North Dakota
GOP Aims to Hold All North Dakota Seats on Capitol Hill for 1st Time in Over 50 Years
Republicans last held all of North Dakota’s U.S. Senate and House seats in January 1959.
Read MoreNorth Dakota Sets Modern Day Record for State’s Largest Monthly Dip in Unemployment
North Dakota’s -8.3 percent monthly decline in unemployment from March to April is its largest drop over the past 35+ years
Read MoreMore Likely 2012 US Senate Scenario: Connecticut to the GOP or North Dakota to the Dems?
Connecticut has never voted for a Republican U.S. Senator and a Democratic presidential nominee in the same cycle
Read MoreCould Republicans Sweep the Midwest in US Senate Races Again in 2012?
GOP won nine Senate seats in the region last November for the first time since 1920
Read MoreUpper Midwestern Republicans Reach Five-Decade High in State House Seats
After the 2010 election, GOP holds 311 of 497 lower chamber seats in IA, MN, ND, SD, and WI (62.2 percent) – the highest level since 1968 election (68.0 percent)
Read MoreRepublican Dominance over Upper Midwestern Governorships through the Years
Republicans have controlled the governor’s mansions of IA, MN, ND, SD, and WI for over 72 percent of the time since 1846
Read MoreMinnesota Unemployment Numbers and Trends at a Glance
Gopher State job data trend lines generally favorable compared to the nation and the Upper Midwest region
Read MoreWill the GOP Sweep North and South Dakota’s U.S. House Seats?
Republicans have never carried both single-member at-large districts in the same election cycle; Democrats have won 25 of 29 U.S. House contests in the Dakotas since 1982
Read MoreUpper Midwestern U.S. House Delegation Votes 13-10 in Favor of Health Care Bill
Region supported amendment banning abortion services from bill by 12-11 vote
Read MoreMinnesota Housing Foreclosure Rate Still Up 67 Percent Since Election Day
Minnesota continues to have the highest foreclosure rate in the Upper Midwest
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