Posts by Dr. Eric Ostermeier
Murkowski Wins More Votes Than All Statewide Write-in Candidates in Alaska History Combined
Only 94,926 Alaskans had cast their ballot for statewide write-in candidates over the previous 52 years; Murkowski eclipses 100,000
Read MoreHeath Shuler Would Be Greenest (and Youngest) Floor Leader in U.S. House History
If elected, Shuler would become the first majority or minority leader with less than five terms of service in the U.S. House and the first elected below the age of 45
Read MoreDid an Independent Turn South Dakota’s 2010 U.S. House Race?
B.Thomas Marking turns in the best performance by a South Dakota U.S. House independent or third party candidate in 80 years
Read MoreSupport for Minnesota GOP US House Candidates Rises 22 Percent in 2010
Support increases across all eight districts for Republicans; cumulative vote for DFLers falls below 48 percent for just the 3rd time in six decades
Read MoreMinnesota Gubernatorial Recount Event to be Held at Humphrey Institute
Panelists include elections managers from Hennepin and Ramsey Counties as well as attorneys involved in the 2008 U.S. Senate race recount between Norm Coleman and Al Franken
Read More‘No’ Vote on Health Care May Have Saved Several Democratic House Seats in McCain Districts
House Democrats from McCain districts voting ‘no’ on health care were reelected at nearly four times the rate as those voting ‘yes’
Read MoreThird Parties Leave Footprints in Minnesota’s 2010 U.S. House Contests
Votes for third party candidates eclipse 5 percent in six congressional districts; most since DFL merger in 1944
Read MoreNancy Pelosi 1 of 8 House Democrats to Win by Bigger Margin in 2010 than 2008
Only 3 percent of 230 Democratic U.S. House incumbents on the ballot increased their margin of victory in 2010 compared to 2008; Nancy Pelosi had the second largest increase
Read MoreSouth Dakota Democratic State Senate Delegation Slashed to 44-Year Low
Democratic delegation to State Senate cut by more than half on Tuesday
Read MoreMichele Bachmann Raised More Than $70 Per Vote Won on Election Day
Incumbent in nation’s most expensive U.S. House contest raises $70 per vote won in 6th CD race through mid-October FEC filings
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