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South Carolina Democrats End Party’s Largest US House Pick-Up Drought

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 11, 2018 | 1

After more than five-dozen failed attempts to flip a seat, Democrats won the most competitive election for the office in South Carolina in more than 125 years.

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Largest Number of All-Democratic State Delegations Headed to Congress in 50+ Years

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | November 25, 2018 | 1

Fourteen states will be represented by a single party on Capitol Hill – seven Democratic and seven Republican; one party controls all but one seat in 13 other states.

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Ilhan Omar Nearly Breaks Minnesota US House Electoral Record

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | November 13, 2018 | 5

Omar received the third largest percentage of the vote among the 140+ newly elected Gopher State U.S. Representatives since statehood.

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Axne Records Rare Plurality Win in Iowa US House Race

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | November 12, 2018 | 4

The 3rd CD member-elect is just the sixth candidate to win without the support of a majority of voters in the state out of more than 250 U.S. House elections since 1940.

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Minnesotans Make History in 2018 US House Elections

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | November 8, 2018 | 0

The 2018 cycle is the first time since statehood in which two political parties each flipped more than one congressional seat.

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New Jersey GOP Endures Worst Cycle for US House Races in Party History

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | November 7, 2018 | 2

Only the Election of 1912 saw Republicans win as low a percentage of seats to the chamber since the founding of the party in the mid-1850s.

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Iowa Democrats Make Run At History in 2018 Congressional Races

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | October 31, 2018 | 3

A Democratic sweep of all four congressional districts would leave Iowans without a GOP member in its U.S. House delegation for the first time since the mid-1850s.

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Alyse Galvin Could Become 1st Woman to Serve As An Independent US Representative

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | October 12, 2018 | 2

One woman has previously been elected to the chamber as an independent, but never served under that designation.

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Will Minnesota Democrats Take Back the State House?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | October 3, 2018 | 3

The party winning the U.S. House has won a majority of seats in the Minnesota House for 17 of the last 22 cycles including nine of the last 10.

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Which States Have the Largest (and Longest) Streaks Fielding Candidates from Both Major Parties in US House Races?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | October 1, 2018 | 0
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Four states have had Democratic and Republican nominees on the ballot for 100+ straight elections; four states also own streaks dating back to the 1800s.

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