Four takeaways from the 2021 school election results in Minnesota
For one thing, schools’ reliance on property-tax payers increased. And for the most part, anti-critical-race-theory school board candidates were unsuccessful.
Elections
How each St. Paul ward voted on the rent stabilization ordinance
The majority of voters in nearly every St. Paul ward voted in favor of the rent stabilization ballot question.
Which voters put Jacob Frey over the top in the Minneapolis mayoral election?
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey was re-elected after one round of ranked-choice voting tabulation.
How every Minneapolis ward voted on each of the ballot questions
A look at geographic patterns in the Minneapolis vote.
Carter re-elected in St. Paul; rent-stabilization measure passes
All the big races in St. Paul — the mayor’s race, a ballot measure on rent control and four school board races — were decided just before midnight.
2021 Election Results Dashboard
Search for election results in your area and follow live updates.
‘An antidote to everything’: 2020 saw record number of Minnesotans help with voting
Because elderly people face a greater risk of complications from COVID-19, elections officials worried about a shortage of poll workers. Instead, local election officials were overwhelmed with applications.
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.
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.
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.
