August 2011
By Eric Ostermeier on August 31, 2011
No member of the Minnesota congressional delegation has received less attention in the national media since Paulsen was first sworn into office in 2009.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 30, 2011
Per capita itemized donations to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign are led by the same five locales in each of his White House bids.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 29, 2011
None of the last five Republican presidents were chess players, whereas eight of the last nine Democratic presidents played the game.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 26, 2011
Paul's Top 4 states in large donor per capita individual contributions are identical in 2012 from his 2008 presidential bid.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 24, 2011
The Equality State has not been represented by a Democrat on Capitol Hill for 11,925 days and counting (32+ years).
By Eric Ostermeier on August 23, 2011
Only two former U.S. Representatives have been popularly elected to the U.S. Senate in Connecticut; neither won their first Senate race.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 22, 2011
Republicans last held all of North Dakota's U.S. Senate and House seats in January 1959.
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 August 17, 2011
The Hubbard Broadcasting head and his wife have donated significantly to Michele Bachmann and Democratic candidates over recent election cycles.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 16, 2011
Sitting or former Minnesota governors have lost 11 of 12 U.S. Senate campaigns since popular vote elections were introduced 100 years ago.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 15, 2011
The swiftest previous departure from the GOP nomination race for a third-place finisher at Ames was 67 days after the Straw Poll.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 11, 2011
A Top 5 finish at the Iowa Straw Poll is often not enough to sustain a presidential campaign even to the end of the year.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 10, 2011
Turnout across six recall elections Tuesday was just 40,000 votes shy of top of the ticket voting in 2010's gubernatorial race.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 9, 2011
Democrats have recorded cycle-to-cycle gains of three or more Badger State Senate seats just 10 times over the last 64 election cycles since the mid-1880s.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 8, 2011
Despite dire predictions, the average price of gasoline in the US has not yet even hit $4.00 per gallon this year.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 3, 2011
Only two Democratic Senate candidates in Minnesota have ever reached the 60 percent mark in state history.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 1, 2011
Emmanuel Cleaver was not the first public figure to use this devilish metaphor.
