House Democrats Prepare To Take The Reins As Balance Of Power Shifts
Democrats ended their eight year minority by picking off Republicans in urban and suburban swing districts that Hillary Clinton won in 2016.
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Democrats ended their eight year minority by picking off Republicans in urban and suburban swing districts that Hillary Clinton won in 2016.
People who support full legalization of marijuana in Minnesota hope a Democrat-controlled House brings them one step closer to their goal. Voters supported their efforts by giving two political parties for cannabis legalization 5 percent of the vote --- which gives them major political party status.
Julie Blaha has won the race for Minnesota's state auditor, fending off Pam Myhra, according to projections from the Associated Press.
Pete Stauber held off Joe Radinovich to take Minnesota's 8th Congressional District.
Democrats have won control of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Meanwhile, Democrats are gaining ground in their fight for control of the House, picking up key seats in Florida, Pennsylvania and Minnesota.
Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota's senior U.S. Senator, was expected to easily maintain the seat she's held for over 11 years.
At Bay View elementary school in Duluth, the election judge says turn out is at 50 percent -- while a typical midterm brings in 30 to 35 percent.
WCCO's Esme Murphy spoke with Democrats on Election Day who said they're upbeat and very confident, especially with reports of strong turnouts in DFL strongholds like the immediate Twin Cities and Duluth.
With less than a week until the election, Republicans and Democrats are making closing arguments on the airwaves. But many of the campaign commercials are misleading.
Outside political groups are flooding the airwaves in Minnesota's statewide and local legislative races.
Prospective presidential candidates often curry favor with local politicians in the state that holds the nation's first caucus. But even by Iowa standards, this is a lot of high-wattage attention being paid to a 32-year-old who has not won her campaign for secretary of state, typically a low-profile position focused on overseeing elections.
Beto O'Rourke's response to a question during a Houston town hall meeting this past summer lasted only four minutes. But for some Democrats it said everything. It was authentic. In an exchange that quickly went viral, the Democrat congressman and Senate hopeful was asked whether he found NFL players who knelt during the national anthem to be disrespectful. A passionate O'Rourke told the room of Texans, not necessarily a sympathetic crowd, that he could "think of nothing more American than to peacefully stand up, or take a knee, for your rights."
Dark money from outside groups is pouring into Minnesota in support of state politics this year. A new University of Minnesota study finds independent spending is already in the millions of dollars, and rising.
Two years ago, in the 2016 election, spending topped $47 million. This year, it appears we'll easily blow past that number.
Still, 57 percent of Democrats view the agency negatively, including nearly three-fourths of those who describe themselves as liberal.
Thousands of campaign mailers are showing up at Minnesota homes, making a politically inflammatory claim.
Democrats embraced diversity Tuesday in a primary night of firsts, while Republicans in Minnesota rejected a familiar face of the GOP old guard in favor of a rising newcomer aligned with President Donald Trump.
Tim Walz has enough votes to be declared the winner of the Democratic primary for Minnesota's governor.
Rep. Keith Ellison currently holds the seat, but earlier this summer submitted his name for the DFL bid for attorney general.
Democrats need to pick up 23 seats in November to retake the House, but it'll be hard if they lose districts they now hold.
The campaign says it's a "six-figure" ad buy that will run statewide until the Aug. 14 primary.
All Democrats oppose President Donald Trump's repeated efforts to scuttle former President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act.
A 44-year-old black Boston city councilor is mounting a primary challenge to longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano.
The primary to pick who's on the ballot this fall isn't until Tuesday, Aug. 14., but early or absentee voting started Friday.
