Eric Ostermeier
@SmartPolitics
Smart Politics founder (Ph.D. U of MN; J.D. U of MI), data journalism pioneer, and curator of the Minnesota Historical Election Archive: http://mn.electionarchives.org
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Consecutive US Senate elections won by women: CA = 11 (1992-2018), WA = 10 (1998-2024), ME = 6 (1994-2008), NH = 6 (2008-2022), NV = 4 (2016-2024), MN = 4 (2018-2024). NH streak to end in 2026, MN’s likely to continue. tinyurl.com/37s2haap
The leader after the 1st round of voting was the ultimate victor in 170 of 175 elections (97 percent) across the 5 Minnesota municipalities that have used Ranked Choice Voting for local elections since 2009 smartpolitics.lib.umn.edu/2026/01/20/how…
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How Often Does Ranked Choice Voting Produce Plurality Winners? (Updated) - Smart Politics
Redefining what constitutes an electoral majority has nonetheless resulted in plurality winners in nearly half of Minnesota municipal elections that triggered ranked choice voting since 2009.
Despite Ranked Choice Voting advocates having a stated goal of producing majority winners, there have been plurality winners in nearly half of Minnesota municipal elections that triggered RCV since 2009 smartpolitics.lib.umn.edu/2026/01/20/how…
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How Often Does Ranked Choice Voting Produce Plurality Winners? (Updated) - Smart Politics
Redefining what constitutes an electoral majority has nonetheless resulted in plurality winners in nearly half of Minnesota municipal elections that triggered ranked choice voting since 2009.
A history of every Minnesotan who has served in multiple elected statewide offices: tinyurl.com/yj3tyhxu
Only 1 failed Nebraska gubernatorial candidate seeking a primary rematch has been successful out of 13 attempts since 1908 #NEGOV smartpolitics.lib.umn.edu/2025/12/03/her…
With the loss in the #TN07 special election, Democrats have flipped just 1 Tennessee GOP US House seat in 117 elections over the last half-century smartpolitics.lib.umn.edu/2025/10/08/a-b…
City of Minneapolis calls 2025 municipal election turnout ‘historic’ and ‘record-breaking’ – but ranks just 15th highest out of 42 cycles since 1921 smartpolitics.lib.umn.edu/2025/11/25/min…
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a pair of three-judge panels to hear two lawsuits that argue the battleground state’s congressional maps must be redrawn because they unconstitutionally favor Republicans. apnews.com/article/wiscon…
Jacob Frey has been elected with the 3rd (2017), 10th (2021), and 14th (2025) lowest percentage of the vote of the 74 mayoral races in Minneapolis history smartpolitics.lib.umn.edu/2025/11/18/how…
VA Dems continued to enjoy a more efficient coalition than they've had in past years. Spanberger carried 52 of 100 HoD districts by more than her statewide 15.4% margin. In 2017 & 2021, only 49 of the current districts were more Dem than the state overall.
Only 5 Utah US Reps have served interrupted terms with just 1 returning after being voted out of office smartpolitics.lib.umn.edu/2025/11/11/ben…
With Virginia Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger's (D) win, the number of states that haven't elected a woman governor is at 17. CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, MD, MN, MO, MS, ND, NV, PA, TN, WI and WV.
Of U.S. states named after a woman (three by our count) Virginia is the first to elect a woman as governor. (VA & WV named after Elizabeth I & MD after Queen H. Maria, wife of King Charles I). Four states if you include CA & fictional Queen Calafia.
Only 2 of 37 retread Wisconsin gubernatorial major party candidacies have been successful since statehood #WIGOV smartpolitics.lib.umn.edu/2025/10/28/a-h…
The only time 3 Texas Republican US Senate candidates received at least 20 percent of the primary vote was in 1930 #TXSEN smartpolitics.lib.umn.edu/2025/10/14/tex…
Tennessee Democrats have flipped just 1 GOP U.S. House seat out of 116 elections over the last half century #TN07 smartpolitics.lib.umn.edu/2025/10/08/a-b…
No sitting Wisconsin US Rep. has been elected governor; each of the last 9 attempts by ex- or sitting US Reps have failed during the direct primary era smartpolitics.lib.umn.edu/2025/09/23/tom…
For the first time in our eight-year history, The Nevada Independent has been recognized as the state’s top online news organization by the Nevada Press Foundation. Learn more about it here: thenevadaindependent.com/article/the-in…
Governors have won a 3rd consecutive 4-year terms in 23 of the last 28 attempts since 1970 #MNGOV #ILGOV tinyurl.com/4zmy2pyp
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