Minnesota
History Gives Klobuchar a 2 in 3 Chance to Win Reelection in 2012
10 of 15 freshmen Minnesota U.S. Senators have won reelection to a second term since popular vote contests began 100 years ago
Read MoreCravaack Bolsters Military Record of Minnesota’s U.S. House Delegation
With Chip Cravaack’s election to Congress, half of Minnesota’s 2011 U.S. House delegation has a military background, compared to 36 percent of the 134 U.S. Representatives elected since statehood
Read MoreRepublican Dominance over Upper Midwestern Governorships through the Years
Republicans have controlled the governor’s mansions of IA, MN, ND, SD, and WI for over 72 percent of the time since 1846
Read MoreMinnesota to Have Only Democratic Upper Midwestern Governor for First Time Since 1954
Dayton one of four Minnesotan ‘lone Democratic wolves’ to govern in the five-state region since the Dakotas achieved statehood in 1889
Read MoreBachmann Survives Sixth Closest Victory Among 2010 Republican House Incumbents
Fellow controversial Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) at #3; Bachmann had the narrowest victory among GOP incumbents in 2008
Read MoreSupport for Minnesota GOP US House Candidates Rises 22 Percent in 2010
Support increases across all eight districts for Republicans; cumulative vote for DFLers falls below 48 percent for just the 3rd time in six decades
Read MoreMinnesota Gubernatorial Recount Event to be Held at Humphrey Institute
Panelists include elections managers from Hennepin and Ramsey Counties as well as attorneys involved in the 2008 U.S. Senate race recount between Norm Coleman and Al Franken
Read MoreThird Parties Leave Footprints in Minnesota’s 2010 U.S. House Contests
Votes for third party candidates eclipse 5 percent in six congressional districts; most since DFL merger in 1944
Read MoreMichele Bachmann Raised More Than $70 Per Vote Won on Election Day
Incumbent in nation’s most expensive U.S. House contest raises $70 per vote won in 6th CD race through mid-October FEC filings
Read MoreSmart Politics Projections: Minnesota U.S. House
Two-term incumbents have won 88 percent of their reelection bids in Minnesota history (75 of 85 races)
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