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Will There Still Be 20 Women in the US Senate After 2016?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 20, 2016 | 3
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While female candidates have opportunities to pick up seats this November, some face challenging general election odds while others face stiff competition to win their party’s primary.

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115th Congress Could Have Fewest Split US Senate Delegations in History

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 12, 2016 | 2
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If the nation’s six most competitive seats flip in 2016, the upper legislative chamber will tie its mark for the lowest number of states with split delegations in the direct election era.

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Top of the Ticket Woes for 2016 Republican-Controlled US Senate Seats?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | February 22, 2016 | 3
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Florida, Wisconsin, and North Carolina are three of 18 states never to split their ticket by voting for a Democratic presidential nominee and a Republican U.S. Senate candidate in the same cycle.

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Trump Notches Decisive Victory Against Historic Republican Field

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | February 10, 2016 | 2
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The New York businessman laps the field in the first ever New Hampshire primary with five candidates in double-digits.

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Sanders Notches 2nd Biggest Democratic New Hampshire Primary Win in History

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | February 10, 2016 | 1
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Only John Kennedy’s victory against the “Space Pen” inventor in 1960 was larger among the 13 contested Democratic primaries in Granite State history.

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Choices, Choices: Record Number of GOP Candidates in 2016 New Hampshire Primary

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | February 9, 2016 | 0
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The 2016 field of nine active (non-fringe) Republican candidates edges the eight GOPers in 1996 who were still in the race at the time of the New Hampshire primary.

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Bellwether Counties in New Hampshire Presidential Primaries

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | February 8, 2016 | 2
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Only one Granite State county has backed every GOP primary winner since 1952 with just two on the Democratic side.

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Big Seats to Fill: US Senate Seats Held by Presidents

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | January 28, 2016 | 0
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Four current members of the U.S. Senate hold seats once occupied by two former presidents; three future presidents once served alongside each other in the chamber.

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The 10 Percent Solution: A Prescription for Surviving New Hampshire?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | January 20, 2016 | 1
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Since 1972, only six of 35 losing New Hampshire primary candidates who received 10+ percent of the vote dropped out of the race within the next two weeks.

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The Seven Day Scramble

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | January 19, 2016 | 0
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A full seven day gap between Iowa and New Hampshire has occurred in seven of the 12 presidential cycles since 1972.

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