D.C. Memo: Discounting all the votes
This week in Washington, the president scrambles, Obama debuts, and the legend lives on from the Chippewa on down to the big lake they called Gitche Gumee.
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D.C. Memo: Diverse viewpoints
This week from Washington, what will happen to the Affordable Care Act, baseless conspiracy theories from Minnesota’s elected Republicans, and who is this Jake Sullivan guy?
What’s at stake for Minnesota in the Affordable Care Act case before the Supreme Court
There is a possibility that the court could find the entire Affordable Care Act unconstitutional due to the mandate that individuals carry health insurance.
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.
Minnesota’s new budget chief: congressional action will be critical in addressing state’s budget woes
The biggest question for Gov. Tim Walz and legislative budget writers is whether Congress will more help to the states, and if so, how much.
D.C. Memo: I’m never coming back
This week from Washington, Biden wins Minnesota, Peterson loses his seat, and Smith defeats Lewis.
What Michelle Fischbach’s victory over Collin Peterson means for the Seventh District
Peterson has represented the area in Congress for most of the last thirty years.
What we learned from the Greater Minnesota vote in 2020
Four election takeaways.
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.
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.
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.
D.C. Memo: Every election is special
This week from Washington, what’s going on in the Second District, the changing Eighth, and McCollum on Trump’s State Department.
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.
D.C. Memo: Politicians Among Us
This week from Washington, Amy Coney Barrett up for a full Senate vote, Collin Peterson wants to go back, and the first MinnPoll (!!).
Poll reveals stark divisions between Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota voters on critical issues
“Place is becoming a political identity now, ” says the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Cynthia Rugeley.
D.C. Memo: Amy v. Amy
Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination moves forward, political ad spending across Minnesota, and Minnesota likely isn’t the swing state the Trump campaign wants it to be.
Klobuchar questions Barrett on Affordable Care Act, voting rights — and gets no answers
Klobuchar has now questioned three Trump nominees to the Supreme Court as a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
How Minnesota’s biggest political players are mobilizing voters amid the pandemic
While precautions around COVID-19 have changed how the so-called ground game is being conducted by political groups in Minnesota this year, they haven’t eliminated it.
Minnesotans were waiting for more COVID-19 relief. Trump says it’s not coming.
Trump abruptly ended all stimulus negotiations on Tuesday afternoon.
What Trump’s new executive order actually means for mining in Minnesota
In the short term, not much.
