Posts by Dr. Eric Ostermeier
Election Profile: Wisconsin’s 4th Congressional District
Wisconsin’s 4th CD has voted for the Democratic Party in every U.S. House election since 1948, with an average margin of victory of approximately 50 points since 1960
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Democrats have failed to field a candidate against Sensenbrenner six times during his 16 victorious congressional campaigns
Read MoreElection Profile: Wisconsin’s 6th Congressional District
Wisconsin’s 6th CD only has a +4 GOP Partisan Voting Index tilt, making it just the 190th most Republican district in the nation
Read MoreThird Party U.S. House Candidates Spike to Largest Midterm Election Mark Since 1934
With an average of more than one candidate per district, it has been over 75 years since this many independent and third party U.S. House candidates appeared on midterm general election ballots
Read MoreElection Profile: Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District
The 38.8 percent won by Miller-Meeks in 2008 was the best performance for a female Republican running for Congress in Hawkeye State history
Read MoreElection Profile: Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District
Boswell has been a thorn in the side of the Iowa Republican Party for years – often seeming vulnerable, but always managing to eke out a victory
Read MoreElection Profile: Iowa’s 4th Congressional District
Latham was part of the Republican Revolution that swept into Congress with a large number of first-time GOP victors in 1994
Read MoreElection Profile: Iowa’s 5th Congressional District
The reelection of King and fellow GOPer Tom Latham from the state’s 4th CD means Iowa will continue its streak of sending at least one Republican to the U.S. House in every election cycle since 1856
Read MoreElection Profile: Iowa’s 1st Congressional District
Although the district has only been in the Democratic column for two consecutive election cycles, it is not one of the many vulnerable Democratic U.S. House seats in the Midwest this cycle
Read MoreFemale Candidates to Shatter Records Across the Country on Election Day
More than a dozen women will set state records on Tuesday for female gubernatorial and U.S. Senate candidacies
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