Minnesota
Minnesota Becomes 1st State Outside South to Vote Democratic in 10 Straight Presidential Elections
Minnesota joins Virginia as the only states with 10+ consecutive cycle stretches backing Democratic and Republican presidential nominees in state history.
Read MoreProjections: 2012 Upper Midwestern U.S. House Races
More than a half-dozen contests in the five-state region could be decided by single digits.
Read MoreRomney-Bills and Klobuchar-Obama Voter Gaps Could Make History in Minnesota
Kurt Bills is running 22 points behind his party’s presidential nominee in Minnesota according to a new Star Tribune poll – on pace to eclipse the worst-ever mark of -17 points since the DFL merger in 1944.
Read MoreMinnesota Eyes Most Competitive US House Races Since 1994
The last time three Gopher State congressional races were decided by single digits was during the Republican Revolution.
Read MoreGOP Bracing for 2nd Worst Finish in MN US Senate Race Since Great Depression
Kurt Bills’ poll numbers show him with the second lowest support of any GOP U.S. Senate nominee since 1944 and third lowest since direct elections began 100 years ago.
Read MoreTwo-Candidate Race a Rarity in Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District
The Minneapolis area congressional district had fielded 16 third party and independent U.S. House candidates over the last eight cycles, averaging 9 percent of the vote.
Read MoreGOPer Bills Would Engage Grover Norquist in “Verbal or Physical Confrontation” Over Taxes
A champion of the ‘great compromise,’ Minnesota’s GOP U.S. Senate nominee is open to tax increases and vows, “I don’t care if I have to have a verbal or physical confrontation with Grover Norquist.”
Read MoreThrough the Dark-Colored Lenses of Mark Dayton
“Death,” “dead end,” “decline” and “grim future” were but a few of the words and phrases Minnesota’s governor used to frame the problems of his state and country.
Read MoreDoes Anyone Care About Minnesota? (Polling the 2012 Presidential Race)
The Gopher State has been polled in the presidential race at one-sixth the rate in 2012 compared to this stage of the 2008 cycle.
Read MoreThird Parties Vanish from Minnesota’s 2012 US House Races
There are 11 fewer independent and third party candidates running for Minnesota’s eight congressional seats in 2012 compared to two years ago.
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