Iowa
Election Profile: Iowa’s 4th Congressional District
Latham was part of the Republican Revolution that swept into Congress with a large number of first-time GOP victors in 1994
Read MoreElection Profile: Iowa’s 5th Congressional District
The reelection of King and fellow GOPer Tom Latham from the state’s 4th CD means Iowa will continue its streak of sending at least one Republican to the U.S. House in every election cycle since 1856
Read MoreElection Profile: Iowa’s 1st Congressional District
Although the district has only been in the Democratic column for two consecutive election cycles, it is not one of the many vulnerable Democratic U.S. House seats in the Midwest this cycle
Read MoreDemocrats on the Verge of Historic Collapse in Iowa Governor’s Race
Culver on pace to produce biggest cycle-to-cycle decline in Iowa Democratic gubernatorial vote in state history
Read MoreIowa Democrats Bracing for Bloodbath in 2010 State House Elections
Democrats fail to field a candidate in 25 of 100 Iowa House contests – most by any major party since the lower chamber became a 100-member body in 1970
Read MoreWill Miller-Meeks Become the First Iowa Woman Elected to Congress?
In 2008, Miller-Meeks notched the best ever performance for a female Republican in an Iowa congressional race
Read MoreMinnesota Unemployment Numbers and Trends at a Glance
Gopher State job data trend lines generally favorable compared to the nation and the Upper Midwest region
Read MoreCan the DFL Win Minnesota’s Governorship in the Face of a GOP Sweep of its Upper Midwestern Neighbors?
Democrats have won gubernatorial elections in Minnesota only four times since statehood without also holding one of its neighboring four states; last time was 1954
Read MoreRoxanne Conlin Poised to Hold Iowa U.S. Senate, Gubernatorial Records
Conlin is only the second female major party candidate to appear on a U.S. Senate general election ballot in Iowa and the 9th woman overall
Read MoreOut with the Old and In with the Older: Ex-Governors Have Historically Good Odds in Comeback Bids
Former governors have won 63 percent of open races in comeback campaigns and 57 percent overall since WWII; five ex-governors to be on the ballot in 2010
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