Minnesota
Jim Hagedorn: Two Strikes, But Not Out
Hagedorn could become just the second Minnesotan to win a U.S. House seat after losing the first two times to the same candidate in back-to-back-to-back cycles.
Read MoreMinnesota Eyes Rare US House Special Election in 2017
The Gopher State has held 160 U.S. House contests since its last special election in 1977 – third most in the nation.
Read MoreMinnesota Hosts 2 Photo-Finish US House Elections for 1st Time Since 1892
Only 15 Minnesota U.S. House races have been decided by less than a percentage point in state history with only two cycles yielding two such contests.
Read MoreMinnesota US House Delegation Ripe for a Partisan Shake-Up
Only four times over the last 100 years has the Gopher State seen each of its U.S. House seats remain under the same partisan control in two straight cycles.
Read More1 in 7 US House Races Have Only One Major Party Candidate on November Ballot
New Hampshire has both the largest (179 in a row) and longest (since 1856) streaks of fielding U.S. House nominees from both major parties; Minnesota, Idaho, and Montana also have streaks north of 100.
Read MoreUpper Midwestern Democrats Could Make Historic US House Gains in 2016
Democrats could pick off five of the 11 Republican-held seats held in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin (46 percent) – the second highest rate for the party in history.
Read MoreMinnesota US Representatives Extend Renomination Streak to 198
U.S. House members from the Gopher State have also won 291 of 292 primaries since 1942.
Read MoreTom Emmer Records Weakest Minnesota GOP US House Primary Win in 50+ Years
No incumbent Minnesota Republican U.S. House member had won less than 80 percent of the primary vote since 1962.
Read MoreNumber of Female Lieutenant Governors to Increase After 2016
Midwestern states account for 40 percent of the cumulative female lieutenant gubernatorial service in U.S. history along with the three longest current streaks (Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin).
Read MoreBeyoncé Becomes 9th Living Individual to Receive Dayton Proclamation
The pop diva joins a list that includes two ex-governors, a state senator, a conductor, a Beatle, an educator, a basketball coach, and a labor leader.
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