Checks & Balances Publishes Opinions with Which We Even Disagree

Minnesota External Opinion  In the past, we have agreed with the Minnesota Voters Alliance in their opposition to Ranked Choice Voting and appreciated their willingness to take the issue all the way to the Minnesota Supreme Court which allowed the flawed system to be...

Pre-General Election Campaign Finance Reports 2018

Here are links to the pre-General Election Campaign Finance Reports and a listing of the receipts, expenditures, and cash-on-hand. Campaign/Organization Total Receipts Total Expenditures Cash Balance Debt Tim Walz (DFL) 3,842,162.41 3,691,347.14 639,024.84 Jeff...

Pre-Primary Campaign Finance Numbers

Here are the fundraising figures from the Pre-Primary reports for the Constitutional Office candidates. In the Governor’s race Congressman TIm Walz (DFL-MN) and former Governor TIm Pawlenty (R-MN) lead the field with sizable advantages. Office Candidate Receipts...

A Tale of Two Erins

We hear DFL Endorsed candidate has doubled down on the name Erin and tapped fellow freshman Rep Erin Maye Quade (DFL-57A, Apple Valley). Maye Quade is an articulate, sharp debater and instrumental in bringing sexual harassment in the legislature to the foreground. She...

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...