U.S. House
By Eric Ostermeier on September 28, 2012
Republicans have won at least one U.S. House seat from the Hawkeye State since 1856.
By Eric Ostermeier on September 24, 2012
There are 97 fewer third party and independent candidates on the general election ballots for the nation's 435 congressional district races this cycle compared to two years ago.
By Eric Ostermeier on September 21, 2012
The Minneapolis area congressional district had fielded 16 third party and independent U.S. House candidates over the last eight cycles, averaging 9 percent of the vote.
By Eric Ostermeier on September 6, 2012
There are 11 fewer independent and third party candidates running for Minnesota's eight congressional seats in 2012 compared to two years ago.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 22, 2012
Only three previous individuals - all Democrats - have won the vice-presidency and were reelected to their seat on Capitol Hill on Election Day.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 20, 2012
The last time the margin between first and third place was less than nine points in a Minnesota U.S. House primary race was 1942
By Eric Ostermeier on August 16, 2012
The last time a Republican incumbent won a lower percentage of the vote in a Gopher State U.S. House primary was 1962 (Herman Carl Andersen).
By Eric Ostermeier on July 26, 2012
Nearly one-third of the members of Congress who made the list prior to the last election cycle eventually lost their seat, lost a race for higher office, retired, or resigned in scandal.
By Eric Ostermeier on July 24, 2012
The origin of what is now the critics' favorite charge against Representative Bachmann dates back to 2005, before gaining steam three years later with Katrina vanden Heuvel, Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow, and Joan Walsh.
By Eric Ostermeier on July 23, 2012
Although both sides of the aisle largely steered clear of discussing the incident, House Democrats have issued official press releases on the Aurora tragedy at three times the rate of GOPers.
By Eric Ostermeier on July 17, 2012
Despite a failed presidential bid and risk of overexposure, the Minnesota Congresswoman raises 15 percent more funds in Q2 2012 than she did in Q2 2010 during her record-breaking campaign.
By Eric Ostermeier on July 12, 2012
Although freshman Republican U.S. Representatives Sean Duffy (WI-07) and Reid Ribble (WI-08) are considered vulnerable by many D.C. prognosticators this November, redistricting has not spelled trouble for congressional incumbents in the Badger State over the last six decades. Since 1952, only one of 52 incumbents went down in the general...
By Eric Ostermeier on July 10, 2012
Since 1950, gains of 5+ Republican seats in the U.S. Senate and 10+ seats in the House have always been preceded by a National League victory.
By Eric Ostermeier on July 9, 2012
The Tea Party favorite's unceremonious exit from the 2012 presidential race is immortalized on TV's popular game show.
By Eric Ostermeier on July 6, 2012
Only two of 15 ex- or sitting Badger State U.S. Representatives have run successful U.S. Senate campaigns; two more may go down in 2012.
By Eric Ostermeier on July 3, 2012
Connecticut currently has the fourth longest Democratic congressional victory streak in the nation with Democrats in the midst of the third longest partisan streak in the Constitution State since the founding of the GOP.
By Eric Ostermeier on June 27, 2012
Democrats won 79 percent of congressional contests in the Sooner State prior to the Republican Revolution and just 14 percent since.
By Eric Ostermeier on June 25, 2012
The U.S. Supreme Court's net confidence rating during Barack Obama's presidency is at an all-time low since Gallup's measurement began in the early 1970s.
By Eric Ostermeier on June 18, 2012
Democrats and Republicans in New Hampshire, Indiana, Minnesota, and Idaho have fielded candidates in each of the last 100+ U.S. House races in their respective states.
By Eric Ostermeier on June 14, 2012
In 2010, a total of 29 candidates ran across Minnesota's eight congressional districts - good for the seventh highest per district average in the history of the state (at 3.63 candidates) across the 78 general cycles dating back to 1857. That number appears to have declined significantly with just 18...
