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Derrick Van Orden and a Brief Electoral History of Wisconsin Freshman US Reps

Doug Mastriano Eyes Unusual US Senate Bid in Pennsylvania

Democrats and Republicans Have Record US Senate Winning Streaks in 26 States

Jay Inslee: Moving Up the Ranks

A Record Out of Reach? Dianne Feinstein to Retire with Most Votes in US Senate Electoral History

I Can’t Quit You: Omar, Swalwell, Schiff Still Identify As Serving On Foreign Affairs, Intelligence Committees

Media

The Leftovers

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 29, 2019 | 1

Which news outlets are omitting long-shot Democratic hopefuls from their 2020 candidate profiles?

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Minnesota Media Coverage of Latest Keith Ellison/Louis Farrakhan News Lags

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | February 12, 2018 | 1

A Wall Street Journal column about Ellison’s attendance with the Nation of Islam leader at a 2013 dinner hosted by the President of Iran is not exactly making the rounds in the Gopher State.

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Media Democratic Delegate Trackers Still Not in Sync

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | May 31, 2016 | 0

While the total number of delegates assigned to Clinton and Sanders are similar, five major outlets do not agree on the delegate counts across 18 states.

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Which Media Outlet’s Republican Delegate Tracker Do You Believe?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | March 7, 2016 | 1

Major media outlets cannot agree on any of the delegate counts for the top three GOP candidates, nor the allotment from 11 states that have voted thus far.

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Hands Off: CNN Moderators Speak at Half the Rate of FOX Moderators at GOP Debate

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | September 17, 2015 | 35

CNN moderators spoke at less than half the rate of their FOX counterparts in Wednesday evening’s prime time debate.

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Jeopardy! Footprints of the 2016 GOP Presidential Field

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | August 28, 2015 | 0

Trump has been mentioned on the game show three-dozen times more than the next closest GOP rival and more than 13 GOP candidates combined.

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Tale of the Tape at the GOP Debate

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | August 7, 2015 | 10

Trump and Bush received more than their equal share of speaking time while the rest of the field was shortchanged.

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Frontrunning: Unequal Speaking Time at Republican Presidential Debates

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | August 6, 2015 | 12

Mitt Romney received nearly five extra minutes above his proportional share of face time across the 2012 debates while no other candidate ended up on the plus side of the moderator’s stopwatch.

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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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Are Dr. Drew and Adam Carolla Libertarians?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | October 3, 2014 | 6

The HLN host is fed up with the ‘tyranny’ of governmental overreach while Carolla goes on the record that he is a libertarian.

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