Posts by Dr. Eric Ostermeier
Loebsack to Quietly Exit US House
Over the last half-century, only five of Iowa’s 25 exiting U.S. Representatives did not seek reelection or another elected office.
Read MoreRaising Their Profile: US Representatives Running for President
The 2020 cycle is still shy of the modern day record of six members of the U.S. House seeking the nation’s top political office.
Read MoreWill Jon Huntsman Make a Historic Return to Utah’s Governorship?
The Beehive State’s former chief executive may be one of several prominent Republicans looking at a 2020 bid.
Read MoreWisconsin’s 2019 Supreme Court Election Is 4th Closest Race in State History
Two of the state’s most competitive races for the Court took place this decade.
Read MoreO’Rourke, Abrams, and Gillum: Who Had the Most Impressive Loss of 2018?
Beto Envy (or fatigue?) may be causing some journalists and potential Democratic presidential candidates to stretch the truth about the 2018 midterms.
Read MoreCan Democrats Reverse Course in Kentucky and Mississippi?
In 2015, Democratic gubernatorial nominees in each of these states received the lowest support recorded by their party in more than 140 years.
Read MoreThe Most Recent Presidential Candidates in All 50 States
All but six states have fielded at least one major party candidate for the White House in the modern primary era.
Read MoreClimbing the Ladder: US Senators Running for President
With the addition of Gillibrand, the 2020 field ties 1972 and 2016 for the most sitting U.S. Senators running for president in the modern primary era.
Read MoreWho Will Be the Last Candidate to File for President in 2020?
In the modern primary era, only one eventual Democratic or Republican nominee was the last of his party to formally launch a presidential candidacy.
Read MoreWill a Democrat Try to Make History Against Ilhan Omar in 2020?
No Democratic U.S. Representative from Minnesota has ever lost a renomination bid and only two freshmen have failed to do so over the last century.
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