Archive for 2008
CSPG Report: Voter Registration Declines in Many States
A new report released by the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance was released today that finds – contrary to press accounts of a surge in voter registration across the country – that a large number of states…
Read MoreLive Blog: Al Franken on the Economy
1:00 p.m. In the fifth of a series of candidate forums sponsored by the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute, DFL U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken is giving a speech entitled,…
Read MoreElection Profile: Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District (2008)
Smart Politics is running a series of election profiles of all the Upper Midwestern U.S. Senate and U.S. House races leading up to the November 4th elections. The series will culminate with Smart Politics’ official projections. The twenty-first profile in…
Read MoreElection Profile: Minnesota’s 4th Congressional District (2008)
Smart Politics is running a series of election profiles of all the Upper Midwestern U.S. Senate and U.S. House races leading up to the November 4th elections. The series will culminate with Smart Politics’ official projections. The twentieth profile in…
Read MoreWill the DFL Reach 90 Seats in the Minnesota House?
As detailed in a report released today that I co-authored with Larry Jacobs at the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, the DFL is fighting to reach a veto-proof 90 seat supermajority in this November’s election. Gaining a…
Read MoreElection Profile: Minnesota’s 3rd Congressional District (2008)
Smart Politics is running a series of election profiles of all the Upper Midwestern U.S. Senate and U.S. House races leading up to the November 4th elections. The series will culminate with Smart Politics’ official projections. The nineteenth profile in…
Read MoreLive Blog: David Dillon, Independence Party 3rd CD Candidate
12:00 p.m. In the fourth of a series of candidate forums sponsored by the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute, Independence Party 3rd Congressional District candidate David Dillon is giving a…
Read MoreElection Profile: Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District (2008)
Smart Politics is running a series of election profiles of all the Upper Midwestern U.S. Senate and U.S. House races leading up to the November 4th elections. The series will culminate with Smart Politics’ official projections. The eighteenth profile in…
Read MoreAl Franken to Participate in Humphrey Candidate Forum Next Week
DFL U.S. Senate nominee Al Franken will participate in the Humphrey Institute’s Candidate Forum series, hosted by the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance. Franken will speak on Wednesday, October 22nd, at the Humphrey Forum from 1:00 -…
Read MoreElection Profile: Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District (2008)
Smart Politics is running a series of election profiles of all the Upper Midwestern U.S. Senate and U.S. House races leading up to the November 4th elections. The series will culminate with Smart Politics’ official projections. The seventeenth profile in…
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