Minnesota
Former Pawlenty Chief of Staff Bob Schroeder to speak at Humphrey School
Event focuses on keys to successful governorships and what lies ahead for Mark Dayton’s administration
Read MoreNo GOP Challenger Yet For Amy Klobuchar? No Problem
No eventual major party nominee over the last four Minnesota U.S. Senate elections had announced their candidacy at this point in the election cycle
Read MoreCould Republicans Sweep the Midwest in US Senate Races Again in 2012?
GOP won nine Senate seats in the region last November for the first time since 1920
Read MoreMinnesota: More Governors than Vikings Head Coaches Since 1961
Vikings rank fourth for the longest average coaching tenure in the NFL over the past 50 years; gubernatorial turnover in Gopher State is 25 percent higher than Vikings head coaches
Read MoreBachmann’s Potential Presidential Pathway Not Well-Trodden
Only one sitting member of the U.S. House has been elected president in history (Garfield); only three presidents have been elected with U.S. Representative as the highest elected office attained on their resume
Read MoreHistory Suggests Leslie Frazier Unlikely to Lead Vikings to Winning Record in 2011
Only 5 of 41 head coaches in NFC Central Division history have notched a winning record in their first year with the team; only two have made the playoffs
Read MoreMinnesota’s Population Rank Over the Last 100 Years
The Gopher State has ranked as high as #17 and as low as #21 for population in the U.S. since the 1910 Census
Read MoreSouth Dakota Edges Minnesota for Largest Population Growth Rate in Midwest
South Dakota ends a string of three consecutive decades in which Minnesota led the 12-state region in rate of growth
Read MoreMinneapolis Projected to End 2010 with 2nd Lowest Number of Homicides in 25 Years
Despite media cries of a murder rampage in January, the number of homicides in Minneapolis is on pace to tie its second lowest tally since 1986
Read MoreUpper Midwestern Republicans Reach Five-Decade High in State House Seats
After the 2010 election, GOP holds 311 of 497 lower chamber seats in IA, MN, ND, SD, and WI (62.2 percent) – the highest level since 1968 election (68.0 percent)
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