MN Governor
From the U.S. Senate to St. Paul: Dayton (and Coleman?) Try to Make History
Pathway from 1 of 100 to 1 of 50 has been steep and narrow for Minnesota politicians
Read MoreCan the GOP Sweep All Four Upper Midwestern Gubernatorial Contests in November?
Republicans have swept nearly half the gubernatorial election cycles in the region over the past 100 years, including 1990 and 1994
Read MoreWill Pawlenty Have a Minnesota Economic Recovery to Run on in 2012?
Minnesota has endured second lowest increase in unemployment in the country since the 2008 Election
Read MoreCan the DFL Win a Gubernatorial Election with a Democrat in the White House?
DFL / Democratic Party has won only 12 percent of gubernatorial races in state history with a Democratic President in Washington
Read MoreDemocratic Gubernatorial Drought in Minnesota Is 3rd Longest in the Nation
Politically schizophrenic Gopher State’s 23-year dry spell without a DFL gubernatorial victory trails only GOP strongholds of South Dakota and Utah for longest in the U.S.
Read MoreYounger Candidate More than Twice as Likely to Win Minnesota Gubernatorial Elections
A study of Minnesota’s 64 gubernatorial races finds younger candidate victorious more than 70 percent of the time
Read MoreHello, Governor – What’s Your Sign?
Virgo and Cancer are the most common signs for Minnesota governors throughout history; Scorpios and Sagittariuses are the rarest
Read MoreRybak Hopes to Revive the Gopher State Tradition of Journalist-Turned-Governor
Rybak seeks to become the first Minnesota governor in over 80 years with a newspaper background
Read MoreDoes R.T. Rybak Have an Outstate Minnesota Problem?
Lack of statewide political experience and (proportional) decline of Minneapolis’ statewide population base present two challenges for the Mayor
Read MoreShould RT Rybak Run His Gubernatorial Campaign as a Tough-on-Crime Democrat?
Minneapolis October ’09 Crime Rate Falls 10 Percent from a Year Ago Despite 27 Percent Rise in Unemployment
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