Minnesota
Minnesota’s SD 60 Sets Record for Largest DFL Special State Senate Primary Field
More DFL hopefuls will be on the special State Senate primary ballot in January than in any such election in party history.
Read MoreWill a Record Number of Governors Seek a 3rd+ Consecutive 4-Year Term in 2026?
As many as seven incumbents could seek their third (or fourth) straight victory to four-year terms.
Read MoreMinnesota Republicans Set Record for Statewide Electoral Drought
The Gopher State GOP has now endured 18 years since its last victory in a statewide race – the longest drought by any major party in Minnesota history.
Read MoreIlhan Omar Records Another Historically Close Primary Win
Only six of the 162 renomination bids by DFL U.S. Representatives have been decided by less than 30 points – Omar now owns three of them.
Read MoreMinnesotans Poised to Vote in Record-Setting US Senate Primary
The general election may be a snoozer, but more Republican and Democratic U.S. Senate candidates will appear on the primary ballot than in any cycle in state history.
Read MoreBy How Much Will Amy Klobuchar Outrun the Top of the DFL Ticket?
Klobuchar is Minnesota’s only U.S. Senator to outperform her party’s top of the ticket nominee by 20+ points in both presidential and midterm elections.
Read MoreHow Often Do Minnesota Legislative Specials Determine Partisan Control of a Chamber?
November’s SD 45 contest will be the fourth time since 1973 in which party control is on the line in a special state house or senate election.
Read MoreA Review of Minnesota Presidential Primaries
Minnesota is hosting presidential primaries for both major parties in back-to-back cycles for just the second time in state history.
Read MoreDean Phillips to Become Just 4th Minnesota US Rep in a Century Not to Seek 4th Term
Nearly 90 percent of third term U.S. Representatives since statehood sought reelection to a fourth.
Read MoreDean Phillips Launches Rare US Rep Challenge to Party’s Sitting President
The Minnesotan is just the third U.S. Representative to attempt such a challenge since 1828.
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