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Scott Walker Faces 3rd Shortest Wisconsin Gubernatorial Tenure if Recalled

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | January 13, 2012 | 2

Only an acting governor and a governor who died on a Civil War relief expedition will have served fewer days in office than Walker.

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Ron Paul Seeks First Primary/Caucus Win by GOP US Rep. Since 1964

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 28, 2011 | 3

Wisconsin’s John Byrnes won the last presidential contest for a sitting GOP U.S. House member 48 years ago; John Anderson came close in Massachusetts and Vermont in 1980.

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Tammy Baldwin Seeks First Female Democratic U.S. Senate Nomination in Wisconsin History

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | September 7, 2011 | 1

Baldwin vies to become the second woman to receive a major party nod in a Badger State U.S. Senate contest joining Republican Susan Engeleiter.

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Wisconsin Recall Vote Turnout Nearly 90 Percent of 2010 Levels

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | August 10, 2011 | 0

Turnout across six recall elections Tuesday was just 40,000 votes shy of top of the ticket voting in 2010’s gubernatorial race.

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Can Democrats Pick Up Three Wisconsin Senate Seats?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | August 9, 2011 | 0

Democrats have recorded cycle-to-cycle gains of three or more Badger State Senate seats just 10 times over the last 64 election cycles since the mid-1880s.

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Will Any Century-Long Streaks End in 2012 U.S. Senate Races?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 15, 2011 | 0

More than a dozen states have never popularly elected a GOP Senator while voting for a Democratic presidential nominee in the same cycle; will any break with tradition in 2012?

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Could Tommy Thompson Win Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate Seat?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | May 18, 2011 | 0

No ex- (non-sitting) Wisconsin governor has ever been elected to a 1st term in the U.S. Senate

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Prosser-Kloppenburg Supreme Court Matchup 2nd Closest in Wisconsin Since 1878

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 18, 2011 | 0

106-cycle span finds just one Supreme Court race closer than April’s election in the Badger State

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The Incumbency Advantage in Wisconsin Supreme Court Elections

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 11, 2011 | 0

Only seven Wisconsin Supreme Court incumbents have been defeated in state history across more than 120 contests.

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Kloppenburg Vote Tally Largest in WI History for Contested Supreme Court Race

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

Both candidates break old state record by nearly 77,000 votes

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