Archive for 2011
Gingrich Launches First Presidential Bid by House Speaker Since 1940
Gingrich becomes just the 4th sitting or ex-House Speaker to run for president since 1900 and the first since World War II
Read MoreArden Hills Would Be 2nd Smallest NFL City if Vikings Stadium Deal Passes
Only East Rutherford, New Jersey – home to New Meadowlands Stadium – has a smaller population than Arden Hills, Minnesota
Read MoreJoe Donnelly Tries to Pull a Quayle
Only one sitting U.S. House member has won a Senate race from Indiana since popular vote elections were introduced: Dan Quayle
Read MorePence Seeks First Governorship by Sitting Indiana Congressman Since 1888
A sitting U.S. Representative from Indiana has not won a gubernatorial election in 123 years
Read MoreA House Divided: A Content Analysis of Congressional Press Releases on the bin Laden Killing
Less than 25 percent of Republican U.S. House members give credit to Obama in press releases on the bin Laden kill; less than 3 percent of Democrats acknowledge Bush
Read MoreWill Minnesotans Say ‘Amen!’ to Constitutional Amendments in 2012?
Minnesota voters have been presented with 213 constitutional amendments since 1858, approving 120 or 56.3 percent
Read MoreBachmann Raising 44 Percent More Out of State Money Per Capita in Obama vs. McCain States
States won by Barack Obama in 2008 populate 21 of the Top 25 slots in per capita large donor out of state donations to Bachmann’s 2012 campaign
Read MoreAndre Carson and Keith Ellison Respond to bin Laden Killing
Ellison’s relative Twitter silence on the killing of bin Laden is noteworthy insomuch as the congressman had tweeted 14 times over the weekend including six times on Sunday
Read MoreSharron’s Angle: Independents Find Little Success in Nevada US House Races
Only seven candidates from Nevada have run for the U.S. House as an independent since statehood; none have eclipsed 15 percent
Read MoreIdaho 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
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