Minnesota Independent

Attorney General Lori Swanson at the DFL election-night party, Nov. 2. Photo: Kathy Easthagen

Otto, Swanson re-elected as auditor, attorney general

By Andy Birkey | 11.03.10 | 9:00 am

State Auditor Rebecca Otto and Attorney General Lori Swanson were re-elected on Tuesday night. The Associated Press called the race for Swanson early in the night, but didn’t project an Otto win until well into Wednesday morning. Swanson took an early lead and stayed above 50 percent throughout the night, while Otto only bested her opponent, former auditor Pat Anderson by a handful of points.

Pawlenty asks attorney general to challenge health reform, Swanson says ‘no’

By Andy Birkey | 03.23.10 | 8:45 am

Gov. Tim Pawlenty sent a letter to Attorney General Lori Swanson on Monday urging her to file suit against the federal government to block health care reform from coming to Minnesota. Swanson’s office says the bill hasn’t even become…

Minnesota joins Supreme Court suit to stop Great Lakes carp invasion

By Andy Birkey | 01.04.10 | 2:25 pm

Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson has added Minnesota’s support to a lawsuit by the state of Michigan against the state of Illinois to force the closure of a canal connecting the Mississippi River to Lake Michigan. Unless the…

Holder on race: America is ‘a nation of cowards’

By Chris Steller | 02.18.09 | 2:03 pm

“Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards,” said Attorney General Eric Holder today in…

Can’t tell who you’re insulting at the AG’s office without a program

By Chris Steller | 11.19.08 | 1:08 pm

Al Franken’s lawyers take a lashing from Politics in Minnesota (PIM) — mostly on style points — for their impolitic memorandum in response to an opinion from the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office that the State…

Ellison and Conyers Demanding Documents on Paulose Office and Paulose Appointment

By Eric Black | 09.20.07 | 2:36 pm

U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison of Minneapolis and House Judiciary Chair John Conyers have moments ago sent a letter to the acting U.S. attorney general demanding all communications from the staff of the Minnesota U.S. attorney’s office to the…

Time for Swanson to Come Clean or Quit

By Jeff Fecke | 05.07.07 | 2:31 pm

I voted for Lori Swanson in last year’s primary for attorney general, and later in the general election. I thought she represented new blood, something the DFL perennially lacks. More than that, I was impressed by her…

Johnson campaign: Swanson behind ad complaints

By Paul Schmelzer | 11.05.06 | 2:20 pm

Attorney General candidate Jeff Johnson’s newest television ad has angered some in the native American community who say it casts a native American lookalike as a thwarted identity thief. A Johnson campaign spokesperson assures that the man, a white actor,…

AG Post-Mortem

By Joe Bodell | 09.13.06 | 8:42 am

There are lots of things I could say about the result of the Attorney General primary. My trolls might be waiting for just those things. Luckily, I’ve been awake for far too many hours not to have a carefully measured…

Attorney General Liveblog

By Joe Bodell | 09.12.06 | 1:25 pm

10:25: With 86% reporting in Hennepin County only, Kelley is up in the county 44%-37% over Swanson, difference of about 5,000 votes over what you see on the SoS website right now. We’ll see if it’s enough.
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