A Final Look At The Minnesota Races

By: qsclues (Diary)  |  October 29th at 10:02 PM  | 

With four days to go, let’s run down the outlook in Minnesota one more time.  I’ll do them in an order that can only make sense to a mind as disorganized as mine.  :-) – Obviously Safe Democrat seats:  MN -04 (Betty McCollum) and MN-05 (Keith Ellison).  One would like to think that the ethically-challenged Ellison could be beaten, but it’s just too Democratic a | Read More »

Post-Primary Look At Minnesota Races

By: qsclues (Diary)  |  August 11th at 07:41 PM  | 

With the primaries completed, let’s take another look at those Minnesota races… MN-GOV: Current Governor Tim Pawlenty leaves after two terms. Former U.S. Senator Mark Dayton won the DFL (Democratic-Farmer-Labor — Minnesota’s version of the Democrats) primary, while State Rep. Tom Emmer had no serious challenger on the Republican side. Tom Horner will represent the Independence Party. Minnesota has always been a rather contrarian state | Read More »