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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 July 2014

Scott Brown Could Become 1st US Senate Nominee to Lose to Two Women

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 31, 2014 | 0

A primary victory will make Brown just the fourth U.S. Senate candidate in history to face major party female nominees in three different cycles; he could also become the first to lose in two of them.

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Which States Elect the “Most Beautiful” People to Congress?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 29, 2014 | 0

South Dakotans elect the highest rate of beautiful legislators, if The Hill’s annual list is a guide for such a measure.

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Democrats Fail to Field a US Senate Nominee for Just 26th Time in History

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 29, 2014 | 0

Failing to run a candidate in Alabama this cycle, Democrats now account for nine of the last 11 U.S. Senate elections since 2000 with only one major party candidate on the ballot.

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The 8th Congressional District: Minnesota’s Political Roller Coaster?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 28, 2014 | 0

If Republicans pick up the 8th CD this November it will be just the sixth time the same Minnesota U.S. House seat has changed partisan control in three consecutive cycles.

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Stewart Mills: Youthful, But Not Exactly Young for a Minnesota US Rep

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 25, 2014 | 1

Nearly half of the 134 Gopher State U.S. House members were as young as or younger than the Fleet Farm executive upon winning their first congressional race.

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Georgia Republican US Senate Primary Runoff By the Numbers

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 23, 2014 | 0

Turnout dropped only 20 percent from May’s runoff in the second closest U.S. Senate primary runoff in Georgia history.

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Bob Barr’s Unlikely Return to Congress Comes to an End

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 23, 2014 | 0

Barr sought to become the first former Republican U.S. Representative from Georgia to win back a seat to the chamber in Peach State history.

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Which States Have the Most Undecided Voters in 2014 US Senate Races?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 21, 2014 | 0

Open seat races in Michigan and Iowa have led the way with the highest percentage of undecided voters in 2014 polling among the 16 states with key U.S. Senate contests.

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Will Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin Provide Any Drama in 2014’s Gubernatorial Races?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 17, 2014 | 0

Gubernatorial elections have been decided by single digits over the last four elections in just four states – three are in the Upper Midwest: Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Rhode Island.

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A Blue Wave Crashing Red Rocks: Kansas’ Head-Turning 2014 Gubernatorial Race

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 16, 2014 | 1

Democrats have won the governor’s mansion in Kansas with a Republican president in the White House at more than twice the rate as compared to a member of their own party.

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