There is some talk in political circles about the possibilities for the various candidates in the race for Mayor of St. Paul. The attention in the DFL endorsement is being focused mainly on City Councilmember Jay Benanav (DFL-Ward 04, St Paul) and former Council...
We have simplified the election contest in the city of St. Paul down to a simple calculation: the first two candidates to achieve 8000 votes in the primary will be the likely candidates on the general election ballot. We come to this assessment based on the results...
During our conversation with Rep Alice Hausman (DFL-66B, St Paul) we broached the topic of a possible Mayoral bid and flat out asked her if she was running for Mayor or not and she said, “Yes.” We further pried and found out her strategy would focus on the lessons...
There are few places where you can get the story behind the story in politics. We hope Checks & Balances can help to fill in some of the gaps. The opening of the 2001 Minnesota Legislature began with its own bit of intrigue on the House side. The DFL House Caucus...
The endorsement fight for the DFL 4th Congressional District may have been the smoothest ever seen in a multi-candidate field, but that doesn’t mean it is time to rest on one’s laurels. By all indications, that is far from endorsee Rep Betty McCollum’s (DFL-55B,...
