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Governorships

Charlie Baker Seeks Rare Victory in Super Bowl XLIX

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | January 26, 2015 | 0

Only two previous governors have had an NFL franchise from their state win the Super Bowl inside of their first month in office; another governor presided over four Super Bowl championships during his administration.

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Perry Exits #10 in All-Time Gubernatorial Tenure

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | January 20, 2015 | 0

The Texan lands in the Top 10 for all-time service among statehood governors and #4 for consecutive service.

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Democrats Dominating Minnesota Politics in Historic Fashion

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | January 9, 2015 | 1

All partisan statewide offices in Minnesota have been won by Democrats for two consecutive cycles for the first time in history.

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Blue Islands in a Red Sea

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 21, 2014 | 0

Democratic gubernatorial winning streaks against the GOP have set or matched record highs in New Hampshire, Oregon, Washington, and California.

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Daugaard Sets Record for Largest Gubernatorial Win in South Dakota History

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 15, 2014 | 0

All eyes were on the state’s U.S. Senate race in 2014, but Dennis Daugaard quietly orchestrated the biggest gubernatorial victory in the state’s 125-year history.

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Plurality-Winning Governors Elected At Century-Long High Water Mark

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 10, 2014 | 1

The rate of gubernatorial candidates elected without the support of a majority of voters is at its highest level since the 1910s.

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Brown and Kitzhaber Join the Exclusive 4×4 Club

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | November 30, 2014 | 0

Less than a dozen governors in U.S. history have been elected to four four-year terms – all since 1970.

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Republicans Winning Midwestern Governorships at Near Record Rate

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | November 24, 2014 | 0

At 82 percent this decade, the GOP is enjoying its highest winning percentage in gubernatorial elections in the region since the 1920s.

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Mark Begich and Sean Parnell Join Small Group in Defeat

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | November 19, 2014 | 4

Over the last 50 years, just five pairs of incumbent governors and U.S. Senators from different political parties in the same state have been defeated.

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Will Alaskans “Throw All the Bums Out” for the First Time in History?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | November 3, 2014 | 0

Alaskans have never voted both gubernatorial and U.S. Senate incumbents out of office in the same cycle; incumbents in all three statewide offices could lose Tuesday.

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