MN-01 special election: Is Trump fading as a factor?

March 30, 2022

Walker Orenstein does a lot of good reporting. From an article of his that got my attention, a couple of days ago: Early voting for the May 24 primary for the special election to replace U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn in Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District starts next Friday, and candidates have begun crisscrossing the region to […]

by Dan Burns

hPVI 2021, Senate edition

March 16, 2022

The 2021 Edition of Minnesota’s Oldest and Most Beloved Legislative District Partisan Metric

by Tony Petrangelo

Why did the Latino vote shift?

May 18, 2021

It wasn’t a great big shift, by any means. And it’s debatable, at best, that it in and of itself cost Democrats the electoral votes of Florida and/or Texas, and/or the Texas House. But it was significant, and it’s concerning. (I don’t use “Latinx,” and here’s why.) Biden won around two-thirds of Latino voters overall, […]

by Dan Burns

Why I’m not particularly worried about Election Night, or after

November 2, 2020

I know doom-and-gloom about Trump stealing the election, and mass violence, and so on, are dominating the progressive internet right now. But I just can’t bring myself to feel it. Earlier today, one of the most right-wing federal judges in the country threw out an effort to disqualify a bunch of mostly Democratic votes. He […]

by Dan Burns

Sputtering hostility is not a legal argument

October 30, 2020

Recently, the 8th Circuit considered a Minnesota law that postponed a federal election date when a major party (one of the cannabis parties) candidate died close enough to the election to require a postponement to permit the nomination of a substitute candidate. Second District Congresswoman Angie Craig brought suit to invalidate the postponement, which had […]

by Steve Timmer

Don’t panic over court ballots deadline decision

October 30, 2020

But do what you have to, to get your vote counted

by Dan Burns

MN-08: Ditching Rep. Stauber, Part 3

October 28, 2020

From an email I got from the Quinn Nystrom campaign: When (Rep. Pete Stauber) said about COVID-19, “Predominantly the people who succumb to this disease are seniors or folks with pre-existing conditions” Quinn responded: “Every single person’s life is valuable in this district.” Audio of the phone-in debate, hosted by MPR last Friday, is here. […]

by Dan Burns

Vote for Justice Paul Thissen

October 24, 2020

Just flip your ballot over and do it, or you might get Michelle MacDonald

by Steve Timmer

MN-01: Rep. Hagedorn sticks to Trump like a limpet

October 22, 2020

Regarding Rep. Hagedorn’s recent scandals, I don’t personally care about the Grand Canyon thing. Lots of people, from all walks of life, are always trying to score perks like that. It would be good if all of our elected lawmakers held themselves to higher standards, but, throughout the entire world history of politics, yeah, right. […]

by Dan Burns

Minnesota judicial elections 2020

October 19, 2020

I’m getting my information from the Secretary of State website. Here is a map of Minnesota’s judicial districts. I’m not going to type much about this cycle’s Supreme Court challenge. If you’re even an occasional reader of this website, you’re undoubtedly intelligent and informed enough to know that Michelle MacDonald’s head ain’t right. I will […]

by Dan Burns

MN lege: Loving these DFL pickup opportunities, Part 4

October 10, 2020

Districts 40-67

by Dan Burns

MN-08: Ditching Rep. Stauber, Part 2

October 4, 2020

Does he not know what COVID-19 exposure means?

by Dan Burns