Wisconsin
By Eric Ostermeier on May 10, 2013
Of the 71 gubernatorial election winners before Walker in Wisconsin history, only three failed to complete their term by resigning from office.
By Eric Ostermeier on December 14, 2012
Six new faces entering the Senate in January served in the House and 51 overall; Hawaii, Virginia, and Massachusetts have the highest all-time rate of choosing Senators with House experience.
By Eric Ostermeier on November 16, 2012
The three states have not been represented by two Republicans in the U.S. Senate for a combined 244 years and counting.
By Eric Ostermeier on November 14, 2012
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are not alone in failing to carry their home states this election cycle, although theirs is the first such ticket in 40 years.
By Eric Ostermeier on November 7, 2012
Ryan's 11-point victory Tuesday was down nearly 20 points from his previous seven wins in Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District.
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 September 24, 2012
Wisconsin is the only battleground state to populate the Bottom 10 for per capita large donor contributions to presidential candidates this cycle.
By Eric Ostermeier on September 12, 2012
The Gopher State has been polled in the presidential race at one-sixth the rate in 2012 compared to this stage of the 2008 cycle.
By Eric Ostermeier on September 10, 2012
The selection of Paul Ryan as GOP VP nominee moves the needle on Wisconsin but few other states in the presidential race according to a dozen 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 28, 2012
After November, Democrats in the five-state Upper Midwest region could control less than half of the 10 U.S. Senate seats for only the 4th time in 50 Years.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 23, 2012
The last eight vice-presidential nominees from the Midwest have carried their home state dating back to 1944 .
By Eric Ostermeier on August 22, 2012
Only three previous individuals - all Democrats - have won the vice-presidency and were reelected to their seat on Capitol Hill on Election Day.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 15, 2012
The former governor's 3.1-point win over Eric Hovde is the sixth closest in party history out of 37 contests.
By Eric Ostermeier on July 16, 2012
GOP governors land the Top 10 spots for the most broadcast reports mentioning their names since January, led by Rick Perry, Chris Christie, Scott Walker, and Rick Scott.
By Eric Ostermeier on July 12, 2012
Although freshman Republican U.S. Representatives Sean Duffy (WI-07) and Reid Ribble (WI-08) are considered vulnerable by many D.C. prognosticators this November, redistricting has not spelled trouble for congressional incumbents in the Badger State over the last six decades. Since 1952, only one of 52 incumbents went down in the general...
By Eric Ostermeier on July 11, 2012
With new polls released this week showing uncertainty at the top of the leader board in the Wisconsin GOP U.S. Senate race, the four-candidate field of Tommy Thompson, Eric Hovde, Mark Neumann, and Jeff Fitzgerald is likely to produce not only a plurality winner next month, but possibly all four...
By Eric Ostermeier on July 11, 2012
Hovde, surging in the GOP primary polls, would be just the third political novice elected to the U.S. Senate from the Badger State.
By Eric Ostermeier on July 6, 2012
Only two of 15 ex- or sitting Badger State U.S. Representatives have run successful U.S. Senate campaigns; two more may go down in 2012.
By Eric Ostermeier on June 7, 2012
An increase in support in Dane and Milwaukee Counties is not enough for Mayor Barrett to stave off Governor Walker's surge in central and northern Wisconsin.
