After a bruising midterm election where they lost a competitive U.S. Senate race and emerged with just one of four congressional seats, Iowa Democrats are trying to look forward.

An oil industry group says the Obama administration is considering a boost in the mandate for using renewable fuels to help a Democrat locked in a tight race for a U.S. Senate.

Republicans may be forced to confront runoffs in key states that could expose conservative-vs.-establishment rifts and allow relatively tiny numbers of voters to pick the nominees.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's political action committee, Freedom First, is pulling in dollars from big-time outstate and Minnesota donors and shelling the cash out to mostly Republican's running for office in Iowa.

Minnesota legislators this week have been wringing their hands over their neighbor to the south in the Hawkeye State. Sen. Claire Robling, R-Jordan, was among ...