by Paul Demko
Published: May 16, 2012
Tags: Al Franken, Amy Klobuchar, Dennis McGrann, George Miller, Rick Nolan, Tom Harkin
Rick Nolan will be getting a little help stocking his campaign war chest Wednesday evening in the nation's capital. Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Fraken and the rest of Minnesota's DFL legislative delegation are scheduled to attend the fundraiser.
by Briana Bierschbach
Published: May 2, 2012
Tags: Al Franken, Dave Senjem, Gene Pelowski, Kurt Zellers, Larry Redmond, Lester Bagley, Mark Dayton, Matt Dean, Pat Garofalo, Paul Thissen, Roz Peterson, Tom Bakk, Vikings Stadium
When the Legislature returned on Monday, it quickly became clear that lawmakers weren’t going to meet their own deadline. What follows is a series of vignettes from the past few days of action at the Capitol.
by Charley Shaw
Published: April 20, 2012
Tags: Al Franken, Julie Rosen, Minnesota Vikings, Paul Thissen, R.T. Rybak, Senate Local Government and Elections Committee, Ted Mondale, Vikings Stadium
The publicly subsidized Minnesota Vikings stadium proposed for downtown Minneapolis survived a Senate committee on Friday evening with more DFLers than Republicans voting for it.
by Jake Grovum
Published: January 25, 2012
Tags: 6th Congressional District, Al Franken, Amy Klobuchar, Betty McCollum, Campaign 2012, Michele Bachmann
The news comes days after Bachmann's first public appearance in Minnesota at a pro-life rally marking the anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
by Jake Grovum
Published: January 24, 2012
Tags: Al Franken, Amy Klobuchar, Campaign 2012, Michele Bachmann, Public Policy Polling, Tim Pawlenty, U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Klobuchar's approval rating is at 61 percent, with just 28 percent disapproving. According to the pollster, only five sitting senators are more popular right now.
by Paul Demko
Published: November 16, 2011
Tags: 2008 U.S. Senate election, Al Franken, Alan Page, G. Barry Anderson, Minnesota Supreme Court, Norm Coleman
Perhaps the last legal argument stemming from the epic 2008 U.S. Senate contest between Norm Coleman and Al Franken has been settled. The Minnesota Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit filed by five television stations seeking access to absentee ballots that were rejected. The state's top court ruled that the ballots aren't public data under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act.
by Paul Demko
Published: November 9, 2011
Tags: Al Franken, Amy Klobuchar, Anthony Hernandez, Barack Obama, Bill Guidera, Dan Severson, Dick Cohen, Jennifer Duffy, Joe Arwood, Justin Bieber, Kathryn Pearson, Mark Kennedy, Mark Ritchie, Michele Bachmann, Shubha Ghosh, Steven Smith, Tony Sutton
Try as she might, there are occasions when Sen. Amy Klobuchar can’t please everyone. Last month the DFL freshman senator drew national headlines when teen idol Justin Bieber declared that she should be “locked up” for sponsoring legislation that would make streaming unlicensed online content a felony.
by Briana Bierschbach
Published: October 21, 2011
Tags: AFSCME, Al Franken, Ann Rest, Bill Luther, Bill Schreiber, chris eaton, Cory Jensen, Debra Hilstrom, Ellen Anderson, Elsa Batica, Farheen Hakeem, George McGovern, Jeff Hayden, John Jordan, John Marty, Josh Bassais, Julie Harrison, Karen Clark, Kristian Heuer, Larry Pogemiller, Linda Berglin, Linda Scheid, Mark Dayton, MCCL, Mike Nelson, Nate Blumenshine, Nelson Inz, Paul Thissen, Peggy Flanagan, Robert Lilligren, Sandy Pappas, Susan Allen, Terri Bonoff, Tom Bakk, Tom Emmer, Tom Reynolds, womenwinning
The changing demographics and DFL-friendly voting record of Senate District 46 signaled an easy win for DFL Sen.-elect Chris Eaton in Tuesday’s special election.
by Charley Shaw
Published: October 5, 2011
Tags: Aaron Brown, Al Franken, CD 8, Chip Cravaack, Daniel Fanning, Jeff Anderson, Jim Oberstar, John Marty, Rick Nolan, Tarryl Clark, Thom Petersen, Wy Spano
With the entry of Daniel Fanning into the 8th Congressional District race, the DFL field seeking to challenge U.S. Rep. Chip Cravaack next year has grown more populous and more complex.
by Briana Bierschbach
Published: September 30, 2011
Tags: Al Franken, Alan Weinblatt, Common Cause, David Bly, David Lillehaug, David Wheeler, DFL, Jaime Tincher, Kent Kaiser, Kenya McKnight, Larry Jacobs, Lorie Gildea, Marc Elias, Mark Dayton, Mary Kiffmeyer, Matt Lewis, Mike Dean, Norm Coleman, Peter Wattson, redistricting, Steve Sviggum, Tim Penny, Tom DesLauriers, Tom Emmer, Vic Thorstenson
Democrats in Minnesota have been slow to rise to the redistricting fight this time around. During session, DFL caucuses in the Minnesota House and Senate passed on the chance to produce maps to counter a GOP majority proposal that pitted 26 incumbents against one another, the vast majority of them DFLers.
