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Reapportionment

2020 US Census Reapportionment Is the Most Stable in US History

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 27, 2021 | 1

Only 14 seats (3.2 percent) across 13 states (26 percent) changed hands following the latest Census – the lowest numbers in history.

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Minnesota Braces to Lose US House Seat for Just 3rd Time in History

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 18, 2019 | 3

Will the Gopher State host a rare incumbent vs. incumbent matchup in 2022?

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Montana Could Make History After 2020 Reapportionment

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 26, 2017 | 1

No state’s U.S. House delegation has ever increased from a single, at-large representative to multiple members after two censuses.

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Will Iowa Republicans Lose Every US House Seat for the First Time in History?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | September 28, 2012 | 3

Republicans have won at least one U.S. House seat from the Hawkeye State since 1856.

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History Says Wisconsin’s Freshmen GOP U.S. House Members Will be Safe in 2012

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 4, 2011 | 0

It has been 100 years since the last Wisconsin House freshman lost in a redistricting cycle

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King vs. Latham Matchup Would Be 1 in 100 Event in Iowa GOP Politics

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 1, 2011 | 0

Only 1 pair of 101 Republican U.S. Representatives serving in a redistricting cycle has squared off in a renomination battle in Iowa history

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Missouri’s Population Trends Over the Last 100 Years

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | March 2, 2011 | 1

The Show Me State has dropped from the 7th to the 18th most populous state in the nation since 1910, losing half of its U.S. House seats along the way

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Ohio’s Population Rank Over the Last 100 Years

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | January 14, 2011 | 0

Five decades of sluggish growth see the Buckeye State shed one third of its U.S. House delegation since 1960

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Wisconsin’s Population Rank Over the Last 100 Years

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | January 7, 2011 | 0

Badger State population has dropped from 13th to 20th in the nation over the past century

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Iowa’s Population Rank Over the Last 100 Years

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 28, 2010 | 0

Iowa has been eclipsed in population by 15 states since its #15 ranking after the 1910 Census (and passed none)

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