Waiting for Dario, question 4

July 30, 2014

What’s your position on bullying?

by Steve Timmer

Waiting for Dario, question 11

July 29, 2014

Reparative therapy

by Steve Timmer

Scott and Karin, turn up your hearing aids

July 18, 2014

My older readers — which means most of you, I suppose — can remember when Bob Dole, running against Bill Clinton in 1996, said, in a debate, I think, “Let me be your bridge to the past.” I knew at that instant that Bob Dole would never be the president of the good ‘ol YOU ESS AAAY. It […]

by Steve Timmer

The immutable Ron Erhardt

July 9, 2014

I have known Ron Erhardt for a long time. I have fought with him, voted for him, voted against him, traded stories with him, stood at the back of the room and made fun of other politicians (and some of you perhaps know who I mean) with him, and admired what a completely steadfast and […]

by Steve Timmer

Waiting for Dario, question 8

July 8, 2014

What to do about freeloaders

by Steve Timmer

Waiting for Dario

July 7, 2014

We want to ask him some questions

by Steve Timmer

Vote where you really live, my friends

July 6, 2014

A lot of invective has been directed at the Rep. Phyllis Kahn campaign, and its attorney, Brian Rice, especially, over a petition filed with election authorities in the City of Minneapolis over some 140 voter registrations that list 419 Cedar Avenue South as the voter’s residence address, when they obviously don’t live there. I’ve written […]

by Steve Timmer

Allegations of voting irregularities in HD60B

June 29, 2014

A huge flap has arisen in House District 60B over a large number — apparently over 140 — of voter registrations that listed a post office box drop, the Cedar Mailbox Center, as the registrant’s mailing address. You will remember that HD60B is the legislative district that features the primary contest between incumbent Phyllis Kahn […]

by Steve Timmer

MN Elections Info site: New Feature!

September 9, 2013

Maps of every congressional and legislative district

by Tony Petrangelo

Looking at some features of the Minnesota Elections Info site

September 5, 2013

Tuesday I introduced the Minnesota Elections Info site. Today, I’m going to spend a bit of time on some of the features of the site. There are currently four different sections to the site; General elections results, Primary elections results, a general elections Graph and a timeline of Minnesota electoral history. Let’s go over these […]

by Tony Petrangelo

LeftMN Projects: Minnesota Elections Info

September 3, 2013

Because those of us here at LeftMN are so dedicated to bringing you the best in Minnesota political coverage, we have a number of projects in the works to help us do just that. The first of these that we are revealing is the Minnesota Elections Info site, which can be found at: elections.left.mn [Update: […]

by Tony Petrangelo

LeftMN Radio Hour 2-23

February 24, 2013

Our guest is Representative Steve Simon, Chairman of the House Elections Committee. We talk with him about the plethora of election law changes being considered

by Tony Petrangelo