Archive for September 2011
Nevada’s 1st US House Special Election to Break 45-45 Partisan Draw Since Statehood
Democrats and Republicans have each won 45 U.S. House races in the Silver State since 1864.
Read MoreRomney Only Candidate Not to Invoke Reagan at Reagan Library Debate
Reagan’s name was mentioned 24 times by the GOP presidential candidates, but not once by Romney.
Read MoreTammy Baldwin Seeks First Female Democratic U.S. Senate Nomination in Wisconsin History
Baldwin vies to become the second woman to receive a major party nod in a Badger State U.S. Senate contest joining Republican Susan Engeleiter.
Read MoreNew York US House Special Elections Average 30-Point Swing Over the Last Half-Century
The vacating incumbent’s party has shed an average of 30 points from the previous general election’s MoV in New York special election races since 1962.
Read MoreThursday Addresses before Joint Session of Congress a Rarity
Since Ronald Reagan, 85 percent of presidential addresses before Congress have been held on Tuesdays or Wednesdays.
Read MoreThe Invisible Erik Paulsen
No member of the Minnesota congressional delegation has received less attention in the national media since Paulsen was first sworn into office in 2009.
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