Minnesota
Minnesota’s Aging US House Delegation
Minnesota’s eight U.S. Representatives are the second oldest delegation in state history and odds are strong they’ll set the record in 2014.
Read MoreJohn Kline: Six Going on Seven?
Nearly 90 percent of six-term Minnesota U.S. Representatives have been successful in their bids for a 7th term since statehood.
Read MoreDemocracy in Action: Major Party Competition in US House Elections
Indiana has placed Democratic and Republican candidates on the ballot in a nation-best 180 consecutive U.S. House races, with New Hampshire, Minnesota, Idaho, and Montana all tallying 100 or more.
Read MoreBachmann’s Little Secret: Not Fixated on God, Guns, and Gays
Only one percent of the congresswoman’s nearly 600 press releases since 2007 have focused on the “3 Gs” collectively, as well as just one percent on abortion.
Read MoreHow Many Republicans Will Run for Minnesota’s 6th CD in 2014?
Less than 5 percent of the 208 Minnesota Republican U.S. House primaries over the last 50 years have fielded three or more candidates on the ballot (and only 7 percent of races without a GOP incumbent).
Read MoreJim Abeler: Leading Off the Senate Roll Call Vote in 2015?
Only three U.S. Senators in history had a name earlier in the alphabet than the budding 2014 Republican Senate candidate; no Minnesotan has ever topped the chamber’s roll call list.
Read MoreHow Much Money Will Bachmann Raise as a Non-Candidate?
Bachmann is still fundraising on her campaign website with a pitch that Democrats are “trying to defeat her” – even though she is retiring and won’t be on the ballot in 2014.
Read MoreMichele Bachmann’s US House Exit in Historical Context
Only 1 in 3 of Minnesota’s 134 U.S. Representatives exited the chamber by a manner other than defeat or death, and more than half of these ran for or held prominent political office thereafter.
Read MoreCT, IL, MN Gubernatorial Races: From 2010 Nail-Biters to 2014 Snoozers?
Since 1900, there have been 18 candidates elected governor by less than one percentage point who won reelection the next cycle by double-digits; could Dan Malloy, Mark Dayton, and Pat Quinn do the same in 2014?
Read MoreWhat Are Mark Dayton’s True Reelection Odds?
Prognosticators list the Minnesota gubernatorial seat as ‘safe’ for the incumbent in 2014; history suggests the odds are just shy of that.
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