August 2010
By Eric Ostermeier on August 31, 2010
Small western suburban city of less than 5,000 residents has given $415,000+ to Minnesota U.S. House candidates - third highest in the state and less than $30,000 behind St. Paul
By Eric Ostermeier on August 30, 2010
Senator Ernest Gruening's model for potential Murkowski write-in candidacy netted just 17 percent in 1968
By Eric Ostermeier on August 29, 2010
New Mexico, Alaska, and Indiana have provided the tightest gubernatorial races in the nation since 1900; over the last three decades: Mississippi, Illinois, and Virginia
By Eric Ostermeier on August 26, 2010
Clark even with Bachmann in per-day fundraising from Stillwater; Congresswoman has shed top of the ticket GOP vote in the City in both 2006 and 2008
By Eric Ostermeier on August 25, 2010
Murkowski defeat would mean half of Alaskan U.S. Senators eventually failed to win their party's primary
By Eric Ostermeier on August 24, 2010
Gopher State job data trend lines generally favorable compared to the nation and the Upper Midwest region
By Eric Ostermeier on August 23, 2010
Five of six U.S. Senators from Wisconsin have won bids for a fourth term
By Eric Ostermeier on August 19, 2010
Former 6th CD DFLer who suspended her campaign more than two months ago has still raised the most money from Minneapolis residents of any U.S. House candidate this election cycle
By Eric Ostermeier on August 17, 2010
Favre has 85-50 career mark against this year's Vikings opponents, including a 68-31 record against them vis-à-vis the team's 2010 home/away schedule
By Eric Ostermeier on August 16, 2010
Defeat of four-term Democratic Congresswoman would mark biggest fall since statehood for a South Dakota U.S. House incumbent in back-to-back contested elections
By Eric Ostermeier on August 15, 2010
Clark has received 400+ times more money from current and former Minnesota politicians than Congresswoman Bachmann
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
By Eric Ostermeier on August 11, 2010
Election of Dayton to a third statewide office this November would set multiple Minnesota electoral records
By Eric Ostermeier on August 9, 2010
Bachmann raising $1.02 for every $1.00 Clark raises in Minnesota; Congresswoman outraising Clark in 48 of 50 states overall
By Eric Ostermeier on August 8, 2010
Many DFLers since 2000 who won less than 2/3 of the primary vote in statewide elections went on to win in November
By Eric Ostermeier on August 5, 2010
Six of the last seven presidents have faced increased opposition to get their second SCOTUS justice seated; Kagan receives third most 'nay' votes among successful nominees in history
By Eric Ostermeier on August 5, 2010
Panel of journalists to discuss political fact checking as the 2010 campaigns heat up in the Gopher State
By Eric Ostermeier on August 4, 2010
Third party gubernatorial candidates rivaling 1994 for their best showing since the Great Depression
By Eric Ostermeier on August 2, 2010
Democrats have won gubernatorial elections in Minnesota only four times since statehood without also holding one of its neighboring four states; last time was 1954
By Eric Ostermeier on August 2, 2010
Pawlenty did not poll at 30 percent until mid-October 2002 before winning first term
