Analysts tussle over election outlook at PIM-sponsored election preview
Hours after Tuesday's DFL primary, the Minnesota GOP launched a TV ad attack calling DFLer Mark Dayton "erratic" and wondering out loud what frequency he was on.
View ArticleCan Tom Horner defy Minnesota history?
In its 152-year voting history, Minnesota has elected only three third-party candidates for governor.
View ArticleHorner’s campaign has gained momentum, but can he keep it going?
At a Catholic Charities gathering last fall, Tom Horner and Stephen Imholte began chatting about the looming 2010 governor's race. They knew each other casually from years spent working on Republican...
View ArticleHorner ponders his future
Tom Horner took a bigger risk than most when he embarked on his run for governor of Minnesota. The former Republican pundit and strategist turned Independence Party candidate alienated many of his old...
View ArticleTeachers union may get schooled
A ferocious pushback by Education Minnesota cast the 70,000-member statewide teacher's union in the role of session bogeyman. The union and its head, Tom Dooher, fought the bill to a standstill in the...
View ArticleRedistricting: Here we go again
With Minnesota's Census numbers expected to arrive as early as the middle of next month, state lawmakers are already laying plans to redraw Minnesota legislative districts and the state's eight...
View ArticleIP eyes legislative races for 2012
Mark Jenkins knows how hard it is to win a legislative election as an Independence Party candidate: He ran last fall in Senate District 55 against DFL incumbent Sen. Chuck Wiger, earning just a little...
View ArticleDFLers join redistricting tussle
Democrats in Minnesota have been slow to rise to the redistricting fight this time around. During session, DFL caucuses in the Minnesota House and Senate passed on the chance to produce maps to counter...
View ArticleMondale, Carlson will lead anti-voter ID campaign
Former Vice President Walter Mondale and former Gov. Arne Carlson will lead the effort to defeat a proposed constitutional amendment requiring voters to show a photo ID at the polls. They'll be joined...
View ArticleJesse’s party in shambles? IP state director quits
“I cannot keep my name as a leader of a party that I do not believe is the best option for the voters of this state,” wrote IP state director Kyle Lewis.
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