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Minnesota Primary Day Over the Decades

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | August 10, 2020 | 1
Newspaper clipping of Minnesota 1940 state primary ballot

Primary day has moved five times in Minnesota since the first statewide primary in September 1902.

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Mariannette Miller-Meeks and a Brief History of Retread Iowa U.S. House Nominees

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | August 9, 2020 | 1
Photo of Iowa Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks

The state senator is just the third three-time loser of a U.S. House election in Iowa to be nominated for a fourth time.

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Record Number of Kansas US Senate Primary Candidates in 2020 GOP Contest

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | August 4, 2020 | 3
Photo of Minnesota DFLer Colleen Rowley

Eleven Republicans are vying to replace Pat Roberts; in only two other cycles have more than four GOPers appeared on a U.S. Senate primary ballot across 41 cycles.

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What Is the Floor For Ilhan Omar’s Primary Support?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 30, 2020 | 2
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Only six of 290 Minnesota U.S. Representatives since the DFL merger in 1944 failed to win at least 60 percent of the primary vote.

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Could the GOP Make Gains in the US House Even If Trump Loses?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 25, 2020 | 2
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It may seem unlikely in 2020, but almost half the cycles in which partisan control of the White House has flipped, the outgoing party still made gains in the lower legislative chamber.

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Don’t Sleep On Ohio

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 20, 2020 | 5
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Ohio is on the brink of becoming just the third state in history to vote for the winning presidential candidate in 15 consecutive cycles.

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Which State Will Be the Most Competitive in the 2020 Presidential Election?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 12, 2020 | 2
Official seal of the State of Iowa

Odds are strong that the state will be from the Southern or Midwest regions.

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Introducing the Minnesota Historical Election Archive

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 6, 2020 | 4
Newspaper clipping listing 1922 Non-Partisan League ballot

A Smart Politics companion site two years in the making houses nearly 20,000 searchable election returns – the largest collection of Minnesota election results.

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Record Number of US Senate Candidates On 2020 Kentucky Primary Ballot

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | June 24, 2020 | 0
Official seal of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

18 total candidates and seven challengers taking on an incumbent – both state records.

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The Historic Democratic Debacle in Arkansas’ 2020 US Senate Race

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | June 18, 2020 | 5
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Arkansas is now the fifth state in history in which each major party has not fielded a U.S. Senate nominee at least once.

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