Gender
By Eric Ostermeier on May 14, 2013
Just 10 of the 44 female U.S. Senators in history first served in the House of Representatives and three of the last 13 since 2002.
By Eric Ostermeier on May 13, 2013
What words do presidents use as they honor women each year in presidential proclamations?
By Eric Ostermeier on May 8, 2013
The Democratic Party's longest U.S. House pick-up drought in the nation extended to 48 consecutive losses in South Carolina Tuesday, where the party has failed to gain a seat for a quarter-century.
By Eric Ostermeier on May 2, 2013
Colbert Busch could become the sixth woman elected to Congress from South Carolina - but the first without political ties by marriage or birth.
By Eric Ostermeier on March 26, 2013
Hillary and Joe are ranked 1-2 in eight of 11 outlets under analysis with Andrew Cuomo solidly in third.
By Eric Ostermeier on March 15, 2013
Laura Bush receives a 29 percent longer write-up than any other First Lady on the White House website's official bio pages.
By Eric Ostermeier on January 24, 2013
Women have been elected to the U.S. House from western states at 2.5 times the rate as the rest of the country over the last century, with the region electing nearly 1/3 of all female-held seats with just 1/7 of all House seats.
By Eric Ostermeier on December 6, 2012
A study of more than 325 sitting U.S. Senators on the ballot since 1990 finds women have been reelected at exactly same rate as men - 87 percent.
By Eric Ostermeier on November 7, 2012
Democratic pick-ups by Carol Shea-Porter and Ann Kuster in the Granite State's two U.S. House districts gives New Hampshire the nation's first ever all-female D.C. delegation.
By Eric Ostermeier on October 22, 2012
Iowa would become the 45th state in the nation to elect a woman to the U.S. House if Vilsack defeats Steve King in November.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 30, 2012
Only one other national convention speech by a presidential nominee's wife in history has incorporated as many family unit buzzwords as Ann Romney Tuesday evening (Hillary Clinton, 1996).
By Eric Ostermeier on July 30, 2012
Two are retiring and at least one incumbent is vulnerable, but several strong female candidates may help offset these losses for a record of 19+ women in the U.S. Senate in January 2013.
By Eric Ostermeier on June 14, 2012
After notching five of the 16 major party U.S. House nominations in 2010, women may secure only two such slots across Minnesota's eight districts this November.
By Eric Ostermeier on March 26, 2012
The west holds 9 of the Top 13 slots for states with the largest percentage of seats won by women since Jeannette Rankin was elected in 1916; Hawaii, Nevada, and Wyoming rank 1-2-3.
By Eric Ostermeier on February 17, 2012
Five states have yet to elect a woman to Congress including two in the Upper Midwest.
By Eric Ostermeier on September 7, 2011
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.
By Eric Ostermeier on July 11, 2011
Congresswoman has long endured dozens of both awkwardly well-meaning and snarky comments about her appearance by political operatives and the media.
By Eric Ostermeier on March 23, 2011
A record seven female Senators will be on the ballot in 2012; history suggests one will not return to D.C
By Eric Ostermeier on February 28, 2011
Analysis of National Journal vote rankings finds record highs among female GOP Representatives for conservatism in 2010
By Eric Ostermeier on January 10, 2011
Nearly 40 percent of female GOP U.S. House members issued early press releases on House websites after the shooting in Arizona, compared to 25 percent of female Democrats, male Republicans, and male Democrats
