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Bachmann's Election 2010 Out of State Fundraising Fueled by Democratic States

By Eric Ostermeier on February 11, 2010
Conservative Congresswoman's large donor out of state individual fundraising for 2009 was 33 percent higher per capita in blue states than in red states

Bachmann 2010 Election Fundraising Effort Outpacing '08 by 32 Percent

By Eric Ostermeier on February 8, 2010
Small donor contributions to Bachmann soar by 355 percent compared to two years ago while special interest PAC money declines 51 percent

Beyond Tim Robbins: Fellow Politicians Not Contributing to Bachmann's 2010 Campaign

By Eric Ostermeier on January 7, 2010
Prominent Minnesota politicians once offered financial support early in Bachmann's D.C. career

A Year in Smart Politics

By Eric Ostermeier on December 31, 2009
A brief survey of five of the top stories at Smart Politics 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

To Which US House Candidates Are Minnesota's Politicians Contributing?

By Eric Ostermeier on November 19, 2009
Tim Walz and 6th CD DFL Challengers Reed and Clark receiving early support in 2009 from state's politicians

Bachmann and Paulsen Are Biggest Fundraisers in 5 of Minnesota's 8 Congressional Districts in 2009

By Eric Ostermeier on November 12, 2009
Bachmann, Paulsen, and Kline outraising DFLers by nearly $30,000 in DFL districts and by more than $600,000 in GOP districts

Ellison Ranks 6th Among MN U.S. House Delegation in Itemized Individual Fundraising from His Own 5th CD

By Eric Ostermeier on November 9, 2009
Only 6 percent of large donor funds from 5th CD residents have gone to Ellison this year

Bachmann Raising Significantly Larger Out-of-State Funds Per Capita from Obama States than McCain States

By Eric Ostermeier on October 27, 2009
Obama states hold 10 of the top 12 slots in out of state per capita fundraising among itemized individual donors

Are PACs Getting Gunshy of Michele Bachmann?

By Eric Ostermeier on October 26, 2009
Special interest PAC money to Bachmann's campaign is at lowest level since Q2 2006 GOP endorsement

Joe Wilson Received Nearly Twice the Contributions Per Capita from McCain States Over Obama States in Q3 2009

By Eric Ostermeier on October 21, 2009
Even after excluding South Carolina, McCain states contributed at a 20.8 percent higher rate to Wilson than Obama states

Walz Has Largest Percentage of Contributions from In-State Donors; Ellison the Lowest

By Eric Ostermeier on October 20, 2009
Ellison also raises more money from Californians than Minnesotans for the second consecutive quarter

Bachmann Continues to Lead Minnesota Congressional Delegation Fundraising from 'Regular Folks'

By Eric Ostermeier on October 19, 2009
Bachmann continues to lead the Minnesota U.S. House delegation in several key facets, beyond the obvious fact that she has raised the most funds in 2009 among the state's eight U.S. House members

Bachmann Raises $29,000 on Day 2 of 'Send a Message to the Left' Campaign

By Eric Ostermeier on October 16, 2009
Bachmann has now raised $118,093 in just two days through her new "Send a Message to the Left" campaign

Bachmann 'Sends a Message to the Left': Raises $89,000 in One Day

By Eric Ostermeier on October 15, 2009
Bachmann raised $313,685 in 90 days from January through March of this year, or an average of $3,485 per day

National Radio Host Mike Gallagher Fundraises for Rep. Joe Wilson

By Eric Ostermeier on September 10, 2009
Gallagher called Representative Wilson a "hero" in standing up to the President and vowed he could raise $100,000 in 30 minutes from his listeners

Minnesota GOP U.S. House Members Notch $800,000 Fundraising Swing Against DFL Colleagues from 2007 to 2009

By Eric Ostermeier on August 5, 2009
Riding the momentum of a Democratic tsunami in 2006, Minnesota's crop of five DFL U.S. Representatives posted a monumental fundaising effort through the first two quarters of 2007 - outraising the state's three GOP Representatives by over $750,000. Now, two full quarters after the Democratic tsunami in 2008, the Republicans...

Economic Downturn Scarcely Slowing Political Contributions to Minnesota's U.S. House Delegation

By Eric Ostermeier on August 4, 2009
The economic recession of the past year, and its accompanying significant rise in unemployment, rise in home foreclosures and delinquency rates, and drop in the stock market, has not derailed Minnesota's U.S. House delegation from raising money like the recession never happened. A Smart Politics analysis finds there was a...

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...

Who Gives? An Occupational Profile of Large Donor Contributions to the MN US House Delegation

By Eric Ostermeier on July 29, 2009
Minnesota's eight-member U.S. House delegation raised more than $1.6 million last quarter, according to the latest Federal Election Commission (FEC) reports. Large donor individual donations accounted for about half of that total, or approximately $800,000. So, who are these private citizens pouring nearly $1 million into the campaign war chests...

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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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