Posts by Dr. Eric Ostermeier
Pawlenty Still Shedding Support for Presidential Candidacy in Home State
Statewide support for ‘President Pawlenty’ in Minnesota reaches all-time low of 35 percent while his gubernatorial approval rating remains solid
Read MoreDFL Goal to Defeat Bachmann Faces Significant Historical Challenges
Minnesota GOP has held 95 percent of its U.S. House seats when Republicans net a dozen or more seats nationwide since the DFL merger in 1944
Read MoreCharlie Crist and the Long Odds of an Independent U.S. Senate Candidacy
Only six men have been elected to a first term in the U.S. Senate without major party backing since popular vote elections in 1914
Read MoreOtremba Retirement Inches GOP Closer Towards Goal of House Takeover
Republican presidential and gubernatorial candidates have won the conservative House District 11B by double-digit margins since 2002
Read MoreRemembering the Historic Gubernatorial Class of 2002
25 candidates were elected governor for the first time in 2002, the largest number since WWII; record could be eclipsed in 2010
Read MoreMinnesota-U.S. Unemployment Gap Reaches Historic Level
April’s 2.7-point unemployment rate difference in Minnesota’s favor vis-à-vis the national average is the largest in decades
Read MoreHow Does Tim Pawlenty Rank in the Gubernatorial Class of 2002 on Jobs?
Minnesota Governor has presided over 64.4 percent increase in unemployment, slightly better than his gubernatorial Class of ’02 as well as the national average
Read MoreRetirements from Minnesota State House in 2010 Currently Down from ’06 and ’08
Republicans account for 63 percent of open seats over the last four election cycles; percentage of open GOP seats is more than twice that of DFL seats since 2004
Read MoreUnfamiliar Faces: 2010 Likely to Set Mark for Fewest U.S. House Incumbents on the Ballot this Decade
Seats without incumbents on the ballot are 56 percent more likely to be Republican than Democratic since 2002
Read MoreIs Representative Ryan Winkler the DFL’s New Attack Dog?
Partisan attacks by Winkler against GOP have more than quadrupled in press releases from 1st to 2nd term in office
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