A look at the updated American Community Survey numbers for Minnesota

January 23, 2019

At the beginning of the year the United State Census Bureau released updated results from the American Community Survey, a massive continuous survey project the bureau undertakes between censuses. With redistricting coming up in 2021 it’s perhaps worth checking in on the updated ACS numbers to see what’s been going on in Minnesota and how […]

by Tony Petrangelo

Minnesota Senate Minority Leader Tom Bakk has one priority for 2021: Gerrymandering Minnesota

January 16, 2019

This is a paragraph from a recent J.Patrick Coolican piece in the StarTribune: Indeed, at a Chamber of Commerce dinner last week, Bakk said redistricting is his reason for running for re-election in 2020. This must sound strange to a layman’s ears, who might guess that a lawmaker would want to craft education or health […]

by Tony Petrangelo

Minnesota Senate District 11 Bonus Election Preview

January 9, 2019

On Thursday January 3rd Governor-elect Tim Walz announced the appointment of now former State Senator Tony Lourey as the commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human Services. Within 24-hours five candidates had jumped into the race to succeed him in the State Senate with another two joining the following week. Of the seven, two are […]

by Tony Petrangelo

2018 Minnesota Election Round-up

December 3, 2018

Observations concerning the recent election

by Tony Petrangelo

DFL probably would have won the Minnesota Senate this year too

November 20, 2018

But it would have been close

by Tony Petrangelo

How the new DFL House majority compares to the old DFL House majority

November 15, 2018

The 2018 election represents the second time the DFL has won the State House majority under the district maps implemented in 2012. The path to a DFL majority in 2018 was quite a bit different than the path in 2012 however and the differences in the two elections underline what has become the most obvious recent trend in […]

by Tony Petrangelo

Redistricting reform should be at the top of the agenda

November 13, 2018

The DFL should create an independent redistricting commission even though they stand to possibly achieve the trifecta

by Tony Petrangelo

Minnesota Senate District 62 Convention: Retirements, Credentials, Walkouts and Quorums

March 14, 2018

As you may have heard, the Minnesota Senate District 62 Convention, which took place on Saturday March 10th, had some – let’s say – difficulties. The results of these difficulties were that the A side of the district didn’t endorse a candidate for an open House seat, and for that matter, never even completed a […]

by Tony Petrangelo