Minnesota
Will Minnesotans Turn out to Vote in Record Numbers this Midterm Election?
Pollsters’ numbers suggest turnout may well exceed 2002’s record 64.9 percent mark, but are those numbers reliable?
Read MoreHistory Predicts Republicans Will Gain 19 Seats in Minnesota House in 2010
Study of midterm elections since 1954 finds party out of power in the White House makes double digit gains in Minnesota House more than 60 percent of the time
Read MoreTwins Clinch, But Division Victory Not Unusual in Year 1 of New Stadium
More than one-third of baseball franchises win their division in first year of new stadium out of 20 teams since 1989; only two have finished in last place
Read MoreWill Representative Mark Buesgens’ Arrest Put House District 35B in Play? (Not Likely)
HD 35 has averaged a 28-point GOP tilt in top of the ticket races since redistricting in 2002
Read MoreTom Emmer: Running for Governor, Not Sheriff
Emmer strikes moderate, cooperative tone in education speech at University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute
Read MoreMark Dayton on Tax Policy: “I Didn’t Start the War”
DFL gubernatorial candidate launches 16 attacks against his 2010 rivals’ tax and budget plans and outgoing Pawlenty administration in hour long U of MN event
Read MoreVin Weber Talks Washington (And Minnesota) Politics
Weber says GOP will net 48 or 49 seats in House, 8 seats in Senate, and Tom Horner to hit 20 percent mark in Minnesota gubernatorial race
Read MoreVikings’ Latest Push for a Super Bowl Ring (and Stadium) Begins Thursday
Only seven eventual Super Bowl champions have lost their season opener
Read MoreMinnesota Third Parties to Set Modern Mark for Number of Midterm U.S. House Candidates in 2010
Independence Party leads the way with seven – the most third party U.S. House candidates to run in any election cycle since the DFL merger in 1944
Read MoreLabor Day Special: Is Jim Thome the Most Productive Player on the Minnesota Twins?
Thome leads the Twins in several offensive categories, at a bargain basement $1.5 million base salary
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