Election Day: Two Generals and One Primary

The Hennepin County Third District contest will be settled today. After 8:00 pm this evening the first contest in a usually strong DFL district will see whether an urban, black, fiscally conservative Republican male with Reform Party support can defeat a suburban,...

Special Election Senate District 26 (Primary)

District 26 The date of a special election is required to be called 30 days after a vacancy is declared. In the past years, this has been a more common activity in the statehouse rather than the state senate. The last senator elected in a special election was...

The Need for Two Senate Special Elections

The Governor Jesse Ventura (RP-MN) will set the dates. The parties are scrambling for candidates and the opportunity for the Governor get a Reform Party candidate elected is nigh. With the resignations of Senators Tracy Beckman (DFL-26, Bricelyn) and Steve Morse...

Beckman v. Gutknecht

The Democratic fortunes of the 1st congressional district may be getting better for those seeking to unseat Congressman Gil Gutknecht. The conservative Republican has remained firmly in place since the departure of Tim Penny. The Gingrich loyalist has fended off...