Even before Franken went public with his letter of concern, the Republican Party of Minnesota was targeting the Democratic incumbent for what it called "broken promises."

1.) How to handle the projected budget surplus is among the issues most likely to divide elected Democrats in the coming months, and the various ...

Earlier, McFadden had gained the endorsement of former U.S. Sens. Norm Coleman and Rod Grams.

At a Catholic Charities gathering last fall, Tom Horner and Stephen Imholte began chatting about the looming 2010 governor's race. They knew each other casually from years spent working on Republican campaigns and causes. But as they talked, it also became clear that they shared a growing frustration with the increasingly rightward tilt of the GOP in recent years. Both believed that there was an opening in 2010 for a centrist candidate to exploit the polarization of the two dominant political parties and the resulting gridlock at the Capitol.

If you're going by the attack spin of the GOP gubernatorial endorsement fight, delegates to this weekend's state Republican convention in Minneapolis will choose between a) an introverted state representative who made a last-minute campaign error last week by drawing attention to his opponent's 30-year-old DWI record; and b) a sometimes reckless legislator who casts himself as a political outsider, yet picked the "ultimate insider" to be his running mate.

One of the most intriguing aspects of AFSCME's endorsement of DFLer Mark Dayton for governor is how it went down.

Past and current Minnesota members of Congress praised the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., as a liberal stalwart who nonetheless knew how to build consensus on tough issues.

Minnesota Republicans that worked with Ted Kennedy recall being able to work with the liberal senator on a raft of issues.