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PoliTweeps: Kick a man when he’s down

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.29.10 | 2:43 pm

While some in Minnesota mourned the death at age 92 of America’s longest-serving senator, Robert Byrd, GOP state House candidate Greg Knutson used the opportunity for namecalling. That and more in today’s roundup of Minnesota’s political tweets.

AM.MN: Take me out to the U.S. Senate race…

By Chris Steller | 12.15.09 | 8:30 am

am.mn logoMinnesota may have hosted the decade’s best regular-season baseball game, but according to The Fix the state can also lay claim to two of the decade’s best U.S. Senate races, including one that went beyond the regular season.…

The race for the state House: Democrats who face re-election battles in red districts

By Paul Demko | 10.29.08 | 3:27 pm

In 2006 Democrats picked up 19 state House seats, many of them in tight races in suburban districts that skew Republican. While this electoral success has set the table for the DFL to possibly gain a veto-proof majority in the House by picking up five more seats, it also means that many first-term legislators are facing tough re-election contests. Here’s a look at nine races that could be ripe for Republican pick-ups.