Elections

Every November, somebody's running for something. In 2013, Minneapolis has mayoral and city council elections and St. Paul has a mayoral election and school board contests. Here's where to go for our election coverage:

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Minneapolis City Council—Ward 1
Minneapolis City Council—Ward 2
Minneapolis City Council—Ward 3
Minneapolis City Council—Ward 4
Minneapolis City Council—Ward 5
Minneapolis City Council—Ward 6
Minneapolis City Council—Ward 7
Minneapolis City Council—Ward 8
Minneapolis City Council—Ward 9
Minneapolis City Council—Ward 10
Minneapolis City Council—Ward 11
Minneapolis City Council—Ward 12
Minneapolis City Council—Ward 13

St. Paul School Board

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Marriage amendment

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Congress—Second District
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Congress—Seventh District
Congress—Eighth District
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Special legislative elections - January 2012
St. Paul 2011
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St. Paul

And the loser is....Michelle Bachmann: Thoughts on the GOP Presidential Debate

By David Schultz, Schultz's Take

It may not be clear who won the Wednesday night Republican presidential debate at the Reagan Library, but it is clear who lost and it was Michelle Bachmann. It may not be over for her yet, but she left the debate badly wounded and spiraling downward, ready to follow the path already forged by Tim Pawlenty a few weeks ago.

The Rise of Bachmann

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Bachmann's campaign undergoes major shakeup

By Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent

Michele Bachmann’s presidential campaign saw a major shakeup on Monday as her campaign manager and deputy campaign manager quit.

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FREE SPEECH ZONE | Will It Matter Who Is Elected In 2012?

By Bill Sorem, Free Speech Zone

As one of a handful of energized people laboring to draft Obama back in 2006, I write this with profound sadness and pained anger. Do we have reason to reelect Barack Obama?

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Bachmann's clinic protested by dancing, glitter-throwing 'barbarians'

By Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent

A flash mob at Bachmann & Associates, a Christian counseling clinic run by Michele Bachmann and her husband Marcus, protested the clinic’s acceptance of state and federal money Thursday and pok

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Money, guns, sex, and politics

By Mary Turck, News Day

Several items across my desk this morning on the perennial favorites of sex, drugs, money, guns, and politics. Let's start with the money and guns story, since that one comes from Minnesota.

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News Day

Looking to the people to fix a broken redistricting system

By Alleen Brown, TC Daily Planet

David Wheeler and commissioners (from left) Scott Uzzle, Kent Kaiser and Lori Berg invite citizens to draw their districts at the Citizens Redistricting Commission's fourth public hearing.

On August 17, two dozen people gathered in a windowless room in East St. Paul. Outside, the sun shone and a warm breeze blew.

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OPINION | One nation under Jesus

By Mordecai Specktor, American Jewish World

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Following Iowa straw poll, Pawlenty ends campaign for president

By Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent

Tim Pawlenty ended his campaign for president on Sunday morning following a poor performance i

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Nails in the GOP coffin: Thoughts on the Iowa straw poll results

By David Schultz, Schultz's Take

Bachmann wins, Pawlenty is out. What do learn from the Iowa straw poll? Whatever political moderation existed in the Republican Party, it rapidly disappearing as the GOP is being remade in the image of Palin and Bachmann.

Bachmann

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It's that time!

By Jeff Fecke, Blog Of The Moderate Left

The Iowa Straw Poll is actually more predictive than you’d think it had any right to be. No candidate has won the GOP nomination who didn’t finish in the top three there, and none has won Iowa who didn’t finish in the top two. That could change this year…or it could be really good news for one Minnesotan. 

Iowa Straw Poll, August 13, 2011

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