Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to descend on Hennepin Avenue in downtown Minneapolis Sunday for the annual Ashley Rukes GLBT Pride Parade. Among them will a large number of politicians, including every Democratic gubernatorial candidate, the Independence Party’s Tom Horner and one GOP-endorsed candidate, state House contender Brian Gruber.
When Ramsey County Attorney Susan Gaertner dropped out of the governors race in April, she said she didn’t want to be the “spoiler” in DFL-endorsed candidate Margaret Anderson Kelliher’s bid to become Minnesota’s first woman governor. But that…
Same-sex marriage advocates think 2010 is their best chance yet to realize equality for gay and lesbian people. But a key factor will be who ends up occupying the governor’s mansion after Tim Pawlenty moves out — and whether he or she supports Minnesota joining the five other states and Washington, DC., that allow same-sex couples to wed. With the exception of Republican candidate Tom Emmer, all major candidates for governor are strongly in favor of same-sex marriage.
A new KSTP/Survey USA poll puts former U.S. Senator Mark Dayton well ahead of his two challengers for the DFL gubernatorial nomination. Dayton polled 13 points ahead of state House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher, 39-26 percent. Matt Entenza…
Around 12,000 Minnesota nurses walked off the job Thursday for a one-day strike that organizers have touted as the largest U.S. nursing strike in history. The dispute revolves primarily around pay cuts and staffing issues, with hospitals seeking to renegotiate nurses-to-patient ratios. To no surprise, all three Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidates support the nurses union in the dispute.
All three Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party gubernatorial candidates in Minnesota hold large advantages over GOP candidate Tom Emmer in a new poll from Decision Resources Ltd. The poll has former U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton as the strongest general election…
Prof. Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, is known for his political prognostications, and he’s released his views on where the Minnesota gubernatorial race sits today: a toss up.
The past 24 hours have been rough on Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer. But the latest poll from Rasmussen puts Emmer slightly ahead of all potential DFL challengers. Emmer leads both former U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton…
Democrat Margaret Anderson Kelliher has picked John Gunyou as her gubernatorial running mate, MPR’s Polinaut and MNPublius are reporting. Gunyou is the city manager for Minnetonka and served as finance commissioner for Gov. Arne Carlson…
Mark Dayton led all gubernatorial candidates in a Minnesota Public Radio/Humphrey Institute poll released Wednesday. The former U.S. Senator edged out Republican-endorsed Tom Emmer within the margin of error. They were followed by DFL-endorsed Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Independence…
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