Iowa
The Birth States of U.S. Representatives (113th Congress)
Eight U.S. House delegations boast an all homegrown membership, led by Iowa and Mississippi; five delegations come in at 25 percent or less including Virginia and Minnesota.
Read MoreLongest US Senate Service by State Delegation (113th Congress)
One state delegation has more experience in the Senate than 37 other U.S. Senators combined.
Read MoreGrassley and Harkin Become #5 Longest-Serving Senate Duo
At 28 years and counting, Iowa’s U.S. Senate delegation has served longer than all but four other pairs and has notched the second-longest period among members of different parties.
Read MoreProjections: 2012 Upper Midwestern U.S. House Races
More than a half-dozen contests in the five-state region could be decided by single digits.
Read MoreWill Christie Vilsack Make History for Iowa Women?
Iowa would become the 45th state in the nation to elect a woman to the U.S. House if Vilsack defeats Steve King in November.
Read MoreWill Iowa Republicans Lose Every US House Seat for the First Time in History?
Republicans have won at least one U.S. House seat from the Hawkeye State since 1856.
Read MoreDoes Anyone Care About Minnesota? (Polling the 2012 Presidential Race)
The Gopher State has been polled in the presidential race at one-sixth the rate in 2012 compared to this stage of the 2008 cycle.
Read MoreBattleground State Maps Expand Slightly from a Month Ago
The selection of Paul Ryan as GOP VP nominee moves the needle on Wisconsin but few other states in the presidential race according to a dozen media outlets.
Read MoreChanging Tides? GOP Eyes Rare Majority Control of Upper Midwest Senate Delegation
After November, Democrats in the five-state Upper Midwest region could control less than half of the 10 U.S. Senate seats for only the 4th time in 50 Years.
Read MoreClimbing the Ladder
When Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley won reelection for a sixth term in November 2010 he and his fellow Iowa U.S. Senator, Democratic Tom Harkin, were 11th on the all-time list for the longest-serving delegation members serving together to the nation’s…
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