Nov 19, 2022
Minnesota Report One of the biggest fears we have had with our support for the DFL retaking the Senate Majority was the advancement of the idea of Instant Run-off Voting for all elections, federal, constitutional and legislative. The selection of Sen Jim Carlson...
Nov 19, 2022
Minnesota Report Since there is no legislative activity until next year, we will reference the new legislative district numbers in our articles from this point forward. Unless of course we are writing about a non-returning member.
Nov 14, 2022
Minnesota Report Its interesting to see how the shifting populations in our state voted this election. You may or may not remember the 7-County Metropolitan area accounts for 55.43% of our state and the 11-County Metropolitan area accounts for 58.85%. In the electoral...
Nov 14, 2022
Minnesota Report We looked for the legislative election directories today and only found the newly elected members of the House. https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hinfo/leginfo/elecdir22.pdf We called the Senate and we informed, in spite of it being half the size of...
Nov 11, 2022
Minnesota Report The DFL Senate Caucus met yesterday and the Carpenter’s Union Hall in St Paul to select their new leadership team. The wisely picked a pragmatic, thoughtful and seasoned veteran in Sen Kari Dziedzic (DFL-60, Minneapolis). We understand this was a one...
Nov 10, 2022
National and Minnesota Report Nationally, the momentum of the Red Wave across the nation did materialize and it only resulted in a Red Ripple. Donald J Trump (R) and his Election Deniers (sounds Like a band) lost their elections from top to bottom in US Senate and...
Nov 10, 2022
Minnesota Report 2,510,693 people voted for Governor; this was 70.64% of the eligible voters and no third-party candidate achieved 5% which means neither the Grassroots – Legalize Cannabis nor the Legal Marijuana Now will be considered a major party. We also...
Nov 10, 2022
Minnesota Report House The DFL House Caucus will meet today and select a new Majority Leader. The names of the candidates we are hearing it will be a contest between Reps Jamie Long (DFL-61B, Minneapolis) and Kaohly Vang Her (DFL-64A, St Paul), are in their second...
Nov 10, 2022
Minnesota Report Yes, there were some significant loses in Tuesday’s returns in Reps Mary Murphy (DFL-03B, Hermantown) and Rod Eklund (DFL-03A, International Falls), but one reprieve might be the pending recounts. The reelection of Governor Tim Walz and Lt Governor...
Nov 10, 2022
Minnesota Report When Republicans under the leadership of Jeremy Miller (R-28, Winona) decided against a compromise on spending the 9.235 billion surplus with Governor Tim Walz (DFL-MN) and House Speaker Melissa Hortman (DFL-36B, Brooklyn Park) they likely assured no...
