Posts by Dr. Eric Ostermeier
Will 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.
Read MoreNorth Carolina’s 9th CD Race Not Only US House Election Do-Over Due to Fraud
The U.S. House Committee on Elections determined fraud took place in a Rhode Island congressional race 135 years ago and ordered a new election.
Read MoreKing’s Candidacy Could Lead Iowa to an Electoral First in 2020
Iowa may be represented by different political parties in its 117th Congress U.S. House and U.S. Senate delegations for the first time in state history.
Read MoreNorth Carolina Has 2 US House Vacancies For 1st Time Since 1930
The Tar Heel State is enduring two vacancies in its delegation to the chamber for just the fourth time since statehood.
Read MoreBernie Sanders and a Brief History of Vermont Presidential Candidates
Can Sanders top his own mark from 2016 for the best presidential campaign in state history?
Read MoreIs Virginia’s Democratic Electoral Streak in Jeopardy?
The party is in the midst of its biggest winning streak in statewide races in 70 years.
Read MoreWalter Jones Ranks 2nd for North Carolina GOP US House Service
Only Howard Coble served longer among the five-dozen Republicans elected to the office in state history.
Read MoreCalifornia’s Footprint on the Democratic US House Delegation
Democrats now hold the largest percentage of Golden State U.S. House seats since the Election of 1882.
Read MoreMcCready vs Harris and a Brief History of North Carolina US House Vacancies
The current vacancy is one of just three in the state to occur at the onset of a new congress.
Read MoreWill There Be a Retread Presidential Candidate in 2020?
At least one failed major party presidential candidate has run again for the office in every cycle in the modern primary era.
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