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Democrats and Republicans Currently Have Record US Senate Winning Streaks in 28 States

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | November 20, 2017 | 0

Only one region of the country is regularly seeing both parties win U.S. Senate seats in the vast majority of its states.

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History Gives Luther Strange Long Odds in US Senate Primary Runoff

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | September 25, 2017 | 3

No appointed US Senator has ever won a primary runoff and only two incumbents who placed second in the initial primary have done so.

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Record Partisan Gubernatorial Winning Streaks On the Line in 2018

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | September 20, 2017 | 4

Record partisan winning streaks in races for governor can be extended, broken, or tied in 15 states holding elections in 2018.

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Parnell vs Norman: 3rd Closest South Carolina US House Race Since 1800s

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | June 21, 2017 | 1

In an unusually competitive race, Democrats failed to pick up a GOP-held seat in the Palmetto State for a nation-leading 61st election in a row.

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Can South Carolina Democrats End the Party’s Biggest Congressional Pick-Up Drought?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | May 21, 2017 | 3

Palmetto State Democrats have failed to flip a GOP-held U.S. House seat in a nation-leading 60 consecutive contests.

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The 115th Congress: Feeling Special

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | March 10, 2017 | 1

Not since before World War II have five U.S. House special elections been conducted during the first six months of a new Congress.

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Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby and the Longest-Serving US Senate Delegation Pairs in History

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | February 10, 2017 | 0

The Alabama duo served alongside one another for the 27th longest stretch in the chamber’s history.

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Nikki Haley: 1st South Carolina Governor in More Than Half a Century to Exit Early

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | January 26, 2017 | 3

However, nearly one in six governors of the Palmetto State did not finish their term.

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A Party Divided? Republican US Senators Setting Record Lows in Primaries

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | September 6, 2016 | 2

GOP U.S. Senators continue to win renomination, but many state party records are falling each cycle for the worst ever showings by a Republican incumbent.

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Bill Clinton Was Not the Youngest Ex-Governor in History

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 27, 2016 | 5

Contrary to what he said during his DNC speech Tuesday, the former Arkansas governor did not even rank in the Top 10 youngest ex-governors when he lost his 1980 election bid.

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