Gov. Pawlenty’s new Freedom First political action committee held its first local fundraiser tonight at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Minneapolis. About 250 people — the same size crowd Pawlenty drew at the PAC’s considerably more affordable pretzel reception in Washington, D.C. last [...]
Is state Rep. Laura Brod still mulling a bid for governor? The Republican from New Prague previously dropped out of the race, citing health concerns, but has long been rumored to be eyeing a return to the contest.
Earlier today, though, Politics in Minnesota reported that [...]
Challengers huddled across the street from the Dinkytown polling place. Photo: Chris Steller, MnIndy
They went there to ensure that nobody was wrongfully turned away from a Minneapolis polling place infamous for electoral mishaps. [...]
MnIndy file photo
An aide to Rep. Michele Bachmann quit her communications position, Politico reported on Wednesday. Michelle Marston had been responsible for helping Bachmann get a copious amount of air time on cable news shows.
While Marston didn’t have much to say on the [...]
City Council incumbents Don Samuels (Ward 5) and Barb Johnson (Ward 4)
So much for election night drama in Minneapolis. Despite more than 50 candidates vying for 13 posts on the Minneapolis City Council, only two [...]
Photo: Chris Steller, Minnesota Independent
Minneapolis’ first try at instant-runoff voting (IRV) Tuesday went well, judging by a low number of spoiled ballots. But the number of ballots cast was also low, spoiling the system’s otherwise successful debut.
An Election Day that turned cold and [...]
St. Paul voters narrowly chose to adopt instant-runoff voting on Tuesday. But opponents of the ballot measure plan to challenge the validity of the result.
In the waning days of the campaign, the No Bad Ballots Committee filed a pair of grievances with the Office of [...]
As expected Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak won re-election by a landslide last night. So what does the mainstream media want to know most about his victory? If he’s running for governor.
The UpTake’s Michael McIntee says his group “wanted to know about how the mayor [...]
Actor Jon Voight dances to Minnesota Republicans’ tune over the next two days, appearing tonight with Gov. Tim Pawlenty at the first local fundraising event for his new Freedom First PAC in Minneapolis and on Thursday with U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann in Washington, [...]
Will Rossbach and Diana Longrie
Will Rossbach avenged his electoral defeat from four years ago, ousting Maplewood Mayor Diana Longrie by a 51-39 percent margin on Tuesday. In the previous campaign, Longrie prevailed with 53 percent of the vote.
Rossbach will likely have a friendly [...]
Andy Birkey, Chris Steller, Paul Schmelzer, Daphne Eviatar, David Weigel, Mary Kane, Mike Lillis, Martha C. White, Spencer Ackerman, David O. Williams
