Mike Misterek, who served as campaign manager for Rick Nolan's successful congressional bid in the 8th Congressional District, is headed to Washington to work as his chief of staff.

Democrats had an outstanding night on Tuesday. They won back control of the Minnesota House and Senate, picked up a congressional seat, and defeated two contentious amendments that most political observers expected to prevail.

Anything could happen in the DFL primary in the 8th Congressional District. Three challengers — Jeff Anderson, Tarryl Clark and Rick Nolan — are running credible campaigns, and turnout is expected to be extremely low for the mid-August primary.

[This story originally appeared in the April 3 issue of The PIM Weekly Report.] Just before the election last fall, we brought you the story ...

[This story originally appeared in the April 3 issue of The PIM Weekly Report.] Just before the election last fall, we brought you the story ...

[This story appeared in the 24 October 2008 PIM Weekly Report.] Every four years the nation collectively focuses on the Electoral College. In Minnesota, we ...