Divining the Truth in the DFL Endorsement Process

On Wednesday, former Minneapolis City Council member and union organizer Jim Niland (DFL) now Rebecca Otto campaigner made a bold statement, which no one except maybe he, himself even believes. He posted to a Facebook group of DFL Activists claiming the following:...

Defining the Alignments in the DFL Governor’s Race

Our analysis of the DFL Governor’s race to date has Congressman Tim Walz (D-MN01) as the front-runner, which means he has the target of all of the other campaigns squarely on his back. He represents every other candidate’s worst-case scenario. As the leader of the...

The Donnybrook at 62A

The DFL Senate District 62 Convention started normally, albeit an hour and a half late. There were a number of problems with delegate credentialing in the beginning and this was important because open seats existed on both the A & B sides due to the retirements of...

A Wrinkle in the DFL State Convention Agenda

As the process for delegate selection moves through the Senate and County Unit DFL conventions, and the movie version of A Wrinkle in Tie coming out, we thought we would offer our own Wrinkle in the DFL, people should be thinking about where on the agenda the various...

Other Items from the DFL Preference Poll

When the final results of the DFL Preference Poll were made available at 5:48 Friday evening they didn’t change the narrative in any significant fashion. DFL turnout outpaced Republican by better than three-to-one and Congressman Tim Walz (D-MN01) carried the day with...