State Government
Minnesota is home to some of the most contested partisan races in the nation this year, which means it is also home to a lot of trackers: people whose job it is to follow the opposing side’s candidate — and recording everything they do or say.
Politics & Policy
Walz has stuck with a message that he used in the DFL primary: that it will take someone like him — someone who owns guns and knows gun culture — to work with people on both sides of the issue to find compromises on gun control.
Politics & Policy
Are Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings a campaign issue among those who are undecided — or is it just a way to motivate each party’s already committed base?
Politics & Policy
Teacher pay, the achievement gap and school safety are among issues sharply dividing Republican Jeff Johnson and Democrat Tim Walz.
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The issue might offer the most obvious contrast between the GOP and DFL candidates for governor — according to the candidates themselves.
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For both the DFL and the GOP, the suburbs hold the key to success in the 2018 election.
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No one thinks the vote Saturday by the DFL’s central committee is going to put the issue behind Ellison or the party. Monahan has continued to speak out, and Republicans plan to keep the issue front and center.
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For months, DFLers had been preparing to run against Tim Pawlenty for governor. Then Tuesday happened.
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An event called to celebrate DFL unity after the primary election managed to highlight just how ambivalent the party is over abuse allegations leveled at attorney general candidate Keith Ellison.
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Allegations of abuse against Rep. Keith Ellison did not appear to have much impact on his run in the DFL primary for attorney general, though his opponent this November, GOP nominee Doug Warlow, wasted no time bringing up the charges as an issue in the fall election.
