St Paul City Council Seeks Interim Member

The announcement of St Paul City Council member by Dan Bostrom’s (Ward 6, DFL-St Paul) early retirement didn’t come as a surprise to us, we asked about such an occurrence from his staff Scott Renstrom and received a political answer and suggestion we speak with the...

Takeaways from the 2018 Election

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...

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....

Calling Balls & Strikes on Campaign Ads

With the World Series just getting underway we thought the metaphor apt because if media outlets truly did call campaign ads correctly, then, ones that fell below a certain level would be called out, or a clarifier would be displayed on each ad run on that particular...

Observing the US Senate Special Election

The US Senate Special Election will be the second race on the ballot and will receive a great deal of attention. The MPR News and Star Tribune Minnesota Poll also has provided a glimpse into the race between appointed US Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) and State Sen Karin...