How many will leave Constitutional Amendments blank?

October 30, 2012

I’m sure many of you are aware of this fact, but here it is anyway, for a constitutional amendment to pass in Minnesota, it must receive 50%+1 of all the votes cast in the entire election. Not just 50%+1 of the votes cast on the amendment itself. For practical purposes this means that some portion […]

by Tony Petrangelo

Minnesota Poll shows Marriage Amendment tied

October 29, 2012

And the Photo Voter ID amendment passing

by Tony Petrangelo

New poll of MN-8 has Rick Nolan ahead of Chip Cravaack 48-44

October 28, 2012

A Public Policy Polling poll (alliteration!) of Minnesota’s eighth congressional district has Rick Nolan up by four points over incumbent congressman Chip Cravaack. PPP (10/28, no trend lines): Chip Cravaack (R-inc) 44 Rick Nolan (D) 48 Undecided 8 (MoE: ±3.9%) Interactive Polling Graph This is the first poll since Chip Cravaack’s residency issue became a part of […]

by Tony Petrangelo

LeftMN Radio Hour 10-28

October 28, 2012

This week we talk with former Governor Arne Carlson about the Photo Voter ID amendment

by Tony Petrangelo

Kurt Bills approves this message

October 27, 2012

And may God have mercy on his soul for doing it

by Steve Timmer

The Weekly Wrap 10-26

October 26, 2012

A new poll kind of gets released, Larry Sabato updates MN-8 and nobody can say what Senator David Hann actually does for a living

by Tony Petrangelo

Stamping out pockets of resistance II

October 26, 2012

“Shoot, missed another one,” says Pat

by Steve Timmer

Daily Caller reporter: Hettler only provided “color commentary”

October 26, 2012

But it’s the only evidence he has

by Aaron Klemz

Meet Richard Hettler

October 25, 2012

the Daily Caller’s Klobuchar source

by Aaron Klemz

North Shore mining leases go to Duluth Metals

October 25, 2012

Wednesday, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources held a metallic mineral lease auction for mineral leases in Aitkin, St. Louis, and Lake County. A total of 9,500 acres of leases received bids from three companies, with about one third of the area offered in this auction receiving bids. The most important and worrisome development is […]

by Aaron Klemz

Is the General Mills Leprechaun gay?

October 25, 2012

Say it ain’t so, Andy

by Steve Timmer

First poll of MN-2 has John Kline up by eight points

October 24, 2012

I posted yesterday about sixth and eighth congressional district polls and in that post I wrote this in regard to the status of the Minnesota’s second congressional district race: A case could be made that MN-2 should be Likely GOP (I’m not going to make it), but other than that, the rest are off the […]

by Tony Petrangelo