Posts by Dr. Eric Ostermeier
Yankee Doodle Dandies: 40 Members of Congress Born on July 4th
Over the past 284 years, 40 eventual U.S. Senators and Representatives from 22 states were born on the 4th of July.
Read MoreDo the Numbers Add Up for Mitch McConnell?
McConnell is 1 of just 6 U.S. Senators in history to win three of their first five consecutive terms by single digits. Three subsequently retired. A fourth – Bob Packwood – resigned. The fifth? Harry Reid.
Read MoreMcConnell Bucking History: Kentucky Has Nation’s Highest Senator Turnover Rate
The Minority Leader has the longest Senate tenure in Kentucky history, even though the state’s two Senate seats have turned over 77 times, or an average of once per 2.8 years – the highest rate in the country.
Read MoreBachmann’s Little Secret: Not Fixated on God, Guns, and Gays
Only one percent of the congresswoman’s nearly 600 press releases since 2007 have focused on the “3 Gs” collectively, as well as just one percent on abortion.
Read MorePaying His Dues: Markey Shatters Senate Record for Prior House Service
The newest member of the U.S. Senate breaks a record that had been held for 88 years – by a predecessor of his own Senate seat.
Read MoreHow Long Will Ed Markey Serve?
Markey is the 11th oldest candidate to win a U.S. Senate special election out of more than 170 men and women since the passage of the 17th Amendment.
Read MoreUS Senate Special Elections by the Numbers
Which two states have held seven special elections since 1913? Which two states have yet to hold one? And which Senator was elected via special election three times?
Read MoreThe Historically Undersized Pennsylvania Democratic US House Delegation
The 2012 cycle yielded the lowest number and percentage of major party Pennsylvania U.S. House members from the state’s winning presidential candidate since the birth of the two-party system in 1828.
Read MoreSmart Politics Google Reader Subscribers: Transition Reminder
A reminder to those readers of Smart Politics’ reports who subscribe through RSS via Google Reader: as per Google’s announcement in March, Google Reader will be retired on Monday, July 1st and you will need to transition to a new…
Read MoreHow Many Republicans Will Run for Minnesota’s 6th CD in 2014?
Less than 5 percent of the 208 Minnesota Republican U.S. House primaries over the last 50 years have fielded three or more candidates on the ballot (and only 7 percent of races without a GOP incumbent).
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