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Election Profile: Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | October 31, 2010 | 0

Gopher State’s 2nd CD’s 14.5-point average margin of victory sine 2002 is the 36th smallest in the country

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Election Profile: Minnesota’s 3rd Congressional District

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | October 31, 2010 | 0

Minnesota’s 3rd Congressional District has not voted for a DFL candidate since 1958 – a string of 25 consecutive elections

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Election Profile: Minnesota’s 4th Congressional District

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | October 31, 2010 | 1

The DFL has carried the 4th District in every race from 1948 through 2008

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Election Profile: Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | October 31, 2010 | 2

Ellison enjoyed the largest margin of victory for a one-term incumbent in the history of the Gopher State in 2008

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Election Profile: Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | October 31, 2010 | 1

The fight for Bachmann’s seat has seen $16.2 million in campaign contributions across all candidates – the most of any U.S. House race in the nation by more than $6 million

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Election Profile: Minnesota’s 7th Congressional District

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | October 31, 2010 | 0

In 2008, the Congressman enjoyed the largest margin of victory of his career – 44.5 points over Republican Glen Menze

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PAC Dogs: Oberstar and Peterson Receive More than Half Their Money from Special Interests

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | October 22, 2010 | 2

PAC contributions to Paulsen up 36 percent from 2008 cycle; contributions to Bachmann down 51.2 percent

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The Still Very Long Odds of an Oberstar (or Walz) Defeat in November

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | October 18, 2010 | 1

Less than 4 percent of Minnesota U.S. House incumbents have been defeated out of more than 200 who won at least 60 percent of the vote during the previous election cycle

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Twitter Wars: Tarryl Clark vs. Michele Bachmann

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | September 30, 2010 | 0

Clark campaign delivers twelve times as many ‘tweet attacks’ as Bachmann

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Minnesota Third Parties to Set Modern Mark for Number of Midterm U.S. House Candidates in 2010

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | September 8, 2010 | 5

Independence Party leads the way with seven – the most third party U.S. House candidates to run in any election cycle since the DFL merger in 1944

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