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Assistant St. Paul Police Chief Matt Bostrom is likely to challenge Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher in 2010. Bostrom filed campaign papers with the Ramsey County Elections office today and will begin raising money for the contest. The challenger already boasts an impressive array of supporters: U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, Ramsey County Commissioners Victoria Reinhardt [...]

After three years as St. Paul city attorney, John Choi is seeking a promotion. Flanked by Mayor Chris Coleman and a cast of other high-profile officials, he announced today he’s running for Ramsey County Attorney.

More than 4,000 supporters of Al Franken and Barack Obama gathered at the Minneapolis Convention Center Thursday evening to hear President Bill Clinton stump for the DFL Senate candidate. Clinton spoke for 35 minutes, urging Minnesotans to elect Obama and Franken.

Details and a MnIndy slideshow inside.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi kicked off the final day of the Democratic National Convention at about 4 p.m. Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson then led the Pledge of Allegiance and Jennifer Hudson belted out the National Anthem, complete with red fireworks shooting off over the jumbotron. People have been waiting for hours to get [...]

Let’s all admit it, we’re curious to see how Al Franken fares in the upcoming election.

Whether you love him or hate him, he’s going to be an unusual candidate.  Among other things, he’s called for a “quickie impeachment” of George W. Bush in 2009, called Rush Limbaugh a “big fat idiot,” and gotten into public [...]