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Doug Mastriano Eyes Unusual US Senate Bid in Pennsylvania

Democrats and Republicans Have Record US Senate Winning Streaks in 26 States

Jay Inslee: Moving Up the Ranks

A Record Out of Reach? Dianne Feinstein to Retire with Most Votes in US Senate Electoral History

I Can’t Quit You: Omar, Swalwell, Schiff Still Identify As Serving On Foreign Affairs, Intelligence Committees

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Missouri

How Many Missouri US Senate Primary Records Will Fall This Cycle?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 6, 2022 | 4

A record number of candidates are poised to slice the Republican vote into historically small pieces next month

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Could Missouri Democrats Pick Up a Senate Seat in 2022?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | March 17, 2022 | 4

Two of the six Democratic U.S. Senate pick-ups in the Show-Me State have occurred during GOP-friendly cycles.

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A Review of State Executive Partisan Outliers

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | August 25, 2021 | 3

One party controls every elected executive office in all but 14 states.

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How Often Do Missouri US Reps Run for US Senate?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | June 16, 2021 | 4

Vicky Hartzler is the first of possibly multiple Show-Me State U.S. House members to launch a bid for the upper chamber in 2022.

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Missouri Democrats Brace for Electoral Disaster Not Seen in 150+ Years

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | June 7, 2021 | 4

Republicans will be favored to hold all statewide offices in Missouri after the 2022 midterms for the first time since 1870.

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Has Kansas Become a Bluer State Than Missouri?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 13, 2020 | 1

For the first time in history, a Democratic nominee for president received a larger percentage of the vote in Kansas than in the Show-Me State.

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States, States Everywhere But Nary a Bellwether in Sight

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | February 17, 2020 | 2

Wisconsin saw its streak backing the eventual Democratic presidential nominee in every primary since 1972 end when voters backed Bernie Sanders in 2016.

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Bellwether States for Partisan Control of the US Senate

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | January 21, 2020 | 3

Seven states have elected U.S. Senators into the majority party of the subsequent Congress 70+ percent of the time over the last century, but no state has done so in each of its last four elections.

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How Many Midwestern States Does the 2020 Democratic Nominee Need to Carry to Win the Presidency?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 19, 2019 | 3

Democratic nominees have won the White House in every cycle since the formation of the Republican Party in which they carried at least half of the region’s states.

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Mitt Romney: Utah’s Next ‘Senior’ Junior US Senator

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 9, 2018 | 3

Nine state delegations currently have junior senators who are older than its senior senator.

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