Redistricting
By Eric Ostermeier on February 22, 2012
The congresswoman sends a message to supporters seeking to raise money in light of being out-districted in 2012.
By Eric Ostermeier on February 21, 2012
History says no: Gopher State elections in redistricting years ending in '2' have been the second least competitive, behind only years ending in '6'
By Eric Ostermeier on February 14, 2012
The State of Washington ranks fifth in large donor contributions (and eighth per capita) to Kucinich's 2012 reelection campaign.
By Eric Ostermeier on February 9, 2012
The DFL has landed a candidate on the ballot in every Gopher State U.S. House race since the merger in 1944, spanning 283 consecutive contests.
By Eric Ostermeier on November 30, 2011
Bay State Republicans have the second biggest dry spell in the nation and have picked off just 2 of 284 Democratic U.S. House seats since 1944.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 18, 2011
Redistricting cycles have seen the greatest net partisan advantage change in the US House over the last 100 years compared to election years ending in 0, 4, 6, or 8.
By Eric Ostermeier on April 4, 2011
It has been 100 years since the last Wisconsin House freshman lost in a redistricting cycle
By Eric Ostermeier on April 1, 2011
Only 1 pair of 101 Republican U.S. Representatives serving in a redistricting cycle has squared off in a renomination battle in Iowa history
By Eric Ostermeier on February 25, 2011
Would Senate Democrats have left the state in the first instance if they knew Wisconsin's new legislative and congressional district maps could be created and voted on without any of their input?
By Eric Ostermeier on November 29, 2010
Average margin of victory in Wisconsin's U.S. House races since 2002 is 37.4 points - eclipsed by only two other redistricting periods
By Eric Ostermeier on October 5, 2010
Should Minnesota reduce its number of state legislative districts?
By Eric Ostermeier on July 19, 2010
Only 10 Representatives from Minnesota's Congressional Districts have been defeated after redistricting in election years ending in '2' since statehood
By Eric Ostermeier on April 23, 2010
Current redistricting period has produced the closest relationship between votes received and seats won by party across the nation's 435 U.S. House districts since the 1940s
By Eric Ostermeier on April 20, 2010
Democratic candidates have won 772 more U.S. House seats since 1942 than their cumulative 'proportional vote share,' or 23 seats per election cycle; +27 seats in 2008
By Eric Ostermeier on March 17, 2010
Democrats currently hold 43 of the 50 least competitive seats in the nation; John Lewis (GA-05), Kendrick Meek (FL-17), and Richard Neal (MA-02) have not faced a challenger since new district lines were drawn in 2002
By Eric Ostermeier on March 16, 2010
Jim Gerlach's PA-06 seat is the only U.S. House district in the nation decided by less than 10 points in each of the last four election cycles; Democrats currently hold 35 of the Top 50 most competitive seats
By Eric Ostermeier on December 9, 2009
Soaring population in central Minnesota and southern metropolitan regions to require eventual carving up of 6th and 2nd Congressional Districts after 2010
By Eric Ostermeier on September 24, 2009
Only 6.3 percent of U.S. House elections since 2002 have been decided by less than 10 points (2 of 32 contests)
By Eric Ostermeier on September 11, 2009
In the current census period, 2002-2008, Minnesota's U.S. House incumbents have been reelected at a rate of 93.1 percent, or 27 of 29 contests
By Eric Ostermeier on May 18, 2009
When DFL Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller saw his redistricting reform bill (SF 182) pass on a 39-28 roll call vote last Friday, he nearly needed one of the five votes cast by Republicans in favor of the bill. While a nearly equal amount of DFLers voted against the bill...
