Texas
Steve Stockman’s 12 Percent Solution
Only 4 of 31 Texas U.S. Senate candidacies by sitting or ex-U.S. Representatives have been successful in the direct election era.
Read MorePollsters Ignoring Rick Perry’s 2016 ‘Campaign’
Only two of 13 GOP 2016 primary polls conducted since April have included the Texas governor’s name.
Read MoreWho’s Still Covering Cruz?
The Daily Caller and POLITICO by far led the way with the most front page stories this weekend on the controversial Texas U.S. Senator.
Read MorePerry Will Retire with 10th Longest Gubernatorial Tenure in US History
The Texas governor will climb nine more spots on the all-time list with 5,144 days in office under his belt upon his retirement in January 2015.
Read MoreThe Top 50 Longest-Serving Governors of All Time
One active governor tops the list, while another will crack the Top 10 by the end of his term; two current west coast governors will climb onto the list later this year .
Read MorePresidential Commencement Addresses: Notre Dame Reigns
Ohio State will host its third commencement address by a sitting president this spring, but that’s only half the number tallied by Notre Dame.
Read MoreDuckworth, Castro Lead House Freshman Class in Early Media Buzz
While most new U.S. Representatives have lain low during their first month in office, a half-dozen freshmen have received more than half the media coverage of their entire class.
Read MoreTexas GOP Senate Runoff Has 2nd Lowest Decline in Turnout from Primary Since 1950
Only the 1972 Democratic runoff between former Senator Ralph Yarborough and Barefoot Sanders had a smaller drop in turnout of the 11 such U.S. Senate runoffs conducted since 1950
Read MoreTed Cruz: Time Was on His Side
The nine week gap between the primary and runoff elections is the longest for any U.S. Senate run-off in Texas history.
Read MoreBroadcast Media in Love with Republican Governors in 2012
GOP governors land the Top 10 spots for the most broadcast reports mentioning their names since January, led by Rick Perry, Chris Christie, Scott Walker, and Rick Scott.
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