Posts by Dr. Eric Ostermeier
Pat Toomey: Last of the “Bork 8” Seats to Flip in 2016?
Eight U.S. Senators went against the majority of their party during the controversial 1987 Robert Bork confirmation vote; seven of their seats have since flipped for good in subsequent elections.
Read MoreBattle of the Ages: GOP Nomination Fight Features Biggest Frontrunner Age Gap Since 1856
Only once before has there been a larger difference in age between the top two Republican presidential frontrunners than Trump and Cruz (24 years).
Read MoreCarly Fiorina Records Longest Campaign by Female GOP Presidential Candidate
The former California CEO still fell short of notching the most successful presidential campaign by a Republican woman in party history.
Read MoreSanders Notches 2nd Biggest Democratic New Hampshire Primary Win in History
Only John Kennedy’s victory against the “Space Pen” inventor in 1960 was larger among the 13 contested Democratic primaries in Granite State history.
Read MoreTrump Notches Decisive Victory Against Historic Republican Field
The New York businessman laps the field in the first ever New Hampshire primary with five candidates in double-digits.
Read MoreChoices, Choices: Record Number of GOP Candidates in 2016 New Hampshire Primary
The 2016 field of nine active (non-fringe) Republican candidates edges the eight GOPers in 1996 who were still in the race at the time of the New Hampshire primary.
Read MoreBellwether Counties in New Hampshire Presidential Primaries
Only one Granite State county has backed every GOP primary winner since 1952 with just two on the Democratic side.
Read MorePresident Clinton = Governor Klobuchar in 2018?
The election of Hillary Clinton – let alone the GOP nominee – will likely close off the oft-rumored pathway to the Supreme Court for Minnesota’s popular senior Senator
Read More10 Down
Rand Paul was the second of the 22 major party candidates to get into the 2016 presidential sweepstakes last year and on Wednesday became 10th to exit after 303 (seemingly joyless) days on the campaign trail. That is a far cry from the duration of his father’s two GOP White House bids. In 2008 Ron…
Read MoreReid Ribble’s Unusual Exit from Congress
Prior to Ribble, each of the last 50 three-term U.S. Representatives from Wisconsin sought reelection or higher office dating back more than 90 years to 1924.
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