Archive for 2022
Remembering The Earliest of Birds
On this day four years ago, Maryland Democratic U.S. Representative John Delaney was already 205 days deep into his 2020 presidential campaign – by far the earliest campaign launch by a bona fide major party candidate during the primary era. Delaney announced his campaign on July 28, 2017 – some 1,194 days prior to the…
Read MoreOhio U.S. Senate Primaries By the Numbers
The 2022 GOP primary is poised for its first competitive race in more than half a century and first winner shy of 40 percent in 60 years.
Read MoreDivided We Stand? Minnesota Eyes Two More Years of Divided Government After 2022
Minnesota has had unified partisan control of the governorship and legislature for just two of the last 31+ years.
Read MoreParty Like It’s 2008?
New York Democrats’ gerrymander of its forthcoming 26 congressional districts puts the party in a strong position to carry 22 of them this November, or 84.6 percent. If executed at the ballot box, that would give New York its second-largest Democratic U.S. House delegation in state history following the election of 2008 when Democrats won…
Read MorePhoto Finish in the Badger State?
Wisconsin businessman Kevin Nicholson’s entrance into the Republican gubernatorial nomination race against former Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch raises the prospect of the GOP holding its first competitive primary election for the office in more than 75 years. The last GOP primary to be decided by single digits was in 1946 when two-term incumbent Walter Goodland…
Read MoreMinnesota Republicans Eye Party’s Largest Gubernatorial Primary Field in 2022
More than 10 candidates are campaigning for the Republican nomination – how many will file after the nominating convention?
Read MoreOhio GOP Eyes First 4-Cycle Sweep of Constitutional Offices in Over a Century
If Republicans notch blowout wins akin to the 2014 cycle, will Ohio lose its battleground state status?
Read MoreTwo-Dozen States Did Not Have Any US House Seats Flip Over the Last Decade
Two and one-half times more states failed to see a single U.S. House seat flip over the last 10 years compared to the previous decade.
Read MoreOhio’s Outgoing Congressional Map Makes the Record Books
Ohio is just the 2nd State with at least 15 U.S. Representatives to not see the partisan control of a single U.S. House seat flip during a redistricting cycle.
Read MoreTommy Thompson and a Review of Governors Serving Interrupted Terms
Thompson would not only be the oldest Wisconsin governor to take office but also do so with the sixth largest gap in service for the office in U.S. history.
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