National
At inaugural Muslim democracy conference, Minnesota leaders take the spotlight — and Trump looms large
A conference organizer noted that Minnesota has set a national example of what is possible for Muslim leaders.
Keith Ellison
State Government
Walz to be next governor; Ellison wins contentious AG race; DFL takes Minnesota House
Meanwhile, voters in Minnesota’s most populous county elect two political newcomers over longtime incumbents, Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek and County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin.
State Government
Of attacks and undecideds: Where the Minnesota attorney general’s race stands
The campaign has defined the political cliché of “slugfest,” with Wardlow and Ellison each offering a steady stream of attacks against each other.
State Government
Pictures, passions and podium fights: behind the scenes at a long night of candidate debates
The debates themselves would be familiar to anyone who has seen the candidates before — with one exception: the verbal free-for-all between Minnesota attorney general candidates Doug Wardlow and Keith Ellison.
State Government
Amid concerns over Ellison, DFLers find a unifying issue in AG race: opposing Doug Wardlow
After weeks of struggling to deal with abuse allegations made against Ellison by his former live-in girlfriend, Karen Monahan, Ellison supporters are going on the offensive.
State Government
Spoiler alert: meet the guy who could decide the Minnesota attorney general’s race
Grassroots-Legal Marijuana Now candidate Noah Johnson isn’t likely to win his bid to become Minnesota attorney general. But in a race where the DFL and GOP candidates are tied, he could play a big role in determining the outcome.
State Government
Doug Wardlow says he wouldn’t be ‘political’ as Minnesota attorney general. What does that mean?
Keith Ellison, Wardlow argues, is too political. But for that theme to play to Wardlow’s advantage, he has to keep attention focused away from his own politics, which may be why it is difficult to get Wardlow to state a position — any position — on many issues.
State Government
What we learned from the first Minnesota Attorney General debate
Among other things, that Keith Ellison and Doug Wardlow have starkly different positions on … pretty much everything.
Politics & Policy
As Minnesota voters head to the polls, allegations cloud two of the DFL’s most prominent races
Allegations against two DFL candidates in contested primaries for major statewide offices — Keith Ellison and Lori Swanson — became public after thousands of Minnesotans had already voted.
Politics & Policy
Meet the major ‘independent expenditure’ committees involved in Minnesota’s 2018 election (so far)
A look at the organizations who having filling the airwaves, and the mail, with messages aimed at boosting — and bashing — primary candidates.
Politics & Policy
Why Keith Ellison (yes, Keith Ellison) has been talking so much about older, rural white men
Ellison said his concern about the mortality rates of older, white rural men is a message the DFL — especially its progressive wing — needs to hear. Part of the reason is political, he acknowledged. But it’s also moral.
Politics & Policy
Bernie man: At Minneapolis rally, Sanders stumps for Ellison, urges DFLers to ‘get out into the streets’
Sanders — a Democratic Socialist who was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in 2016 — was repaying support given him by Ellison early and often in that campaign.
Politics & Policy
In run for attorney general, Hilstrom touts experience as both legislator and prosecutor
“You have to make sure you’re taking on whoever is breaking the law,” Hilstrom says. “Whether it’s the president or the secretary of education. I’m willing to take on whoever it is.”
Politics & Policy
Tom Foley stresses his legal and administrative skills as differentiating factor in AG race
“I’m the only candidate who has the breadth of experience and the track record to direct an office of that size and complexity,” Foley said. “I know the attorney general’s office. I know how a public law office has to run.”
Politics & Policy
Margaret Anderson Kelliher is back after eight years out of politics. Can she win over today’s DFL?
Anderson Kelliher was Speaker of the Minnesota House for four years but dropped off the political map after falling short in her 2010 bid for governor.
