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Record Number of Democrats Square Off in 2018 Maryland Gubernatorial Primary

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | June 26, 2018 | 2

The nine candidates on the 2018 primary ballot breaks a record that stood for more than half a century.

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2018 Cycle Finds Many Young Women Gubernatorial Hopefuls

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | February 13, 2018 | 2

Six women under 40 are currently seeking major party gubernatorial nominations this year.

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Democrats and Republicans Currently Have Record US Senate Winning Streaks in 28 States

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | November 20, 2017 | 0

Only one region of the country is regularly seeing both parties win U.S. Senate seats in the vast majority of its states.

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Record Partisan Gubernatorial Winning Streaks On the Line in 2018

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | September 20, 2017 | 4

Record partisan winning streaks in races for governor can be extended, broken, or tied in 15 states holding elections in 2018.

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John Delaney Breaks Phil Crane’s (Or Pete du Pont’s?) Record for Early Bird Presidential Bid

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | August 1, 2017 | 0

Did Phil Crane or Pete du Pont hold the previous mark for the earliest presidential campaign launch in the modern primary era?

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Yawners: 9 States Without a Close US Senate Race in 30+ Years

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 30, 2017 | 1

Maryland’s last close Senate election took place during Nixon’s first midterm with four other states also not hosting a competitive contest since the 1970s.

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US Representatives Not Lining Up to Flip Gubernatorial Seats in 2018

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 18, 2017 | 1

Only 1 of 49 U.S. Representatives are seeking to flip gubernatorial seats in states carried by their party’s presidential nominee last year.

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2018 Could Have Fewest US Senate Retirements in Direct Election Era

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | June 30, 2017 | 3

An average of seven senators have retired from the chamber each cycle during the past quarter-century; no incumbent up for reelection next year has yet closed the door on a 2018 bid.

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Which State Is the Most Northeastern in Presidential Elections?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | October 24, 2016 | 2

Connecticut has voted in concert with the region overall at a higher rate than any other Northeastern state since 1828; Maryland and Vermont have done so the least.

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Will Democrats Sweep the Northeast Yet Again?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | September 30, 2016 | 1

The 11 Northeastern states could tie the nation’s all-time regional mark for the most consecutive cycles backing a political party’s presidential nominee.

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