Posts by Dr. Eric Ostermeier
Chaffetz Loss in 2018 Would Be Biggest US House Upset in Utah History
No Utah U.S. Representative who won their seat by 25+ points has ever been defeated in the subsequent general election.
Read MoreOrrin Hatch: Lucky 8?
A majority of the 17 seven-term U.S. Senators in history have either retired, resigned, or died in office, but five of the six who ran for reelection were victorious.
Read MoreThe 115th Congress: Feeling Special
Not since before World War II have five U.S. House special elections been conducted during the first six months of a new Congress.
Read MoreWhich 1st Term US Senator Will Lose in 2018?
At least one first-term incumbent has been defeated in 48 of the 52 election cycles during the direct election era.
Read MoreCan Rob Quist Win Montana’s US House Special Election?
Democrats have won 55 percent of statewide elections in Montana over the last quarter-century, but the party’s 11-cycle losing streak for the state’s at-large U.S. House seat is its longest in history.
Read More10 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 More