Posts by Dr. Eric Ostermeier
10 US Attorneys General Who Served Less than 1 Year
Jeff Sessions needs to last until April 25th to avoid having the shortest tenure of the 84 men and women to serve in the position.
Read MoreAhlquist Could Become 1st Political Outsider to Win Idaho Governorship
Each of the 30 men to serve as governor of the Gem State previously held public office or a party leadership position.
Read MoreWalz, Nolan Could Become 1st DFL US Representative to Win Gubernatorial Nomination
No sitting or ex-DFL U.S.House member has ever won their party’s gubernatorial nomination – or even competed in the primary.
Read MoreWill Keith Ellison Get a Serious Primary Challenger if He Loses DNC Chair?
Only one DFL U.S. Representative in party history has faced more primary opponents than Minnesota’s 5th CD U.S. Representative.
Read MoreGeorgia Democrats Hope for Rare Pick-Up in 6th CD Special
It has been 145 years and 30 contests since the last time a party picked up a Georgia U.S. House seat in a special election.
Read MorePresident’s Day Special: Trump Ties William Harrison for Presidential Tenure
The next benchmark for administrative longevity in the White House is James Garfield who Trump would reach in August.
Read MoreRick Nolan Would Shatter Mark for Oldest Governor in Minnesota History
No major party gubernatorial candidate from the Gopher State has even been nominated for the office at 70+ years old.
Read MoreClint Roberts and a Brief Look at 1-Term South Dakota US Representatives
More than 30 percent of the three-dozen men and women to serve in the U.S. House from the Mount Rushmore State did so for only one term.
Read More2018: A Tale of Two Parties
The partisan gap between the number of seats Democrats and Republicans will defend in 2018’s U.S. Senate and gubernatorial races is at its largest in more than half a century.
Read MoreJeff Sessions, Richard Shelby and the Longest-Serving US Senate Delegation Pairs in History
The Alabama duo served alongside one another for the 27th longest stretch in the chamber’s history.
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