Committee Membership in the House

Dec 19, 2018

We like other legislative observers are awaiting the membership of the House legislative committees. The shift to the DFL Majority shows a different alignment and areas of interest.  We understand the DFL Majority is still waiting for the requests from the Republican...

Persell Survives Recount

Dec 4, 2018

Former Rep John Sterling Persell Jr (DFL-05A, Bemidji) will return to St Paul in January for his fifth term after surviving a razor-thin recount against Rep Matt Bliss (R-05A, Pennington). On election night the margin between the two was 8 votes in favor of Persell...

Takeaways from the 2018 Election

Nov 8, 2018

In Minnesota, the question over whether this is a blue, purple or red state has been laid to rest. Minnesota is a Blue state. No Republican has been elected statewide since 2008, and then only by a plurality. In this election, Attorney General candidate Doug Wardlow...

DFL House Majority Set to Defines Itself

Nov 8, 2018

Tonight, the DFL House Majority will meet at 7:00 pm in the State Office Building to vote on its leadership for the 2019-20 legislative session. House Minority Leader Melissa Hortman (DFL-36B, Brooklyn Park) is expected to stand and be elected as Speaker, but the...