Bob Dole clicked his ruby-red slippers together and exited stage right from the Oz-like world of electoral politics Tuesday night. Democrats across the country were seen dancing the Macarena into the wee...

The Minneapolis Convention Center was rocking late Tuesday night, as Paul Wellstone defeated Rudy Boschwitz to retain his U.S. Senate seat. The victory results were announced almost immediately at 8:00...

For the second time this decade, Republican Senate candidate Rudy Boschwitzconcededdefeatto Democratic Sen. Paul Wellstone. Boschwitz and his supporters gathered Tuesday night at the Radisson Hotel in...

A former University employee charged with firing a gun in the office of University President Nils Hasselmo last June waived her right to a speedy trial Tuesday in Hennepin County District Court. Jennifer...

Minneapolis residents approved a referendum Tuesday that will allow their school district to retain several hundred teachers who were hired to improve student's performance by reducing class sizes. With...

Elmo clutched his lucky rabbit's foot in one hand, and a half-empty box of Fig Newtons in the other. Running for office in Cloud District 9wasn't like the old days, especially for Elmo. He could feel the...

Although President Bill Clinton's second term election was a surprise neither to Minnesotans nor voters in the rest of the United States, the fact that Clinton barely achieved a majority of the popular...

Margaret Sanger's portrait is safe from the Minnesota Student Association, but Tom Gromacki said the issue is not dead. MSA members voted at their Tuesday forum 27-8 to reject a resolution requesting...

Spirits were high among Reform Party candidates and supporters Tuesday night as they gathered to watch the election results unfold at a hotel room in Brooklyn Park. Although they were not winning, party...

University students Paul Kluge and Christopher Boik failed to unseat incumbents in races for state senator and representative, respectively, in Austin and New Ulm, Minn. The race for representative in...