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Sullivan Advances with Lowest GOP US Senate Primary Support in Alaska History

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | August 21, 2014 | 0

The Alaska GOP nominee is the first to advance to a U.S. Senate general election with only plurality support.

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Wyoming Primary Election Results By the Numbers

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | August 20, 2014 | 0

Enzi continues the perfect renomination streak of Wyoming U.S. Senators – 29 for 29 since the first primary contest 1918; Lummis extends renomination streak by Cowboy State U.S. Representatives to 19 in a row since 1972.

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Hawaii Primary Roundup

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | August 19, 2014 | 0

Neil Abercrombie is the first Hawaii governor to lose a renomination bid while Brian Schatz avoided becoming the first Aloha State U.S. Senator to do so.

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Alexander Records Weakest Primary Win for GOP US Senator in Tennessee History

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | August 8, 2014 | 0

Alexander becomes the fifth Republican U.S. Senator to set a low water mark for an incumbent in a GOP primary election this cycle.

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Scott Brown Could Become 1st US Senate Nominee to Lose to Two Women

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 31, 2014 | 0

A primary victory will make Brown just the fourth U.S. Senate candidate in history to face major party female nominees in three different cycles; he could also become the first to lose in two of them.

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Which States Elect the “Most Beautiful” People to Congress?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 29, 2014 | 0

South Dakotans elect the highest rate of beautiful legislators, if The Hill’s annual list is a guide for such a measure.

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Democrats Fail to Field a US Senate Nominee for Just 26th Time in History

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 29, 2014 | 0

Failing to run a candidate in Alabama this cycle, Democrats now account for nine of the last 11 U.S. Senate elections since 2000 with only one major party candidate on the ballot.

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Georgia Republican US Senate Primary Runoff By the Numbers

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 23, 2014 | 0

Turnout dropped only 20 percent from May’s runoff in the second closest U.S. Senate primary runoff in Georgia history.

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Which States Have the Most Undecided Voters in 2014 US Senate Races?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 21, 2014 | 0

Open seat races in Michigan and Iowa have led the way with the highest percentage of undecided voters in 2014 polling among the 16 states with key U.S. Senate contests.

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Patriotic Exits? 35 Members of Congress Who Died on July 4th

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 3, 2014 | 0

Four members of the U.S. House died on Independence Day while in office; North Carolina and Pennsylvania delegations have had the most pass on the 4th of July.

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