How Minneapolis Ward Five Should Take a Lesson from St Paul Ward One

In the 2015 Special Election in St Paul Ward One, there were three African American candidates two Hmong candidates. The result was the election of Dai Thao (DFL), and the main reason the seat shifted from being a traditional African-American seat held by Bill Wilson,...

What Ranked Voting Actually Does

Political scientists are quick to remind people to “Beware the unintended consequences,” as will we. Here is little understanding of the ills of Ranked Choice Voting. If you read articles explaining the process of Ranked Choice Voting and if it were so darn simple,...

Early Voting in Minneapolis and St Paul Through the Weekend

The early vote totals for Minneapolis through Sunday were 10,645 from a registered voter roll of 253,735, keeping in mind people can register to vote at the polls.  Comparatively, there were 2,774 early votes in St Paul from a pre-registered voting roll of 156,535. ...

Early Voting Numbers One Week Out

Early voting numbers with one week to go in Minneapolis are 7260 and there have been 2,446 in St Paul…. This content is for Monthly General Subscription, Monthly Premium Subscription, Annual General Subscription, Annual Premium Subscription, Statewide Political...

Carter Press Conference with Franken

We attended today’s press conference hosted by the St Paul Federation of Teachers with former City Council Member Melvin Carter III (DFL) and US Senator Al Franken (D-MN). We also attended an interview with Carter and various news affiliates afterward. . ”...

Update on the St Paul Mayoral Election 2017

Voters in St Paul are receiving additional information in the St Paul Mayoral race from an Independent Expenditure group called Building a Better St Paul. Since the Supreme Court ruling on Citizen’s United v. FEC (2010) political campaigns have been supported an...

Carter Response to Police Report & Building a Better St Paul Campaign

Here is the response from the Carter Campaign regarding our release of a portion of the police reports on the burglary of former City Council Member Melvin Carter III’s (DFL) home and a mailing by the Building a Better St Paul Campaign which arrived today....

Impact of a Political Letter

Many attribute the election of College Professor Paul Wellstone (D) to the US Senate was the “Jewish Letter” sent out by the US Senator Rudy Boschwitz’s (R-MN) reelection campaign in 1990. The question is will the “Gun Letter” be a determinative factor in the election...

Number of Early Voters in the Two Municipal Races

Early voting in Minneapolis is occurring at a faster pace than in St Paul. As of yesterday, two-weeks before the General Election Minneapolis mailed out 2782 ballots, received 866 mailed ballots, 3843 people have voted in person and 154 have cast ballots in a category...