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Marriage fight heats up suburban races
It was one of the first questions a voter asked of two suburban Minnesota House candidates at a recent forum: How were they planning to vote on the two proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot this fall?
DFLer Doty could make red SD 9 competitive
On its face, the race for Minnesota’s Senate District 9 shouldn’t be competitive. The sprawling Senate district stretches across four socially conservative counties in central Minnesota that have voted overwhelmingly for Republicans in past races.
Money magnets: Some candidates have significant financial advantage over rivals
The Senate District 49 race has resulted in the largest haul so far with more than $100,000 in political contributions. Campaign finance reports have revealed this and a lot more, including some notable financial mismatches as well as challengers bringing in more than incumbents.
Where the Senate battlegrounds are
Political operatives who have been crunching the numbers and talking to candidates see no shortage of swing districts in this year’s legislative elections. The new redistricting maps have tweaked the partisan complexion of many districts.
Report: Rep. LeMieur won’t seek re-election
In announcing his decision, LeMieur said his it was a difficult one, but cited family interests in motivating his choice to leave office.
2010 campaign finance reports: State lege races
Today's 2010 campaign finance reports indicate some state legislative races were spendy affairs. We survey some of the marquee races.
Green Acres repeal: easy to promise, but…
The message from Republican legislative challengers on last summer's campaign trail was clear: Farmers are suffering from state lawmakers' recent changes to the Green Acres farmland preservation program.
Meet the freshmen: House GOP, part II
Many Republican frosh have records of local civic service HD 15B: King Banaian King Banaian was surrounded by politics growing up in New Hampshire. The state is inundated with presidential hopefuls every four years, and Banaian was recruited at 15 to put flyers on doors for the George McGovern campaign.
Sliming me, sliming you
In some political attacks during this year's legislative campaign, the attacking party has been the one that's gotten bloodied.
House fundraising numbers show peril for some DFL legislators
Fundraising numbers are by no means the end all-be all indicator of a candidate's electoral success, but some recently released campaign finance reports reveal startling numbers that could point to several GOP takeovers in the state House.
State’s strangest legislative contest, four candidates vie for Senate District 12 seat
By the standard political barometers, Paul Gazelka should be a runaway favorite to win the Senate District 12 seat. The former state House member took the GOP primary by 14 percentage points in a district that's seemingly firm Republican turf.
Party units spend on lege races in late going
A negative mailing arrived in Republican state Senate candidate Dan Hall's district last weekend that caught him by surprise.
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