Posts by Dr. Eric Ostermeier
Minnesota Historical Election Archive Updated with 2024 Results
The Minnesota Historical Election Archive, curated by Smart Politics, has been updated with all 2024 special, primary, and general election results as well as candidate biographies for all 2024 hopefuls. The Archive now houses results for nearly 20,700 elections since statehood, or nearly 90 percent of all elections conducted in Minnesota across 17 state and…
Read MoreA Brief History of Four-Year Gubernatorial Terms
How many states have always held elections for governor every four years?
Read MoreWisconsin Supreme Court 2025 Election by the Numbers
April’s contest is a rare open seat race that will not require a primary to narrow the field.
Read MoreMinnesota’s SD 60 Sets Record for Largest DFL Special State Senate Primary Field
More DFL hopefuls will be on the special State Senate primary ballot in January than in any such election in party history.
Read MoreWill a Record Number of Governors Seek a 3rd+ Consecutive 4-Year Term in 2026?
As many as seven incumbents could seek their third (or fourth) straight victory to four-year terms.
Read MoreMinnesota Republicans Set Record for Statewide Electoral Drought
The Gopher State GOP has now endured 18 years since its last victory in a statewide race – the longest drought by any major party in Minnesota history.
Read MoreNumber of Single-Party State Congressional Delegations Reaches 70+ Year High
The 119th Congress will have the most states represented by just one party on Capitol Hill since the 83rd Congress and largest number of all-GOP delegations since the 71st.
Read More119th Congress Smashes Record Low for Number of Split US Senate Delegations
The number of states with U.S. Senators affiliated with different political parties has dropped from 19 to four in just seven congresses.
Read MoreMassachusetts Democratic US House Winning Streak Balloons to 146
Democrats have won 45 straight races by double digits in the Bay State.
Read MoreConnecticut Democrats Extend State US House Electoral Record to 45
The victories keep piling up, but two long-serving incumbents have been facing more competitive reelection bids to the nation’s lower legislative chamber.
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