Virginia
By Eric Ostermeier on March 1, 2013
For the last nine gubernatorial elections since 1977 Virginians have voted into office a governor from the opposing party of the sitting president.
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 December 12, 2012
Two Minnesota-born U.S. Senators have been elected to seats outside of the Gopher State over the last two cycles.
By Eric Ostermeier on November 19, 2012
The 2012 presidential election is the only cycle since the birth of the two-party system in 1828 to be decided by less than 15 points nationally and yet have less than 10 percent of its contests decided by fewer than five points.
By Eric Ostermeier on November 1, 2012
A dozen media outlets still yield 10 different battleground state maps less than a week from Election Day, with an average of nine states and 114 electoral votes hanging in the balance.
By Eric Ostermeier on October 11, 2012
Two-thirds of battleground state maps have changed over the past month, yielding 10 different maps across 12 different media outlets.
By Eric Ostermeier on September 4, 2012
Connecticut, Michigan, Nevada, Virginia, and Wisconsin are five of 18 states never to split their ticket by voting for a Democratic presidential nominee and a Republican U.S. Senate candidate in the same cycle.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 3, 2012
An analysis of major media outlets' election projection maps finds few can agree on a definitive list of toss-up states in the 2012 presidential race.
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 March 15, 2011
Kaine campaign would mean seven of the last 10 Virginia ex-governors launched U.S. Senate bids, including each of the last five
By Eric Ostermeier on February 7, 2011
Sitting at-large representatives have unseated U.S Senators just 17 percent of the time over the last 100 years - a feat never accomplished by a Republican
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
By Eric Ostermeier on July 1, 2010
Only 11 of 111 justices have been born in the 24 states west of the Mississippi River; just 25 percent over the last 50 years
By Eric Ostermeier on June 14, 2010
250 ex-governors are still living in the United States; New Jersey has five times more living former governors (10) than Connecticut and Wyoming (2)
By Eric Ostermeier on November 2, 2009
The two states have voted in tandum during the last five gubernatorial elections dating back to 1989 - and always electing the party which is not in control of the White House
By Eric Ostermeier on September 23, 2009
Ohio leads the way with seven presidents; New York has six
By Eric Ostermeier on February 12, 2008
5:38 p.m. Polls close at 6 p.m. CST for the Virginia primary. On the Democratic side, 83 of the state's 101 delegates to the DNC are tied to today's primary. For the Republicans, 60 of Virginia's 63 delegates to the GOP convention are tied to today's primary. 6:00 p.m. NBC...
By Eric Ostermeier on November 20, 2007
John McCain, long ago the frontrunner for the Republican nomination, has been polling a distant fourth in national surveys in recent weeks (behind Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, and Fred Thompson), and even polled in fifth place behind Mike Huckabee in the latest Rasmussen poll. Despite these lagging numbers, John McCain...
