It was a busy day for Republican Governor-elect Tim Pawlenty.
After decisively winning the gubernatorial race with 45 percent of the vote, Pawlenty began Wednesday with a joint news conference with Gov....
The three tiers at the Capitol Rotunda in St. Paul overflowed with supporters Wednesday afternoon - all cheering for newly elected Republican Sen. Norm Coleman.
"I'm humbled by the votes I received yesterday,"...
Adding one more Senate seat to the Republican's already-secured majority, former St. Paul Mayor Norm Coleman defeated former Vice President Walter Mondale in one of the closest Senate races in state history.
With...
Minnesota voters made Republican Tim Pawlenty their next governor in Tuesday's elections.
"It's going to be a great time for the state in terms of the leadership and vision that we're going to bring forward,"...
Democratic U.S. Reps. Betty McCollum and Martin Sabo, who represent Minneapolis, both won by a landslide in Tuesday's election.
At press time, Sabo held 67 percent of the vote over Republican challenger...
R By Dan Balz
The Washington Post
epublicans recaptured control of the Senate and were poised to expand their majority in the House Tuesday night as GOP candidates rode the back of President Bush's popularity...
Gov. Jesse Ventura and Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak urged students to vote Tuesday at a voting-power rally on the Northrop Plaza.
Rybak said students should vote to make legislators take a student voting...
In the race for statewide offices, the general elections were as suspenseful as the primaries.
After narrowly defeating Gregory Gray for the DFL ticket nomination in September, state auditor candidate...
The incumbents held strong, easily retaining several posts in the Minnesota Legislature in Tuesday's elections.
In District 66, Sen. Ellen Anderson, D-St. Paul, was re-elected to her fourth term in office...
Gov. Jesse Ventura on Monday appointed Dean Barkley, a two-time Independence Party candidate for U.S. Senate, to serve the remainder of Sen. Paul Wellstone's term.
Following Wellstone's Oct. 25 death in...
