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Election Profile: Iowa's 2nd Congressional District

By Eric Ostermeier on October 29, 2010
The 38.8 percent won by Miller-Meeks in 2008 was the best performance for a female Republican running for Congress in Hawkeye State history

Female Candidates to Shatter Records Across the Country on Election Day

By Eric Ostermeier on October 27, 2010
More than a dozen women will set state records on Tuesday for female gubernatorial and U.S. Senate candidacies

Mama Grizzlies Backed Christine O'Donnell Prior to Palin Endorsement

By Eric Ostermeier on September 19, 2010
Women contributing 1 in 3 large donor dollars to O'Donnell in 2010 compared to 1 in 6 in 2008

Will Miller-Meeks Become the First Iowa Woman Elected to Congress?

By Eric Ostermeier on September 12, 2010
In 2008, Miller-Meeks notched the best ever performance for a female Republican in an Iowa congressional race

Will the Defeat of Handel and Anderson Kelliher Dash 'Year of the Woman' Prospects?

By Eric Ostermeier on August 12, 2010
Female gubernatorial candidates still on track to break records for total number of nominees on the ballot and elections won in 2010, despite set-backs in Minnesota and Georgia

Roxanne Conlin Poised to Hold Iowa U.S. Senate, Gubernatorial Records

By Eric Ostermeier on June 9, 2010
Conlin is only the second female major party candidate to appear on a U.S. Senate general election ballot in Iowa and the 9th woman overall

Will Margaret Anderson Kelliher Break the Upper Midwestern Glass Ceiling?

By Eric Ostermeier on April 25, 2010
Just 17 women have appeared on the gubernatorial ballot in 257 elections across Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; only 2 from major political parties

How Do Members of Congress Use the American Flag in Their Reelection Campaigns?

By Eric Ostermeier on April 12, 2010
Republican U.S. Representatives are 36 percent more likely to incorporate the American flag on campaign websites than Democrats

Which States Have the Most Proportional Female Representation in Congress?

By Eric Ostermeier on April 9, 2010
Women are still proportionally underrepresented in 48 states, with 19 states and 22 percent of the nation's population without a female U.S. Senator or Representative

Will 2010 Be the Year of the Woman in Minnesota's U.S. House Races?

By Eric Ostermeier on April 8, 2010
Up to eight female U.S. House candidates could be on the ballot this November - the highest in Gopher State history

2009 Voting Record of Female Republicans in U.S. House Most Conservative in History

By Eric Ostermeier on March 4, 2010
Analysis finds National Journal vote rankings of female GOP Representatives set record highs for conservatism in 2009

Female Donors Driving the Fundraising Success of Maureen Reed and Tarryl Clark

By Eric Ostermeier on November 22, 2009
Bachmann's two DFL challengers, Maureen Reed and Tarryl Clark have most effectively tapped into one particularly lucrative fundraising resource - women

When Will Minnesota (or Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota...) Elect a Woman as Governor?

By Eric Ostermeier on October 22, 2009
After holding more than 300 gubernatorial elections across the Upper Midwest during the past 160+ years, the region has yet to elect its first female governor

Why Campaign Contributions by Homemakers to MN U.S. Representatives Are Not Part of a 'Shell Game'

By Eric Ostermeier on July 30, 2009
One of the notable findings from yesterday's Smart Politics research that documented the occupational profile of those individuals giving large donations to the campaigns of Minnesota's U.S. Representatives was that nearly 95 percent of homemakers contributed to the three Republican members of the Gopher State delegation. Such contributions totaled more...

Minnesota, Western States Lead Nation in Male Population; Vote for GOP Governors

By Eric Ostermeier on June 10, 2009
In one of the quirkier statistical findings reported by this blog, a new Smart Politics analysis of Census Bureau data finds that all twelve states in the country in which the male population is equal to or greater than that of the female population are located west of the Mississippi...

Minnesota Legislature Ranks Near Bottom in Proportional Representation of African-Americans

By Eric Ostermeier on March 11, 2009
Although Minnesota has the 4th highest percentage of women serving in state legislatures nationwide, the Gopher State only ranks 40th in the country in terms of proportional representation of African-Americans in St. Paul. Out of the 201 legislators in the State House and Senate, only 2 members are black -...

Minnesota Ranks 4th in the Nation in Electing Women to State Legislatures

By Eric Ostermeier on March 7, 2009
Unlike its Upper Midwestern neighbors, Minnesota continues to be among the nation's leading states in electing women to state legislative office, according an analysis by Smart Politics of data compiled by the National Conference of State Legislatures. For the second straight election cycle, 34.8 percent of Representatives and Senators in...

Female Legislators in MN At Record High; IA, WI, and SD Lag Behind National Average

By Eric Ostermeier on March 5, 2007
Minnesota voters set a record in November 2006 by electing the highest percentage of female legislators to both the state House (43, 32.1 percent) and Senate (27, 40.3 percent) in Gopher State history. Overall, at 34.8 percent, Minnesota ranks 4th in the nation in terms of the highest percentage of...

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Political Crumbs

Curse of the '4'?

May 22, 2013

Big-name Republicans are not coming out of the woodwork yet to challenge Al Franken in Minnesota's 2014 U.S. Senate race, and there is not much chatter of the GOP picking off one of the five DFL-held U.S. House seats either. Over the last century, Minnesota Republican U.S. House candidates have not fared all that well in cycles ending in '4' - losing seats in five of these cycles (1914, 1924, 1944, 1954, 1974), holding serve in four others (1964, 1984, 1994, 2004), and gaining seats just one time (1934, after redistricting had been delayed one cycle with all nine seats voted at-large in 1932). Perhaps the Republican Party's best chance for a pick up in the Gopher State in 2014 is if 12-term Democrat Collin Peterson retires after nearly a quarter century on Capitol Hill. The 7th CD has the second largest GOP lean in the state.


Seasoned Senators in Wisconsin

May 2, 2013

Of the 15 men and women that have served in the U.S. Senate from Wisconsin since popular vote elections were introduced a century ago, Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin rank among the oldest upon first entering the chamber. Johnson began his tenure at the age of 55 years, 8 months, and 26 days in January 2011, which is the oldest of any elected Wisconsin Senator during this popular vote era. The next oldest, Alexander Wiley, was more than one year younger when he took his seat in 1939 (54 years, 7 months, 8 days). Tammy Baldwin comes in at #6 being 50 years, 10 months, and 23 days when she took office in January of this year. The youngest elected Senator from the Badger State was Robert La Follette, Jr. at 30 years, 7 months, and 24 days (1925) when he took the seat of his legendary deceased father.


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