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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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Pollster Interest in Minnesota Gubernatorial Race Only Up Slightly from 2006

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | September 29, 2010 | 0

Modest uptick in polling at this point in the campaign is a bit curious considering 2010 is an open-seat race with three viable candidates

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Will Minnesotans Turn out to Vote in Record Numbers this Midterm Election?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | September 28, 2010 | 0

Pollsters’ numbers suggest turnout may well exceed 2002’s record 64.9 percent mark, but are those numbers reliable?

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History Predicts Republicans Will Gain 19 Seats in Minnesota House in 2010

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | September 24, 2010 | 2

Study of midterm elections since 1954 finds party out of power in the White House makes double digit gains in Minnesota House more than 60 percent of the time

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Twins Clinch, But Division Victory Not Unusual in Year 1 of New Stadium

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | September 23, 2010 | 1

More than one-third of baseball franchises win their division in first year of new stadium out of 20 teams since 1989; only two have finished in last place

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Will Representative Mark Buesgens’ Arrest Put House District 35B in Play? (Not Likely)

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | September 22, 2010 | 0

HD 35 has averaged a 28-point GOP tilt in top of the ticket races since redistricting in 2002

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Tom Emmer: Running for Governor, Not Sheriff

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | September 16, 2010 | 0

Emmer strikes moderate, cooperative tone in education speech at University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute

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Mark Dayton on Tax Policy: “I Didn’t Start the War”

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | September 14, 2010 | 3

DFL gubernatorial candidate launches 16 attacks against his 2010 rivals’ tax and budget plans and outgoing Pawlenty administration in hour long U of MN event

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Vin Weber Talks Washington (And Minnesota) Politics

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | September 10, 2010 | 2

Weber says GOP will net 48 or 49 seats in House, 8 seats in Senate, and Tom Horner to hit 20 percent mark in Minnesota gubernatorial race

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Vikings’ Latest Push for a Super Bowl Ring (and Stadium) Begins Thursday

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | September 9, 2010 | 1

Only seven eventual Super Bowl champions have lost their season opener

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