MN US Senate
By Eric Ostermeier on January 18, 2012
"I think I've done a pretty good job, actually."
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 3, 2011
Only two Democratic Senate candidates in Minnesota have ever reached the 60 percent mark in state history.
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 March 14, 2011
DFL duo will be the ninth oldest delegation from Gopher State at the end of Klobuchar's term in 2013 out of 42 pairings since statehood
By Eric Ostermeier on February 3, 2011
No eventual major party nominee over the last four Minnesota U.S. Senate elections had announced their candidacy at this point in the election cycle
By Eric Ostermeier on December 2, 2010
10 of 15 freshmen Minnesota U.S. Senators have won reelection to a second term since popular vote contests began 100 years ago
By Eric Ostermeier on October 6, 2010
Everything Minnesota fans do not want to know about the Twins-Yankees rivalry
By Eric Ostermeier on February 21, 2010
Gopher State delegation currently has second lowest collective seniority in the U.S. Senate
By Eric Ostermeier on November 15, 2009
Scenario could also be best chance for 3rd party revival in Gopher State
By Eric Ostermeier on November 12, 2009
Bachmann, Paulsen, and Kline outraising DFLers by nearly $30,000 in DFL districts and by more than $600,000 in GOP districts
By Eric Ostermeier on October 4, 2009
Klobuchar and Franken are enjoying their highest approval ratings since being elected in 2006 and 2008 respectively
By Eric Ostermeier on September 4, 2009
The latest round of SurveyUSA polling finds Minnesota U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar rebounding back into familiar territory, while many of her Upper Midwestern colleagues see their job performance marks sink to record lows and struggle to reach even a positive net approval rating. Minnesotans give Senator Klobuchar a 58 percent...
By Eric Ostermeier on August 16, 2009
As DFL Senator Al Franken inched into office by the narrowest of margins, both he and 2008 Republican opponent Norm Coleman endured negative net favorability ratings as their expensive, and frequently brutal campaigns gained neither candidate favor with a majority of Minnesotans. A few weeks out from Election Day saw...
By Eric Ostermeier on August 9, 2009
As unemployment continued to rise and economic and budget concerns reached near crisis levels across most states, several U.S. Senators, both Democrats and Republicans, saw their approval ratings slip noticeably during the first several months of 2009. One of the few Senators left seemingly unscathed by this backlash of public...
By Eric Ostermeier on July 9, 2009
Two leaders from the State Capitol will be speaking at a forum hosted by the Humphrey Institute on Friday morning to pinpoint reforms that could be made in the Minnesota election system to avoid recount pitfalls in the future. DFL Senator Ann Rest (Chair of the Senate State and Local...
By Eric Ostermeier on July 5, 2009
The soon-to-be seated DFL U.S. Senator Al Franken will now be able to assist Senior Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar with the state's constituency caseload, but will not enhance the state's collective seniority ranking in Capitol Hill's upper chamber. Minnesota has the 2nd lowest level of seniority among the 50 states,...
By Eric Ostermeier on July 1, 2009
With Governor Tim Pawlenty and Secretary of State Mark Ritchie signing the election certificate for the U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday evening, the 2008 Election is, after a 238-day wait, at last in the books. The 2008 U.S. Senate Election is noteworthy, of course, for its historic narrow margin of...
By Eric Ostermeier on June 30, 2009
Speaking outside his house in St. Paul on Tuesday afternoon, former Republican Senator Norm Coleman congratulated DFLer Al Franken as the new Senator from the Gopher State. Earlier this afternoon the Minnesota Supreme Court decided Franken was "entitled" to a certificate as the winner of the November election. Coleman also...
By Eric Ostermeier on June 23, 2009
Now seven and a half months out from Election Day, the U.S. Senate contest between DFLer Al Franken and Republican Norm Coleman is still providing a few yucks on late-night television. In recent weeks, Bill Maher has been a virtual Norm Coleman joke factory on his Real Time with Bill...
