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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 2013

The Longest-Held Republican US Senate Seats

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 30, 2013 | 1

Kansas, Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming claim seven of the Top 10 spots on the list.

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Appointment for Defeat? Schatz Could Lose Hawaii Senate Seat

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 29, 2013 | 0

More than two-thirds of the 190 appointed U.S. Senators since 1913 have not been elected to their seat the next time it was on the ballot.

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Gathering of the Presidents: Trivia Edition

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 26, 2013 | 0

Who was the last president to serve without any living ex-presidents? Who lived to see the most subsequent presidents? Who saw the most presidents die while in office?

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CT, IL, MN Gubernatorial Races: From 2010 Nail-Biters to 2014 Snoozers?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 25, 2013 | 1

Since 1900, there have been 18 candidates elected governor by less than one percentage point who won reelection the next cycle by double-digits; could Dan Malloy, Mark Dayton, and Pat Quinn do the same in 2014?

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Baucus Retirement Opens Up 2nd Longest Democratic-Held Senate Seat

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 24, 2013 | 0

It has been 36,577 days (March 3, 1913) since the last time a Republican sat in Montana’s Class II U.S. Senate seat, behind only Louisiana’s Class II seat (47,534 days, March 3, 1883).

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What Are Mark Dayton’s True Reelection Odds?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 23, 2013 | 0

Prognosticators list the Minnesota gubernatorial seat as ‘safe’ for the incumbent in 2014; history suggests the odds are just shy of that.

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Off the Radar? Chechnya Never Mentioned in Public by Obama

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 22, 2013 | 1

Bill Clinton and George W. Bush discussed the troubled region nearly 100 times over a 10-year period that saw two Chechen wars and high-profile terrorist acts that killed several hundred Russians.

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Obama Has Mentioned Terrorism Nearly 1,500 Times as President

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 18, 2013 | 3

Although accused by some of being too gun-shy in using the term, the president has mentioned terrorism (and terror-derived words) an average of one time per day while in office.

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Bachmann Fundraising Falls 61 Percent from 2011

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 16, 2013 | 0

Minnesota’s famous congresswoman sees her campaign receipts dip by over $1 million compared to the same three-month period during the previous election cycle.

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Joe Miller, You Will Be Challenged

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 16, 2013 | 0

Fifty-one Republican candidates have run in the 19 Alaska U.S. Senate primaries conducted since 1960.

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