Minnesota: That Was Then This Is Now. (1978 & 2018)

The last time Minnesota had two US Senate seats up for consideration was in 1978. The election widely referred to as the Minnesota Massacre, because of the long-standing victories by the DFL Party candidates for offices up and down the ticket came to a crashing halt....

New Political Term-July Surprise

Because we have seen many last-minute issues crop up in October that played a significant impact on our November Election the term October Surprise has become part of our political lexicon. i.e. John Grunseth’s Pool Incident, the death of Paul Wellstone Now, we...

Handicapping the Statewide DFL Primary Races

As we are watching the Primary contests for US Senate, Governor, and Attorney General our attention is often diverted to the Democratic side, because other than the race for Governor on the Republican side, it is far more dynamic. US Senate The race between US Senator...

Political Filings, My Piece of the Pie

2:43 pm Rep Ilhan Omar (DFL-60B, Minneapolis) now has filed for the 5th CD, Mohamud Noor, one of Omar’s other Primary opponents in 2016 has filed for 60B, we spoke with former Rep Phyllis Kahn (DFL-60B, Minneapolis) and she will not be filing for her old seat....

The MSM is Getting the Message are the Politico’s in the 8th CD?

We will reemphasize our previous point made after the DFL failed to endorse a candidate to replace Congressman Rick Nolan (D-MN08). What No Endorsement in the CD08 Means. In the last two elections, the 8th CD had more money spent in it than any other Congressional...