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Kristi Noem’s Multifaceted Historic Gubernatorial Bid

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | January 19, 2017 | 1

No sitting member of the U.S. House from South Dakota has ever appeared on a gubernatorial primary or general election ballot; just two ex-U.S. Representatives ever ran for the office.

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Minnesota Sends Oldest US House Delegation in State History to 115th Congress

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | January 17, 2017 | 0

For the first time in Minnesota history, every member elected to the state delegation was 50+ years old.

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115th Congress Has Largest Number of Single-Party State Delegations Since 1950s

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | January 3, 2017 | 7

Since the passage of the 17th Amendment all but seven states have been represented by a single party in the U.S. House and Senate for at least one Congress.

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Betty Price Could Make History with Georgia 6th CD Special Election Bid

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 19, 2016 | 1

Price could become the first female U.S. Representative to succeed her husband in a special election under circumstances other than his death.

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Jim Hagedorn: Two Strikes, But Not Out

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 13, 2016 | 3

Hagedorn could become just the second Minnesotan to win a U.S. House seat after losing the first two times to the same candidate in back-to-back-to-back cycles.

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Minnesota Eyes Rare US House Special Election in 2017

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 9, 2016 | 2

The Gopher State has held 160 U.S. House contests since its last special election in 1977 – third most in the nation.

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New Hampshire to Have All-Democratic Congressional Delegation for 1st Time Since 1852 Cycle

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | November 17, 2016 | 2

Democrats had never simultaneously held all U.S. Senate and House seats in New Hampshire since the birth of the Republican Party.

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Minnesota Hosts 2 Photo-Finish US House Elections for 1st Time Since 1892

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | November 15, 2016 | 1

Only 15 Minnesota U.S. House races have been decided by less than a percentage point in state history with only two cycles yielding two such contests.

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Massachusetts Democrats Poised to Extend Historic US House Election Streak

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | November 7, 2016 | 0

At 101 in a row, the Bay State already owns by far the largest Democratic winning streak to the chamber among Northeastern, Midwestern, and Western states and passed Virginia for #10 on the all-time list last cycle.

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Clinton Could Get Elected Alongside Lowest Percentage of Democratic US Reps

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | November 3, 2016 | 2

Democrats need to net 13 seats with a Clinton victory to avoid setting a party low water mark for the fewest U.S. Representatives elected alongside their presidential nominee.

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