July 2011
By Eric Ostermeier on July 31, 2011
"Affair," "gay," "wives," and "Paul Revere" are among the most commonly-searched terms associated with announced and rumored 2012 Republican presidential candidates.
By Eric Ostermeier on July 29, 2011
GOPers dominate Democrats 27 to 16 on the annual '50 Most Beautiful' list after Democrats held a 111-70 advantage over the four previous years.
By Eric Ostermeier on July 28, 2011
Contributions have dropped more than $6 million in real dollars among the nine 2+ term Senators on the ballot in 2012; almost all among Democrats.
By Eric Ostermeier on July 27, 2011
Nearly twice as many Oregon Representatives have died in office (7) than have resigned their seat (4).
By Eric Ostermeier on July 26, 2011
All about Michele's long forgotten namesake in the U.S. House.
By Eric Ostermeier on July 25, 2011
More than 110 Smiths have been elected to the U.S. House - more than twice the number of any other surname except for Johnson at 65.
By Eric Ostermeier on July 22, 2011
Nearly $7 million more dollars had been raised at this stage of the 2008 campaign.
By Eric Ostermeier on July 21, 2011
It has been over 150 years since an ex-U.S. Representative won a Senate seat in Michigan.
By Eric Ostermeier on July 19, 2011
None of Minnesota's 134 U.S. Representatives or 39 Senators were born in the Granite State.
By Eric Ostermeier on July 18, 2011
Only one party chair has successfully entered or reentered political office by winning a U.S. Senate seat in the last 100 years.
By Eric Ostermeier on July 15, 2011
More than a dozen states have never popularly elected a GOP Senator while voting for a Democratic presidential nominee in the same cycle; will any break with tradition in 2012?
By Eric Ostermeier on July 13, 2011
The California GOP has not picked up a Democratic held U.S. House seat in general or special elections since 1998.
By Eric Ostermeier on July 12, 2011
The real cost of baseball tickets, souvenirs, hot dogs, and beer have all dropped since Barack Obama took office.
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 July 8, 2011
Since 1832, at least one state with 10+ Electoral College votes has flipped from the previous cycle in 43 of 45 elections; the largest flipped state has voted for the winner 36 times.
By Eric Ostermeier on July 6, 2011
Anthony is mentioned in nearly 900 programs since May 24th opening statements across six major broadcast outlets; Romney (764) and Bachmann (609) lead the GOP field.
By Eric Ostermeier on July 5, 2011
The Wolverine State has produced more than a dozen presidential candidacies; two resulted in party nominations, but none have been elected to the White House.
