Dawanna Witt wins reelection as Hennepin County sheriff
Dawanna Witt has won reelection as sheriff of Hennepin County, the most populous in Minnesota.
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Dawanna Witt has won reelection as sheriff of Hennepin County, the most populous in Minnesota.
The longtime Democrat defeated Republican Paul Wikstrom, an engineer with no political experience, in the district that includes St. Paul and suburbs in Ramsey and Washington counties.
Former Lakeville, Minnesota, mayor and former state Sen. Matt Little has defeated Republican state Sen. Eric Pratt in Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District race, CBS News projects.
Incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar has secured a fifth term by defeating Republican nominee John Nagel in Minnesota's 5th Congressional District race Tuesday evening, CBS News projects.
A polling station in Minneapolis' Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, home to thousands with Somali heritage, saw a major turnout Tuesday evening.
The Lakeville South girls volleyball team is the two-time defending state champs. They're going for the rare three-peat.
Danielle Weber built Rolling Chapters on wheels. Now, she's giving her independent bookstore a permanent home in the east metro.
The secretary of state's office says 983,558 absentee and mail ballots had been accepted as of 7 a.m. Tuesday. About 170,000 absentee ballots had not yet been returned.
In the past three general elections — 2024, 2022 and 2020 — incumbents held their seat 94% of the time in the Minnesota Legislature, according to Ballotpedia. The rate was even higher for members of Congress at an average of 97%.
Tapestry Coffee in Lakeville has earned bragging rights after being named the nation's best independent coffee shop in USA TODAY's 10Best Readers' Choice Awards.
On Tuesday, the Department of Justice will be sending 1,000 election monitors to all 50 states, including Minnesota, to report any voting violations.
Voters will make their final decision at the polls Tuesday, and a group not known for showing up seems unusually energized to cast a ballot.
A widely used section of Interstate 394 in the Twin Cities is back open after months of construction.
A Canadian-born dentist is now home in Minnesota after a judge found that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement had no legal justification for keeping him in custody.
An investigation is underway after police in North St. Paul, Minnesota, discovered two adults dead inside a home on Sunday.
