Posts by Dr. Eric Ostermeier
Which 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 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 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.
Read MoreMaine Eyes 1st US House Delegation with No Maine-Born Representatives
At least one member of Maine’s delegation to the U.S. House was born in the Pine Tree State since 1821 including 94 percent of those elected since 1877.
Read MorePatriotic Exits? 35 Members of Congress Who Died on July 4th
Four members of the U.S. House died on Independence Day while in office; North Carolina and Pennsylvania delegations have had the most pass on the 4th of July.
Read MoreWhich US Senate Seats Will Flip in 2014? A Survey of Media Rankings
Media election forecasters can only agree on one slot of the Top 12 U.S. Senate seats most likely to change control after the November elections.
Read MoreCould Dayton Be the Lone Democratic Victor in 2014 Midwestern Gubernatorial Races?
At least one other Midwestern state has voted a Democrat into office each of the 15 times Minnesotans have elected a Democratic governor since statehood.
Read MoreSouth Dakota Democrats Field 4th All-Female Gubernatorial Ticket in US History
Only three previous major party gubernatorial tickets in history had female nominees for both governor and lieutenant governor; none have reached 40 percent.
Read MoreCochran Advances: Six-Term US Senators Improve to 16-2 in Renomination Bids
Twice as many members of the chamber’s Six-Term Club have died in office (four) than lost their party’s nomination to a seventh term (two).
Read MoreA Third Party Revolution in Utah?
More third party and independent candidates have run for Congress in the Beehive State during the last quarter-century (84) than during the previous 93 years (77).
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