Reality Check: The Impact Of The Marriage Amendment
If the marriage amendment passes or fails, here's what will happen: Nothing.
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If the marriage amendment passes or fails, here's what will happen: Nothing.
The biggest election contest in Minnesota isn't the U.S. Senate race or the Presidential race. It's the campaigns to pass -- or defeat -- the constitutional amendment to define marriage as between one man and one woman.
The parents of a gay Minnesota soldier killed in Afghanistan are leading an effort to defeat the proposed marriage amendment.
It was another event-filled political week, but by far the political story most WCCO viewers wrote in about top Minnesota religious leaders urging a "yes" vote on the marriage amendment.
A new television ad from a national conservative group takes on a Democratic candidate for Congress in Minnesota for comments he made -- nearly 40 years ago.
Special interest groups can spend the money to say almost whatever they want in a campaign commercial. And that's what the liberal-leaning Alliance for a Better Minnesota does.
Former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura is speaking out against a proposed constitutional amendment that would limit the definition of marriage to one man and one woman.
Vice President Joe Biden was back campaigning in Wisconsin on Thursday. The Vice President spoke to an enthusiastic crowd at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire this morning. It was his second visit to the state this month.
Americans for Prosperity says WCCO-TV was wrong to characterize the group's ad as "based on a false premise: that the new healthcare law creates a government-run system."
Former President Bill Clinton remains among the most popular politicians in America -- more popular even than President Obama. But a recent television ad from the Obama campaign in which he is featured makes questionable claims about what caused the Great Recession.
Delegates officially nominated Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan as the presidential ticket for the GOP Tuesday in Florida.
The two big names to watch at the Republican National Convention are Mitt and Isaac. Tropical Storm Isaac just missed the Florida coast and the RNC, but it's forcing the RNC to cram 4 days into 3.
Four days before the Republican convention, Minnesota's Republican Candidate for the U.S. Senate, Kurt Bills, announced his support for presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
The 2012 Presidential campaign set a record this week, but it's one that calls for a Reality Check. The campaigns and their supporters have already spent as much money so far – it's only mid-August -- as they did for the entire 2008 campaign.
A Minnesota state lawmaker is under investigation for a late night incident at a highway rest stop.
Many of you let us know you didn't like the political ads you saw from an obscure Democratic Congressional candidate named Gary Boisclair.
But behind the scenes, 2016 is the date on many Vikings' fan calendars. That's the projected opening of the new stadium in Minneapolis.
A new web ad from Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kurt Bills, who is challenging Sen. Amy Klobuchar, is causing a lot of controversy.
A lot has changed in Minnesota since the 35W bridge went down five years ago. State lawmakers ordered emergency inspections of every bridge in Minnesota immediately afterward, and they did find some problems.
While all eyes may be on London this year, some cities are already looking forward to the 2020 and 2024 games.
Michele Bachmann was just named one of the "Most Beautiful" people in Washington, and the congresswoman could also make a "Most Controversial" list, too.
A Minnesota congressman is calling for important changes to federal firearm laws in the wake of the movie theater massacre in Colorado.
Minneapolis police are cracking down on violent crimes on the worst crime day of the week: Sunday.
A day after comparing the challenges of NFL players getting into trouble with law to troops returning from battle, Gov. Mark Dayton is apologizing.
There's no law requiring candidates to release their tax returns, or for how many previous years.
