Archive for 2014
Stewart Mills: Youthful, But Not Exactly Young for a Minnesota US Rep
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.
Read MoreGeorgia Republican US Senate Primary Runoff By the Numbers
Turnout dropped only 20 percent from May’s runoff in the second closest U.S. Senate primary runoff in Georgia history.
Read MoreBob Barr’s Unlikely Return to Congress Comes to an End
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.
Read MoreWhich States Have the Most Undecided Voters in 2014 US Senate Races?
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.
Read MoreWill Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin Provide Any Drama in 2014’s Gubernatorial Races?
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.
Read MoreA Blue Wave Crashing Red Rocks: Kansas’ Head-Turning 2014 Gubernatorial Race
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.
Read MoreFringe Candidates Filing for President at 2x Rate of 2012 Cycle
112 Americans are already running for president in 2016 – twice the number as at this stage of the cycle four years ago; Republican filers outnumber Democrats by more than 2:1.
Read MoreThe Second Time Around
Former Republican Congressman Bob Beauprez became the seventh major party or second place gubernatorial candidate in Colorado to get a second chance at the office when he narrowly won his party’s nomination last month. Two of the previous six candidates…
Read MoreWhich States Have the Longest and Shortest Election Day Voting Hours?
Residents in some North Dakota towns have less than half as many hours to cast their ballots as those in New York State.
Read MoreZaun Could Notch Best Iowa Indy Congressional Mark in Nearly 100 Years
No third party or independent candidate running for the U.S. House from Iowa has won five percent of the vote since 1934; only four of 238 candidates have reached 10 percent since 1914.
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