Money raised in support of and opposition to the two constitutional amendments

June 21, 2012

The fundraising reports for all the groups raising and spending money for and against the two constitutional amendments were due on the 19th and the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board made them available yesterday morning. This post is a brief overview of what was in those reports. There were no fewer than eight groups […]

by Tony Petrangelo

hPVI, and what it says about the Senate

June 20, 2012

This was in response to my posting of the Minnesota Senate hPVI numbers yesterday: This shows GOP keeping MN Sen RT @eric_pusey: Check this out! RT @tonyangelo: Minnesota Senate hPVI ow.ly/1kGFkC #stribpol #mnleg — Bill Walsh (@billtwalsh) June 19, 2012 The short response (it’s twitter, there are no other kinds of responses I suppose) that […]

by Tony Petrangelo

Minnesota Senate hPVI

June 19, 2012

My totally proprietary and not at all derivative legislative district partisan index

by Tony Petrangelo

Better Know a Senate District: 28

June 18, 2012

District 28 presents the DFL with two viable pickup opportunities

by Tony Petrangelo

The Weekly Wrap 6-16

June 16, 2012

♣ ICYMI, back at the end of May a video appeared that had some people asking… “Who the hell made that?” Now, as the script reads, members of the coalition supporting the anti-family amendment are using said video to raise money. I suppose the next step is to hire people dressed as teh gays to beat up […]

by Tony Petrangelo

Complete guide to this fall’s legislative elections

June 15, 2012

With the filing deadline for Minnesota state legislative races in the rearview mirror, a picture is beginning to emerge of what this fall’s legislative elections will look like. Last week I wrote about the primary elections set for this August, the results of which will finalize the races for the state legislature. Until then, we […]

by Tony Petrangelo

And now for hPVI

June 14, 2012

An explanation of my totally proprietary and not at all derivative hPVI

by Tony Petrangelo

Is Michele Bachmann vulnerable?

June 12, 2012

The absence of an IP candidate this year makes some people think so

by Tony Petrangelo

Better Know a Senate District: 17

June 11, 2012

Senate district 17 is a mash-up of two old districts, pitting two incumbent Senators against one another (maybe)

by Tony Petrangelo

The Weekly Wrap 6-10

June 10, 2012

Retirements, deadlines, polls and amendment challenges

by Tony Petrangelo

First poll with Klobuchar against Bills is like every other MN Senate poll so far

June 9, 2012

PPP (6/8, no trend lines): Amy Klobuchar (D-inc) 55 Kurt Bills (R) 29 Undecided 16 (MoE: ±3.1%) PPP tested four different people against Amy Klobuchar and they all fared pretty much the same, A-Klo was between 56-55 and everyone they put up against her was between 29-27. Of all the people who they put up […]

by Tony Petrangelo

Minnesota is not a swing state

June 8, 2012

And it never was

by Tony Petrangelo