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.
