Posts by Dr. Eric Ostermeier
Colbert Busch: Making History in South Carolina?
Colbert Busch could become the sixth woman elected to Congress from South Carolina – but the first without political ties by marriage or birth.
Read MoreSeasoned Senators in Wisconsin
Of the 15 men and women that have served in the U.S. Senate from Wisconsin since popular vote elections were introduced a century ago, Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin rank among the oldest upon first entering the chamber. Johnson began…
Read MoreFrom Helena to D.C.? Schweitzer Would Make History in Montana
No ex- or sitting Montana governor has ever gone on to win a U.S. Senate (or U.S. House) race.
Read MoreThe Longest-Held Republican US Senate Seats
Kansas, Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming claim seven of the Top 10 spots on the list.
Read MoreAppointment for Defeat? Schatz Could Lose Hawaii Senate Seat
More than two-thirds of the 190 appointed U.S. Senators since 1913 have not been elected to their seat the next time it was on the ballot.
Read MoreGathering of the Presidents: Trivia Edition
Who was the last president to serve without any living ex-presidents? Who lived to see the most subsequent presidents? Who saw the most presidents die while in office?
Read MoreCT, IL, MN Gubernatorial Races: From 2010 Nail-Biters to 2014 Snoozers?
Since 1900, there have been 18 candidates elected governor by less than one percentage point who won reelection the next cycle by double-digits; could Dan Malloy, Mark Dayton, and Pat Quinn do the same in 2014?
Read MoreBaucus Retirement Opens Up 2nd Longest Democratic-Held Senate Seat
It has been 36,577 days (March 3, 1913) since the last time a Republican sat in Montana’s Class II U.S. Senate seat, behind only Louisiana’s Class II seat (47,534 days, March 3, 1883).
Read MoreWhat Are Mark Dayton’s True Reelection Odds?
Prognosticators list the Minnesota gubernatorial seat as ‘safe’ for the incumbent in 2014; history suggests the odds are just shy of that.
Read MoreOff the Radar? Chechnya Never Mentioned in Public by Obama
Bill Clinton and George W. Bush discussed the troubled region nearly 100 times over a 10-year period that saw two Chechen wars and high-profile terrorist acts that killed several hundred Russians.
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