Posts by Dr. Eric Ostermeier
Which States Are US Senate Battlegrounds?
Just 10 states have hosted U.S. Senate contests decided by single digits during its last two elections.
Read MoreWhich States Will Be Gubernatorial Battlegrounds in 2022?
Less than a quarter of the states have currently hosted elections for governor decided by single digits in back-to-back cycles.
Read MorePennsylvania’s 2022 US Senate Field Approaching Record Numbers
Only one of the 39 previous Pennsylvania U.S. Senate election cycles has seen more than eight cumulative major party candidates on the primary ballot.
Read MorePaul LePage and a Brief History of Maine Gubernatorial Comeback Bids
Former Pine Tree State governors have won back their old seat in just two of 12 attempts.
Read MoreAlaska’s Gubernatorial Incumbency Problem
No one has won back-to-back gubernatorial elections in Alaska since 1998 – the longest drought in the nation.
Read MoreA Long Wait
After gaining a seat from reapportionment, Montana’s U.S. House delegation could be represented by two Republicans after the 2022 cycle for just the second time in state history and the first time in more than a century. Across the previous 80-year stretch during which the state held two U.S. House seats (1913-1993), the GOP controlled…
Read MoreDean Heller Eyes Electoral First In Nevada
No sitting or former Nevada U.S. Senator has ever appeared on a gubernatorial primary or general election ballot.
Read MoreChick-fil-A By The Numbers Revisited
The number of Chick-fil-A restaurants in blue states has more than doubled since 2012.
Read MoreCould Ohio Split Its 2022 Ticket for Governor and US Senate?
The victories by DeWine and Brown in 2018 marked the first such split vote in the state in nearly half a century.
Read MoreHow Often Do Missouri US Reps Run for US Senate?
Vicky Hartzler is the first of possibly multiple Show-Me State U.S. House members to launch a bid for the upper chamber in 2022.
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