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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 April 2011

Idaho Soon to Be Only State Never to Hold a U.S. House Special Election after NV-02

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 29, 2011 | 1

All other 48 states have held special elections for U.S. House seats since the turn of the 20th Century

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How Many U.S. Secretaries of Defense Have Served in the Military?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 28, 2011 | 14

Nearly three in 10 defense secretaries never served in the nation’s Armed Forces

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Ron Paul to Become 3rd Oldest Major Party Presidential Candidate in U.S. History

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 27, 2011 | 1

Only Minnesota’s Harold Stassen and Alaska’s Mike Gravel would have made older presidents if elected

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Can Haley Barbour End Mississippi’s Presidential Drought?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 25, 2011 | 0

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

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Ensign Is First Nevada Senator to Resign Before Election Day

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 22, 2011 | 0

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

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House Republican Committee Chairs Enjoy Huge Spike in Fundraising

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 21, 2011 | 0

Collective contributions to 21 GOP House Committee chairs up 93 percent in Q1 2011 from same period in 2009

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Michele Bachmann on Pace to Raise $52 Million for the 2012 Cycle

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 19, 2011 | 0

Bachmann’s first quarter receipts have historically averaged just 3.3 percent of her eventual election cycle haul

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Prosser-Kloppenburg Supreme Court Matchup 2nd Closest in Wisconsin Since 1878

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 18, 2011 | 0

106-cycle span finds just one Supreme Court race closer than April’s election in the Badger State

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NBA’s Eastern Conference Records Worst Season During Six-Division Era

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 14, 2011 | 1

Eastern Conference teams compiled a record of 579 wins and 651 losses, or a .471 winning percentage

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Extra! Hollywood Casting Call for “Budget Battles” (House Republicans Edition)

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 13, 2011 | 1

Who would Hollywood cast to play the key House Republicans as D.C. sorts out its accounting mess?

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