Minnesota Majority announces ‘heroes’ and ‘zeros’
Fourteen Republican state legislators, including gubernatorial nominee Tom Emmer, received perfect ratings from Minnesota Majority for their voting records during the 2010 legislative session....
View ArticleCommittee buzz: House GOP tries to juggle geography, seniority
When members of the new House Republican majority met last weekend to pick their top two leaders, they selected a slate dominated by the party's suburban strongholds: Speaker-designate Kurt Zellers of...
View ArticleMinnesota Majority releases legislative scorecard
Twenty three Republican legislators received perfect scores for their votes during the 2011 legislative session from Minnesota Majority. Conversely 43 DFL legislators voted in opposition to the...
View ArticleRedistricting fallout: McFarlane running for House, prominent GOPers look at...
Fallout has been almost constant since release of the state's redistricting maps last week, and over the weekend a few more incumbent-on-incumbent match-ups became clear, some House members switched to...
View ArticleSo long, adios, auf wiedersehen
After adjourning in the wee hours of Thursday morning, the Minnesota House of Representatives plunged ahead with the bittersweet biennial ritual of retirement speeches from departing members.
View ArticlePredicting 2012
n the four months since legislative maps were released, political strategists and journalists have been scrutinizing the new House and Senate districts to determine which ones favor Republicans or...
View ArticleMeet the freshmen: Senate GOP (part 2)
House vets join first-timers in Senate GOP fold as Capitol Report continues profiling all 65 of the newly elected members of the Minnesota Legislature.
View ArticleFranken, McFadden stake positions on Islamic State terrorist group
Even before Franken went public with his letter of concern, the Republican Party of Minnesota was targeting the Democratic incumbent for what it called "broken promises."
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