Minnesota Lawyer

The Impartial Justice Act, which would eliminate conventional contested elections in favor of a merit-based appointment system, has made scant progress in the place that matters most, the Capitol.

The influence of outside money, third-party candidates, an unexpected retirement, national buzz and a famous comedian ultimately did little to alter Minnesota's partisan landscape.

The DFL Party had more financial and technical resources than the state Republican Party and deployed those resources more effectively.

Though the lasting narrative of the 2014 campaigns is still taking shape, most experts agree on at least four lessons learned from the election.

Republican Sen. Mary Lazich will become the first woman state Senate president in Wisconsin history.

Tuesday's election is on track to give Republicans a 72-60 majority in the lower chamber, and would signal a near-reversal of the 73-61 majority Democrats won in 2012.

The GOP managed to wrest control of the House from the DFL, but that is scant solace given that the party won’t have another chance at statewide office until 2018.

School construction projects fared well at the polls Tuesday.

Of those who show up at the polls, swing voters, not the party base, determine elections in our new political system.

Will the Republican Party of Minnesota overcome recent struggles and wrest back control of the lower chamber, thus ending the state’s two-year experiment with single-party control?