In the Aftermath of Lopez Franzen

Minnesota Report As we look at the DFL Senate Minority, we see a functional problem after the legislative session, which is it functional leaderless situation, post Senate Minority Leader Melisa Lopez Franzen (DFL-49, Edina) retirement announcement. Now, its not a...

Campaign Finance Reports for MN Federal Races

Today, the actual campaign finance numbers for the various federal campaigns are being posted on the FEC.gov site. The numbers started rolling out slowly, but we stepped behind the scenes found information from the raw reports, and we will be updating as any new...

Torres Ray Launches First Ad in the 5th CD Race

State Senator Patricia Torres Ray (DFL-63, Minneapolis) has started to ad race in the MN05’s Congressional District contest by putting out a Facebook ad this morning. https://www.facebook.com/TorresRayMN/videos/2190990001176402 We are wondering what other ads we...

MAK Reports Campaign Finance Numbers Early

In an attempt to show some reality in the hype associated with the race for the MN05 Congressional District seat the former House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher (D-MN05) campaign released their fundraising totals, which, we know are ahead of the goal set for the...