ELECTIONS
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Budget debate turns into campaign debate
Minnesota lawmakers from both parties signal they plan to use last years rough budget debate as foundation for this years legislative election campaigns. With all 201 legislative seats up for electio...
Posted on 3/4/12 at 12:05 PM
STAFF BLOG NEWS TRIBUNE ATTIC Video of President Clinton's 1994 Duluth visit
A few weeks back a video was posted to YouTube showing a WDIO-TV live shot from President Clinton's visit to Duluth on November 4, 1994. Apparently this is from right after his jog on Skyline Parkway,...
Posted on 3/10/11 at 1:36 PM
THE FLENSBURGER FILES The Mid-Term Elections in the United States: At the Crossroads or the Beginning of a Revolution? Views from an Expatriate
Author's note: This belated entry was due to non-blog related commitments plus I wanted to look at the elections from multiple perspectives before I decided to chime in, with the goal of keeping to my...
Posted on 11/13/10 at 8:55 AM
THE BRIDGEHUNTER'S CHRONICLES Wagon Wheel Bridge saved- for now that is.
The mid-term elections of 2010 can best be compared to a glass that is half full or half empty. It depends on which political party one voted for, or in the case of this author, if one decided to sit ...
Posted on 11/5/10 at 5:45 PM
Minnesota campaign season arrives with filing process
Some candidates wasted little time before filling out the necessary paperwork to run for office.
By Don Davis , May 22, 2012
Nolan wins endorsement at 8th Congressional District DFL convention 
Former Congressman Rick Nolan has won the endorsement of delegates at the 8th Congressional District Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party convention today at Spirit Mountain in Duluth.
By News Tribune staff , May 05, 2012
Lake County residents turn out for Minnesota caucus
By Catherine Hannula, Brittany Berrens, Don Davis , February 09, 2012
DFLers meet in Finland for 8th Congressional District candidate forum
As Minnesota’s precinct caucuses grow closer, DFL candidates in the running for Chip Cravaack’s 8th Congressional District seat stepped up their campaign efforts, which included a stop in Finland Friday night.
February 02, 2012
Republicans vying for Klobuchar's seat meet in Two Harbors
While November may seem far away, for others it can’t come fast enough. Lake County will soon be in the midst of election season and clues are mounting that it’s already begun here.
February 02, 2012
Minnesota congressional redistricting hearings continue (with video)
A public hearing during wA public hearing during which a panel of judges listened to Minnesotans’ comments about redistricting plans took place Tuesday and Wednesday nights in Bloomington and St. Paul, respectively. Another one is scheduled for today and can be viewed here.
By Forum Communications Co. , October 06, 2011
Legislature notes
May 23 is the date Minnesotans interested in following the Legislature should remember.
January 06, 2011
Smiles preceed cold realities at Capitol
If great challenges lead to great opportunities, as the old saying goes, Minnesota lawmakers have a whale of an opportunity this year.
By Forum Newspapers , January 06, 2011
Dayton calls for teamwork
Mark Dayton’s first speech as Minnesota governor illustrated the problems he faces.
By Forum Newspapers , January 06, 2011
Inaugural notes
Yvonne Prettner Solon is walking into the lieutenant governor’s office as a greater Minnesota advocate.
January 06, 2011
Dayton has promises to keep
Mark Dayton made one promise, in particular, hundreds of times in two years campaigning to become Minnesota’s next governor.
By Don Davis, State Capitol Bureau, Forum Newspapers , December 16, 2010
Letters to the editor: They make elections work
Minnesotans are civic-minded people. Even in an off-year election, more than 2.1 million of our state’s eligible voters went to the polls Nov. 2 to select leaders for all levels of our government.
December 16, 2010
It’s official: Dayton is the next governor
Minnesota Gov.-elect Mark Dayton reached out to Republicans who will lead the Legislature within hours Wednesday of his opponent conceding the close governor’s race, saying they must join together to tame a massive budget deficit.
By Associated Press , December 09, 2010
Oberstar packs up in D.C.
To the victors go the spoils. And that applies to Congress, too.
By Forum Newspapers , December 02, 2010
Many hands, little recount change
Minnesota got its recount on again Monday and little changed in the vote totals for the governor’s race between DFLer Mark Dayton and Republican Tom Emmer.
By News-Chronicle, Forum Newspapers , December 02, 2010
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