Political News

Turnout Light In Minnesota's Primary Election

Turnout has been reported light so far in Minnesota's primary election.   Read More

PSC Candidate Rips Opponent For Criticizing Others

The Republican candidate for North Dakota Public Service Commission says he's tired of his opponent's attacks on two of the commission's incumbent Republicans.   Read More

ND Governor Proposing $545 Million In Tax Relief

Republican North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple is proposing $545 million in tax cuts and says the state should play a greater role in funding education.   Read More

Tea Party Gets Its Man In Ryan For Vice President

The tea party didn't get its man in Mitt Romney. But it got one of its ideological heroes in the Republican presidential ticket's No. 2 slot.   Read More

Obama Targets Ryan Medicare Plan In New Video

President Barack Obama's campaign is targeting Paul Ryan in a new online video, two days after the Wisconsin congressman became Mitt Romney's vice presidential pick.   Read More

Both SD House Candidates Say Ryan Pick Helps Them

The Democratic and Republican candidates for South Dakota's lone House seat say they like the selection of Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney's running mate, albeit for different reasons.   Read More

For Minn. GOP Lawmakers, Challenges From The Right

The senior Republican in the Minnesota House could be forced out of the Legislature when primary voters pick between him and a tea party challenger backed by the GOP and Republican House Speaker Kurt Zellers.   Read More

Minn. Senate Wants To Move Brodkorb Lawsuit

A lawyer for the Minnesota Senate is arguing that a lawsuit over a Republican ex-staffer's firing belongs in federal court instead of before a state judge.  Read More

Outside Group Targets Minn.'s Cravaack With TV Ads

A political fund targeting Republicans is going after GOP Representative Chip Cravaack with $120,000 of TV and online ads in northeastern Minnesota.   Read More

Heitkamp: Look At My Record, Not Harry Reid's

North Dakota Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Heidi Heitkamp says people shouldn't assume she holds the same views as national Democratic Party leaders.   Read More