At the Republican Party’s election party in Bloomington, the mood is casually expectant. The state has already been called for Barack Obama, and other results ...
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NBC, CNN: Minnesota goes to Obama
NBC News and CNN declared at 8 p.m. that Minnesota’s 10 electoral votes will go to Democrat Barack Obama. The latest count, according to NBC: ...
Read More »Twin Cities GOP strongholds report smooth sailing
Precincts in traditionally Republican Twin Cities suburbs North Oaks and Minnetonka reported no insurmountable issues during the day Tuesday as steady streams of Minnesota voters ...
Read More »Barack Obama and Bob Dylan deliver the same message of peace
When I was a little boy, in our house just west of Chicago, my dad, the first full-time civil rights reporter in Chicago, introduced me ...
Read More »Voting progressing smoothly across the Twin Cities
Voters from various parts of the Twin Cities who showed up early Tuesday morning reported long lines, but few problems. Judith St. Cyr says she ...
Read More »Bloomington GOP: waiting for the bride and groom
At the Republican Party’s election party in Bloomington, the mood is casually expectant. The state has already been called for Barack Obama, and other results ...
Read More »DFL ‘challenger’ grateful for human contact
Jim Guin of Minnetonka was almost pathetically grateful to find someone to whom he was allowed to talk. Guin spent Tuesday sitting against the wall ...
Read More »Southern suburbanites vote in large numbers
Just before the polls closed at 8 p.m., a quick check of several Burnsville and Eagan polling places showed no lines of impatient voters, and ...
Read More »‘It’s something we all have the privilege to do and should do’
Voters continued to report long lines but a smooth process at polling places across the Twin Cities on Tuesday. Diane Ostroviak spent almost an hour ...
Read More »‘It’s something we all have the privilege to do and should do’
Voters continued to report long lines but a smooth process at polling places across the Twin Cities on Tuesday. Diane Ostroviak spent almost an hour ...
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