Posts by Dr. Eric Ostermeier
Claude Pepper, Dwight Rogers Only Florida US Reps to Die in Office
Reports of Bill Young’s death on Thursday were premature; 72 of the state’s 132 U.S. House members in history are still alive.
Read MoreFive of a Kind
What do Republican Susan Collins of Maine and Democrats Dianne Feinstein of California, Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota have in common? All five women ran failed gubernatorial general election campaigns prior…
Read MoreHow Often Are Female Gubernatorial Nominees Victorious?
Incumbent female governors have won 83 percent of the time, while female challengers have won just six percent of gubernatorial general election contests.
Read MoreTom Foley and GOP Eye Rare Split-Ticket Upset in Connecticut
For the first time in the Democratic vs Republican era, one party could sweep Connecticut’s congressional seats while the other wins the governorship.
Read MoreIs There a Doctor in the Senate?
Elections in Georgia and Louisiana could bring the number of physicians in the Senate in 2015 to its highest level in 150+ years.
Read MoreCollin Peterson’s Fundraising Numbers Not a Retirement ‘Tell’
Although Democratic alarm bells are ringing, Peterson’s off-year fundraising tally is actually up in 2013 compared to his average hauls over the last decade.
Read MoreWill Wisconsin Elect a Female Governor in 2014?
Women have yet to land a major party gubernatorial nomination in the Badger State, but that may all change with Mary Burke in 2014.
Read MoreKnocking On Wood Out West
Over the last 100 years, all but four states have had at least one U.S. Senator die in office with 41 states losing a member of its delegation to the nation’s upper legislative chamber on the job since the end…
Read MoreUnusual Entrances: Clergymen Turned US Senators
North Carolina’s Mark Harris is trying to add his name to a list of less than two-dozen members of the clergy who have served in the Senate in U.S. history and only three who were elected to the chamber since the turn of the 19th Century.
Read MoreGoing Green: Alabama’s Soon to Be Inexperienced US House Delegation
The Yellowhammer State is on a path to notch one of its least experienced U.S. House delegations over the last 100 years.
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