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US House Tenure Varies Wildly Across the 50 States Throughout History

By Eric Ostermeier on March 19, 2012
U.S. Representatives from western states serve an average of 2.9 years longer than those from northeastern states throughout history.

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Ron Paul's Hotbeds of Financial Support: New Hampshire, Nevada, Wyoming, and Alaska

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.

Which States Have the Longest-Serving U.S. House Delegations?

By Eric Ostermeier on March 1, 2011
Alaska, Massachusetts, and Michigan boast the longest average length of service; Democrats average 5+ years more experience than Republicans

Murkowski Wins More Votes Than All Statewide Write-in Candidates in Alaska History Combined

By Eric Ostermeier on November 17, 2010
Only 94,926 Alaskans had cast their ballot for statewide write-in candidates over the previous 52 years; Murkowski eclipses 100,000

When Alaska and Delaware Come Full Circle

By Eric Ostermeier on September 20, 2010
Republican Party leaders and Tea Party Express rail against Murkowski's write-in bid whilst supporting O'Donnell who similarly launched '06 write-in campaign after GOP primary loss

Run, Murkowski, Run? A Historical Review of Alaskan Statewide Write-in Campaigns

By Eric Ostermeier on September 17, 2010
No Alaskan candidate for statewide office has won more than 27 percent in a write-in campaign

No Recipe for Success for Murkowski Write-In Campaign in Alaska

By Eric Ostermeier on August 30, 2010
Senator Ernest Gruening's model for potential Murkowski write-in candidacy netted just 17 percent in 1968

Which States Host the Most Competitive Gubernatorial Elections?

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

Murkowski Primary Struggles Just Another Day in Alaska Politics

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

Will Minnesotans Elect a Plurality-Winning Governor for a 4th Straight Cycle?

By Eric Ostermeier on June 6, 2010
Only one other state has elected plurality-winning governors into office four times in a row since World War II (Alaska); Minnesota has not done so in 114 years

Democrats Hold Edge Over GOP for Average Years of Service in U.S. House

By Eric Ostermeier on February 24, 2010
Despite 30 percent of its caucus elected since 2006, Democrats have served almost 1 more year per member on average than Republicans

Ted Stevens Indictment Boosts Odds of 1st Democratic Senate Victory in Alaska Since 1974

By Eric Ostermeier on July 29, 2008
Today's indictment of Alaska Republican Senator Ted Stevens on seven felony counts of concealing gifts from lobbyists makes one of the Democratic Party's prime U.S. Senate targets that much closer to a pick-up in November. Stevens surprised many by announcing he would run for a 7th term, despite an ongoing...

Alaska Caucus Live Blog

By Eric Ostermeier on February 5, 2008
6:03 p.m. Caucuses will end in Alaska at 11:00 p.m. CST. The Democrats will allocate 13 of its 18 convention delegates from the caucuses today in proportion to the support each candidate receives at the caucuses. On the Republican side, at election district caucuses held today and Saturday, delegates to...



Political Crumbs

Governor vs. Governor vs. Governor

May 16, 2012

The last election cycle saw five ex-governors attempt to win back their old jobs, with success stories in California (Jerry Brown), Iowa (Terry Branstad), and Oregon (John Kitzhaber). But in 1904, the State of Wisconsin saw three governors on the general election ballot: two-term Republican incumbent Robert La Follette, former two-term Democratic Governor William Peck (elected in 1890 and 1892), and former two-term Republican Governor Edward Scofield (elected in 1896 and 1898). La Follette - with Teddy Roosevelt at the top of the ticket winning the presidency - cruised to an 11.3-point victory over Peck with 50.5 percent of the vote. Scofield ran a distant fourth on the National Republican ticket with just 2.7 percent - also losing to Social Democrat William Arnold who received 5.5 percent, but beating Prohibition and Socialist Labor candidates.


A Vote for No One

May 9, 2012

More than 50,000 North Carolina residents who voted in the Tuesday's Republican presidential primary opted for 'no preference' on their ballot, or 5.2 percent. That marks the second highest percentage of those who have done so in the 40 years of the modern primary era, behind the 9.8 percent who indicated no preference during George H.W. Bush's rout over Pat Buchanan in the state twenty years ago in 1992. In 2008, 4.0 percent were likewise noncommittal, with 1.7 percent voting no preference in 2000, 3.8 percent in 1996, 1.0 percent in 1988, 2.7 percent in 1980, and 1.7 percent in 1976.


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