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How Late Will Biden Challengers Enter the Democratic Field?

Beshear Sets Record: Kentucky Gubernatorial Primary By the Numbers

Tim Scott and Presidential Candidates with Two First Names

Will Libertarians Continue to Make Inroads in 2024?

Southern States Poised to Have Fewest Democratic Governors Since Reconstruction

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Ilhan Omar Records Worst Minnesota US Rep Showing Vis-à-Vis Top of the Ticket in a Generation

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | January 17, 2021 | 3

Omar ran 15.7 points behind Biden in her district – more than twice the deficit of any other Gopher State U.S. Representative since (at least) the 2000 cycle.

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Georgia Democrats Eye US Senate Electoral Rarity

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 6, 2020 | 0

Only two times in U.S. Senate history have both incumbents from the same state been unseated in the same cycle.

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A Brief History of Minnesota US House Special Elections

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | September 28, 2020 | 0

The 2nd CD special will be just the sixth in state history following a nation-leading 175 consecutive U.S. House elections without a special.

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What Is the Floor For Ilhan Omar’s Primary Support?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 30, 2020 | 2

Only six of 290 Minnesota U.S. Representatives since the DFL merger in 1944 failed to win at least 60 percent of the primary vote.

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Ilhan Omar’s Unusually Large Pool of Primary Challengers

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | May 6, 2020 | 1

It’s been more than 85 years since a Minnesota U.S. Representative has drawn four primary challengers.

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Minnesota Again Eyes Multiple US House Rematches in 2020

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | October 1, 2019 | 0

The Gopher State has hosted 26 rematch elections among major party nominees since 1990 – only three such challengers have been successful.

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Michelle Fischbach and a Brief History of Minnesota LGs Running for US House

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | September 4, 2019 | 1

Six sitting or former lieutenant governors from the Gopher State have later appeared on the ballot for a U.S. House seat.

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Could Jason Lewis Make History in 2020?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | June 20, 2019 | 5

No ex-Minnesota U.S. Representative has ever come back to win a U.S. Senate election in the direct election era.

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Lawmaker, Mayor, and WWII Veteran Don Fraser Passes

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | June 3, 2019 | 1

The Minneapolis politician lived to become the fourth oldest former U.S. Representative in state history and the seventh to reach the age of 90.

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Minnesota Braces to Lose US House Seat for Just 3rd Time in History

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 18, 2019 | 3

Will the Gopher State host a rare incumbent vs. incumbent matchup in 2022?

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