State Government
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
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
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
Among other things, that Keith Ellison and Doug Wardlow have starkly different positions on … pretty much everything.
Politics & Policy
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
A look at the organizations who having filling the airwaves, and the mail, with messages aimed at boosting — and bashing — primary candidates.
Politics & Policy
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
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
“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
“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.”
