It wasn’t me, it was the Independence Party’s fault!

November 14, 2012

This quote, from soon to be former Representative Bruce Vogel, is priceless: Fourteen hundred and 57 votes. Not a lot, but more than what the margin of victory was. If you’re wondering what the 1,457 number he’s talking about refers to, it’s the number of votes cast for Independence party candidate Zachary Liebl. And Vogel […]

by Tony Petrangelo

With 2012 in the books, a look at some 2014 battlegrounds

November 12, 2012

After two years in the minority in both chambers of the Minnesota Legislature, the Democratic Farmer-Labor party is now back in charge. Prior to Tuesdays election, and until the new legislature is actually sworn in, the GOP controlled the Senate 37-30 and the House 72-62. Come January the DFL will have a 39-28 Senate majority and a […]

by Tony Petrangelo

The Weekly Wrap 11-9

November 9, 2012

What a week. As a reminder, you can check out all of the Minnesota results in detail at the LeftMN Election Results page(s). And now, on to the The Wrap™. ♣ The new DFL majorities have already elected their leadership. It comes as absolutly no surprise that Tom Bakk has been elected Senate Majority leader […]

by Tony Petrangelo

Did the Marriage amendment deliver the suburbs to the DFL?

November 9, 2012

With the DFL winning back both chambers of the Minnesota Legislature, due largely to their strength in the suburbs, the question has been asked (and was being asked before the election too), did the Marriage amendment help to deliver the suburbs to the DFL? I’m going to explore that idea a bit in this post, […]

by Tony Petrangelo

One vote separates Mary Franson and Bob Cunniff in 8B

November 8, 2012

What are the odds she loses?

by Tony Petrangelo

The Rural-Suburban divide on the Minnesota amendments

November 7, 2012

With the results of the 2012 election now almost entirely in the books, Photo Voter ID is failing 52.3%-46.4%, a 5.9% margin. Marriage is failing 51.1%-47.6%, a 3.5% margin. In the end, Photo Voter ID lost by two and a half points more than the Marriage amendment, a result practically unthinkable only a few weeks ago. […]

by Tony Petrangelo

The polls win

November 7, 2012

Despite all the talk of cell phones and methodology and skewing and unskewing, the polls, once again, proved accurate

by Tony Petrangelo

LeftMN Election Live Blog

November 6, 2012

by Tony Petrangelo

LeftMN Elections Results Page

November 6, 2012

With Pie Charts! And Maps! And Cool Bar Graph Tables! Oh My!

by Tony Petrangelo

Legislative races to watch on election night

November 5, 2012

In this post I will endeavor to provide a round-up, as these things are typically described, of the top Legislative races to watch on election night. You’ll notice that I didn’t specify a number of races that I will list. Yes, my snobbery runs deep. I’ve instead divided the races that I have included into three categories of races, in descending order […]

by Tony Petrangelo

New SurveyUSA poll shows support for amendments below 50%!

November 4, 2012

SurveyUSA’s previous poll of Minnesota caused me to write that the two amendment races had reached a stasis of sorts. This poll, and yesterdays PPP poll, completely blow up that theory. SurveyUSA (11/4, 10/30 in parenthesis, 10/15 in brackets): An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution on the ballot would require voters to show photo I.D.’s in order to vote […]

by Tony Petrangelo

STOP voter suppression!

November 4, 2012

Protect the franchise and that of your friends and neighbors

by Steve Timmer