Rybak, Seifert headed for wins in caucus straw poll

A straw poll results from Tuesday night’s political caucuses continue to trickle in, gubernatorial candidates RT Rybak and Margaret Anderson Kelliher are taking the top spot in the DFL, while Marty Seifert is garnering a large number of votes on the Republican side. Early results for the Independence Party show Tom Horner taking the lead, but voting for that straw poll will continue online until Feb. 28.

Pawlenty was Iowa GOP’s second choice — after Palin

Tim Pawlenty’s much-vaunted trip to Iowa takes a funny turn:  Minnesota’s governor was the state GOP’s second choice — after Sarah Palin.

McCain Ahead After Super Tuesday

Romney Vows to Fight On

By Holly Yeager at our sister site, The Washington Independent

The votes were still being counted Tuesday night when Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) looked ahead to…

Super Tuesday Super Post

Today, nearly half of the country will have a chance to weigh in on who should be the parties’ nominees for president.  Tonight, starting at 8 p.m., Minnesota Monitor will be providing live results and…

GLBT community taking issues to Super Duper Tuesday

Minnesota groups are joining a new movement to train people supportive of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues to get involved in the political caucus process.

Over the next several weeks, OutFront Minnesota and the Human Rights Campaign will host…

Super Duper Tuesday in Minnesota: How does it work?

On Feb. 5, the Republican Party of Minnesota, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and the Independence Party of Minnesota will all hold caucuses, and will join 23 other states whose political parties will hold either caucuses or primaries as well, a day…

Gravel’s still running

Democrat Mike Gravel is still in the race for the presidency, despite media reports he’s dropped out. A statement on his campaign site states:

“Once again, the Mainstream Media has not gotten the facts straight. MSNBC pundit Keith Olbermann…

Caucus Central

With Iowa caucuses upon us, we’ll be returning to our sister site, Iowa Independent, throughout the night, as well as posting our own reflections. A few resources:

Results:
Democrats
Republicans

On-the-ground reports:
The UpTake
Des Moines Register

ARG poll: Clinton by 9 in Iowa

American Research Group released its new poll results, which show Hillary Clinton with a nine-point lead over challengers in Iowa. It’s poll, taken between Dec. 31 and Jan. 2 shows:
Clinton: 34%
Obama: 25%
Edwards: 21%

Hillary drops to third in new Iowa poll

A Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released today shows Barack Obama as the top choice of likely Democratic caucus-goers, with 31 percent of those polled supporting him. Released Thursday morning, it also puts John Edwards at 27 percent…