Minnesota Nurses Association

AFSCME Council 5, the state’s largest union for public employees, has endorsed former U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton for governor.
“Mark Dayton has won statewide elections — twice,” said Eliot Seide, director of AFSCME Council 5, in a press release announcing the endorsement. “Minnesotans know and like Mark. That’s because he listens more than any other candidate. [...]

“Congress should look at what we are doing in Minnesota, among the healthiest states in the nation,” writes Gov. Tim Pawlenty in a new blog post about the Baucus health care bill. “[G]overnment mandates will only shift the burden of exploding costs onto the shoulders of taxpayers and ordinary Americans unable to cover them.” But his [...]

To paraphrase Billy Martin, who said it was a shame to name Hubert H. Humphrey after the Metrodome, it stinks that Christopher Columbus came to America on a snowy October day like this. A dome would be really nice over the whole University of Minnesota campus, where both of the state’s U.S. Senators are today: Al Franken [...]

The Minnesota Nurses Association is the latest union to endorse Tarryl Clark in her bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann. The Democratic challenger has picked up support from practically every sector of organized labor in recent weeks.

Al Franken will become Minnesota’s junior senator — and everyone wants to weigh in on the development. Here’s a round-up of the latest statements about the end of the bruising U.S. Senate contest. We’ll continue to update as reactions come in.