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DFL leaders, candidates rally in Eden Prairie on election eve
On the last leg of a nearly week long bus tour of the state, DFL party leaders gathered in Eden Prairie Monday afternoon to encourage suburban voters to get out and vote DFL from the top of the ticket on down.
KSTP survey shows momentum for Romney, cash-strapped conservatives
After weeks of underwhelming financial numbers for Minnesota conservatives, this week starts with a much more encouraging set of digits. A new poll from Survey USA and KSTP finds an upswing in support for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in the state, and 52 percent of respondents planning to vote in favor of the ballot question to ban gay marriage.
Bills rolls out House GOP support at Capitol
Rep. Kurt Bills touted 34 House GOP supporters early Wednesday. The campaign of His Republican opponent, Pete Hegseth, said the "bigger story" was that half the caucus hadn't endorsed Bills.
Arwood, Hernandez drop bids to challenge Klobuchar
The announcements, both made Monday, come less than a week after Republican war veteran Pete Hegseth said he was entering the race.
Poll: Bachmann, Pawlenty popularity slips in state; Klobuchar “close to unbeatable”
Klobuchar's approval rating is at 61 percent, with just 28 percent disapproving. According to the pollster, only five sitting senators are more popular right now.
House DFL shakes up staff heading into 2012 session, election
Zach Rodvold, House DFL Director of Legislative and Caucus Services, will now be the campaign director for the caucus. Redistricting analyst Jaime Tincher will takover Rodvold's job in mid January.
Civil liberties groups target Klobuchar over ‘Internet censorship’ bill
Demand Progress and Fight for the Future are attacking Sen. Amy Klobuchar for legislation that would make streaming unlicensed content online a felony.
Dave Thompson calls off U.S. Senate ambitions
Freshman state Sen. Dave Thompson has made it official that he won't challenge Minnesota's senior U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar in 2012.
New DFL Party Chairman Ken Martin tries to pull party out of financial hole
Ken Martin describes his reaction as “shocked” when he began going through the DFL Party’s finances after becoming state chairman in February. The most unnerving discovery: The party was roughly $700,000 in debt.
GOP pushes budgetary constitutional amendments
With the once-frenzied budget process mired in conference committee doldrums, Republican-sponsored constitutional amendments that would clamp down on taxes and spending are filling the fiscal policy void.
Where do new legislators come from? Often it’s the ranks of legislative staff
Rep. Sarah Anderson had been a staffer in the Minnesota House of Representatives for 10 years by 2006. That's when her predecessor in House District 43A, former Rep. Jeff Johnson, decided he'd leave the Legislature to make a run for the attorney general's office.
Dayton taps veterans Dave Frederickson and Ken Peterson for top posts
With his inauguration less than two weeks away, Gov.-elect Mark Dayton has announced two more state agency commissioners, and they are both familiar figures at the Capitol. Dave Frederickson will head the Department of Agriculture, and Ken Peterson has gotten the nod to lead the Department of Labor and Industry.
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