Rep. Phyllis Kahn and challenger Mohamud Noor

The Weekly Wrap 7-13

July 13, 2014

♣ Since The Wrap™ didn’t publish last week, there were stories that blossomed and subsequently withered on the vine in the two weeks since the last edition of The Wrap™. One of those stories was this: Absentee voting started Friday, six weeks ahead of primary elections. Already there are strong allegations of voter fraud. The […]

by Tony Petrangelo

The immutable Ron Erhardt

July 9, 2014

I have known Ron Erhardt for a long time. I have fought with him, voted for him, voted against him, traded stories with him, stood at the back of the room and made fun of other politicians (and some of you perhaps know who I mean) with him, and admired what a completely steadfast and […]

by Steve Timmer

Waiting for Dario, question 8

July 8, 2014

What to do about freeloaders

by Steve Timmer

Waiting for Dario

July 7, 2014

We want to ask him some questions

by Steve Timmer

Vote where you really live, my friends

July 6, 2014

A lot of invective has been directed at the Rep. Phyllis Kahn campaign, and its attorney, Brian Rice, especially, over a petition filed with election authorities in the City of Minneapolis over some 140 voter registrations that list 419 Cedar Avenue South as the voter’s residence address, when they obviously don’t live there. I’ve written […]

by Steve Timmer

Allegations of voting irregularities in HD60B

June 29, 2014

A huge flap has arisen in House District 60B over a large number — apparently over 140 — of voter registrations that listed a post office box drop, the Cedar Mailbox Center, as the registrant’s mailing address. You will remember that HD60B is the legislative district that features the primary contest between incumbent Phyllis Kahn […]

by Steve Timmer
Absentee Voting at Minneapolis City Hall

The Weekly Wrap 6-29

June 29, 2014

Go vote!

by Tony Petrangelo

A DFL alternative in CD2 is Michael Roberts

June 25, 2014

Keeping your mind and options open in CD2

by Jeff Wilfahrt

MN SD57 Town Hall Bleating by Wills and Mack

June 24, 2014

The children of Aaron speak

by Jeff Wilfahrt
Mark Dayton and Al Franken

Two new polls paint different pictures of Minnesota races

June 18, 2014

Two new polls of the two big races in Minnesota this fall have come out, well, one of the polls is from last week and I’ve just now come around to write about it. So it’s new to these electronic not-pages. I’ll start on the Gubernatorial side and begin with the most recent poll from […]

by Tony Petrangelo
Matt Entenza

The Weekly Wrap 6-15

June 15, 2014

KSTP/SurveyUSA released a poll last week that I will address in a future, standalone, post. In the meantime, The Wrap™ is here to scratch your Minnesota politics itch. ♣ Matt Entenza, candidate for state Auditor, filed a complaint this week against the incumbent Auditor, Rebecca Otto, with the Office of Administrative Hearings claiming that she broke […]

by Tony Petrangelo
Rebecca Otto

Minnesota Primary Elections, annotated

June 13, 2014

Statewide Races This is by no means an exhaustive listing of all primary elections that will be taking place in Minnesota. Some of the primaries taking place feature perennial candidates or otherwise not serious candidates and are not listed here. Rather, this is a listing of the primary elections actually worth paying attention to. GOP […]

by Tony Petrangelo