Last year voters in Wisconsin witnessed an ugly campaign for a seat on the state’s Supreme Court between incumbent justice David Prosser and assistant attorney general JoAnne Kloppenburg. Some three dozen outside interest groups spent $4.5 million seeking to influence the outcome of the contest, according to a report by the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign.

Prior to the 2004 election cycle, Sen. Leo Foley was the only DFLer representing Senate District 47. But that year Democrats took over both House seats, and they have been able to keep hold of all three posts in the suburban district ever since.

The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce's Leadership Fund PAC was faced with an atypical lineup this year thanks to the candidacy of Independence Party nominee Tom Horner.

In 2004, Jim Carlson took on first-term Republican Rep. Lynn Wardlow in House District 38B. The race was a decidedly uphill battle.

Independence Party gubernatorial nominee Tom Horner started the week gone by looking like a candidate destined to fulfill his party's customary spoiler role in the Minnesota governor's race. By Thursday, however, Horner had:

The state's largest statewide business lobby is cheering the defeat of tax increase proposals in the 2010 legislative session. The group sees more work to be done in 2011 on an array of issues like K-12 education and workers' comp policy.

Last Wednesday morning, state Reps. Ryan Winkler and Steve Simon held a press conference to unveil a proposal to overhaul the state’s campaign finance rules. They were joined by representatives from Common Cause Minnesota and the League of Women Voters of Minnesota.

Common Cause and DFL legislators today lashed out at the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce for filing a lawsuit that strikes down certain state campaign finance laws.

State lawmakers failed in the recently concluded 2006 legislative session to simplify a constitutional amendment question on the Nov. 7 ballot that would dedicate more ...

From transportation funding to taxes, lobbyists for the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce expressed frustration Wednesday over several issues related to business at the state Capitol. ...