Posts by Dr. Eric Ostermeier
Kansas US Representatives Boast 99 Percent Renomination Rate Over Last 50 Years
After Tuesday’s sweep, Kansas U.S. Representatives have now won 102 of 103 renomination bids since the 1964 cycle.
Read MoreNo 100-Year Curse for Roberts
Defeating his Tea Party primary challenger Milton Wolf with just 48.1 percent of the vote, Pat Roberts narrowly escaped becoming the first elected U.S. Senator from Kansas to lose a renomination bid in 100 years. The last – and so…
Read MoreCantor Just 2nd Virginian to Quit Among 100+ to Lose US House Seat
Virginia U.S. Representatives have lost renomination or reelection bids more than 100 times since statehood but Cantor is just the second to subsequently resign and the first to do so after a failed renomination bid.
Read MoreScott Brown Could Become 1st US Senate Nominee to Lose to Two Women
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.
Read MoreDemocrats Fail to Field a US Senate Nominee for Just 26th Time in History
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.
Read MoreWhich States Elect the “Most Beautiful” People to Congress?
South Dakotans elect the highest rate of beautiful legislators, if The Hill’s annual list is a guide for such a measure.
Read MoreThe 8th Congressional District: Minnesota’s Political Roller Coaster?
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.
Read MoreStewart 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 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 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.
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