MN US House
By Eric Ostermeier on April 16, 2013
Minnesota's famous congresswoman sees her campaign receipts dip by over $1 million compared to the same three-month period during the previous election cycle.
By Eric Ostermeier on April 12, 2013
One in six Minnesota U.S. Representatives in history lost their first general election House race, including three current members of the Gopher State delegation.
By Eric Ostermeier on March 21, 2013
Incumbent DFL U.S. Representatives have faced primary challengers only 30 percent of the time in party history; Ellison has faced at least one every cycle.
By Eric Ostermeier on February 27, 2013
Ellison has spoken 425+ more words on Hannity than the host himself during his two interviews on the program; the congressman has been on FOX's primetime shows nine times in two years.
By Eric Ostermeier on February 6, 2013
His words say 'no' but his campaign manager floats a 'maybe.' Does the three-term congressman still have one toe in Minnesota's 2014 Senate pool?
By Eric Ostermeier on February 4, 2013
Every contestant who has correctly answered clues about Minnesota's controversial Congresswoman failed to win their match including the latest in the Teen Tournament on Friday.
By Eric Ostermeier on January 22, 2013
Eight U.S. House delegations boast an all homegrown membership, led by Iowa and Mississippi; five delegations come in at 25 percent or less including Virginia and Minnesota.
By Eric Ostermeier on January 4, 2013
Will he or won't he? Until we know for sure, here is a profile of the nine U.S. Senators from the Gopher State who previously served in the nation's lower legislative chamber.
By Eric Ostermeier on November 5, 2012
More than a half-dozen contests in the five-state region could be decided by single digits.
By Eric Ostermeier on October 26, 2012
The last time three Gopher State congressional races were decided by single digits was during the Republican Revolution.
By Eric Ostermeier on September 21, 2012
The Minneapolis area congressional district had fielded 16 third party and independent U.S. House candidates over the last eight cycles, averaging 9 percent of the vote.
By Eric Ostermeier on September 6, 2012
There are 11 fewer independent and third party candidates running for Minnesota's eight congressional seats in 2012 compared to two years ago.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 20, 2012
The last time the margin between first and third place was less than nine points in a Minnesota U.S. House primary race was 1942
By Eric Ostermeier on August 16, 2012
The last time a Republican incumbent won a lower percentage of the vote in a Gopher State U.S. House primary was 1962 (Herman Carl Andersen).
By Eric Ostermeier on July 24, 2012
The origin of what is now the critics' favorite charge against Representative Bachmann dates back to 2005, before gaining steam three years later with Katrina vanden Heuvel, Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow, and Joan Walsh.
By Eric Ostermeier on July 19, 2012
As of mid-day Thursday, no other U.S. Senator has issued a press release defending Huma Abedin after the senior senator from Arizona's impassioned remarks in the chamber Wednesday.
By Eric Ostermeier on July 17, 2012
Despite a failed presidential bid and risk of overexposure, the Minnesota Congresswoman raises 15 percent more funds in Q2 2012 than she did in Q2 2010 during her record-breaking campaign.
By Eric Ostermeier on July 9, 2012
The Tea Party favorite's unceremonious exit from the 2012 presidential race is immortalized on TV's popular game show.
By Eric Ostermeier on June 18, 2012
Democrats and Republicans in New Hampshire, Indiana, Minnesota, and Idaho have fielded candidates in each of the last 100+ U.S. House races in their respective states.
By Eric Ostermeier on June 14, 2012
In 2010, a total of 29 candidates ran across Minnesota's eight congressional districts - good for the seventh highest per district average in the history of the state (at 3.63 candidates) across the 78 general cycles dating back to 1857. That number appears to have declined significantly with just 18...
