Minnesota
Which States Host the Most Competitive US Senate Races?
North Carolina has hosted the most competitive races for the U.S. Senate over the last quarter-century with Colorado, New Jersey, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota close behind.
Read MoreRemembering Bill Frenzel: Only Minnesota US Rep to Serve in Korean War
The last year saw the passing of the only Korean War veteran to serve from Minnesota in the U.S. House; former Gopher State delegation members include two surviving World War II veterans.
Read MoreHagedorn vs Walz II and a Review of Minnesota’s 99 Congressional Rematch Elections
More than one in six U.S. House elections in Gopher State history have been rematches with the challenger winning 14 percent of the time.
Read MoreUniversity of Minnesota to Stop Using Race in Crime Alert Suspect Descriptions
The administration reverses course and now views a suspect’s race as “too general” of a descriptive characteristic to be useful to provide to its community; gender descriptions, however, will remain.
Read MoreSlam Dunk: Will 36 Record Presidential Winning Streaks Continue in 2016?
Three-dozen states are currently in the midst of their longest Democratic or Republican presidential winning streaks.
Read MorePresidential Winning Streaks in Minnesota and Virginia
Meet the only two states that have backed both Republican and Democratic presidential nominees in at least 10 consecutive cycles since statehood (though in different eras).
Read MoreWas the GOP Money Targeting Collin Peterson in ’14 Well Spent?
The GOP spent millions against Peterson last cycle to slice his victory margin to one-third of its 2012 mark for his closest shave since 1994, but the Blue Dog Democrat suggests all that money spent against him backfired.
Read MoreLibertarians Notch Record-Setting Cycle in 2014 US Senate Elections
Nominees from the nation’s largest third party set records in 10 states last cycle for the largest support ever recorded in a U.S. Senate election.
Read MoreDemocrats Dominating Minnesota Politics in Historic Fashion
All partisan statewide offices in Minnesota have been won by Democrats for two consecutive cycles for the first time in history.
Read MoreRepublicans Winning Midwestern Governorships at Near Record Rate
At 82 percent this decade, the GOP is enjoying its highest winning percentage in gubernatorial elections in the region since the 1920s.
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