A way-too-early look at which Minnesota legislative seats will be targeted in 2022
The 2020 election’s anomalies are the first place the parties will look when planning for the next election.
Elections
Why did the polls get Wisconsin so wrong — and Minnesota mostly right?
The polls were wrong again this year, at least in some places.
Trump won Florida after running a false ad tying Biden to Venezuelan socialists
A Trump video targeting Florida’s growing Venezuelan American population falsely claimed that Venezuela’s socialist regime wanted Biden to win. But President Nicolás Maduro has said that he opposed both candidates.
Photos: celebrations erupt around Minneapolis after Biden declared winner
The announcement that Joe Biden was projected to defeat President Donald Trump has sparked celebrations around Minneapolis — and in several other cities around the country.
Trump got more votes in Minnesota in 2020 than he did in 2016. But Biden got way more than Clinton did
As in past elections, the Democrat’s victory was driven by votes from the Twin Cities suburbs.
Biden wins Minnesota, continuing decades-long Democratic streak
Despite efforts by the Trump campaign to turn his narrow 2016 loss into a 2020 victory, in the end Biden led the state by a comfortable margin.
Tina Smith wins re-election; Collin Peterson defeated
Peterson’s defeat will bring to a close a 30-year career in Congress and ensure a new chair for the House Agriculture Committee.
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Scenes from Election Day 2020: Minnesotans on how (and why) they voted
Voters talk about their votes.
Stop refreshing FiveThirtyEight: Five things to read (and one to listen to) while you wait for results
It’s a long wait for results on Election Day. Here are some great reads that will also make you better-informed about the election.
What results to expect — and when — on Election Day in Minnesota
A lot of election results should be known on Tuesday night. But not all of them.
What to watch for on election night in Minnesota
From bellwether Legislature races to congressional district vote totals, here are the things MinnPost writers will be paying attention to as Minnesota starts counting votes Tuesday.
For two U.S. diplomats from St. Paul, Appeals Court ballot ruling may mean losing their vote
The time it takes mail to arrive from abroad makes the impact of Thursday’s ruling that ballots received after Election Day be separated more acute.
What the Appeals Court’s decision on late-arriving ballots means for Minnesota — and where things could go from here
The court ruled that ballots received after 8 p.m. must be segregated from other ballots to allow for their removal from vote totals in the presidential election, pending further judicial review.
Why Democrat Dean Phillips is considered a safe bet to win Minnesota’s formerly solid Republican Third District
The Third District went over to Democrats in the 2018 election wave. It looks set to stay that way.
A look at the Minnesota legislative races that have been flooded with spending, in six charts
The data offers a look at the state of the races that are likely to determine control of the Legislature, particularly the state Senate.
There’s a lot of money being spent on Minnesota Legislative races. Here’s who’s spending it — and where it’s going
The most recent reports show money raised and spent between September 15 and Oct. 19.
Minnesota is still a battleground state — just not in the presidential election
At stake in the 2020 election is control of the Minnesota Senate — and a role in deciding what congressional and legislative districts will look like for the next decade.
Here’s who’s running in Minnesota’s four contested district court judge elections
Always, always flip your ballot.
In a redder Eighth District, Stauber moves comfortably to the right
The northern Minnesota district used to be reliably Democratic. Now, its Republican representative isn’t running from his party — in fact he’s trying to sound even more conservative.
