra! Hollywood Casting Call for “Budget Battles” (House Republicans Edition)
Who would Hollywood cast to play the key House Republicans as D.C. sorts out its accounting mess?
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