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Georgia

No Wiggle Room: The 2014 Gubernatorial Elections Are Lousy with Toss-ups

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | October 27, 2014 | 1

The eight tightest gubernatorial races in the country all involve incumbents and the 2014 cycle could yield the most gubernatorial races decided by less than a point since at least 1900.

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Why Are We Obsessed with the 2014 US Senate Elections?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | October 20, 2014 | 1

Control of the upper legislative chamber has flipped in just one out of five cycles since 1914.

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Bob Barr’s Unlikely Return to Congress Comes to an End

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 23, 2014 | 0

Barr sought to become the first former Republican U.S. Representative from Georgia to win back a seat to the chamber in Peach State history.

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Georgia Republican US Senate Primary Runoff By the Numbers

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 23, 2014 | 0

Turnout dropped only 20 percent from May’s runoff in the second closest U.S. Senate primary runoff in Georgia history.

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Which US Senate Seats Will Flip in 2014? A Survey of Media Rankings

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 1, 2014 | 1

Media election forecasters can only agree on one slot of the Top 12 U.S. Senate seats most likely to change control after the November elections.

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Is a Rough Road Ahead for David Perdue?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | May 23, 2014 | 0

Only one of eight run-off bound first place primary finishers in a Georgia U.S. Senate race went on to win the seat; Perdue is also coming off the lowest ever first place finish by either party in Georgia U.S. Senate primary history.

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Georgia’s Republican US Senate Primary: A Race for the Ages?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | February 11, 2014 | 1

The 2014 field has a record number of GOP U.S. Senate candidates in the Peach State; one out of four Georgia U.S. Senate races have resulted in run-offs since 1968.

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Is There a Doctor in the Senate?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | October 10, 2013 | 1

Elections in Georgia and Louisiana could bring the number of physicians in the Senate in 2015 to its highest level in 150+ years.

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Michelle Nunn: A Return to Dynastic Politics in Georgia?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 25, 2013 | 0

More than two-dozen Georgia U.S. Senators and Representatives had family members who previously served in Congress – but none since Sam Nunn in 1972.

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Bob Barr Seeks Rare Return to Congress from Georgia

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 1, 2013 | 0

The former U.S. Representative seeks to become the first Georgia Republican to return to the U.S. House after a gap in service and just the second from any party in the state since the end of World War II.

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