MN US Senate
GOP Bracing for 2nd Worst Finish in MN US Senate Race Since Great Depression
Kurt Bills’ poll numbers show him with the second lowest support of any GOP U.S. Senate nominee since 1944 and third lowest since direct elections began 100 years ago.
Read MoreGOPer Bills Would Engage Grover Norquist in “Verbal or Physical Confrontation” Over Taxes
A champion of the ‘great compromise,’ Minnesota’s GOP U.S. Senate nominee is open to tax increases and vows, “I don’t care if I have to have a verbal or physical confrontation with Grover Norquist.”
Read MoreChanging Tides? GOP Eyes Rare Majority Control of Upper Midwest Senate Delegation
After November, Democrats in the five-state Upper Midwest region could control less than half of the 10 U.S. Senate seats for only the 4th time in 50 Years.
Read MoreAl Franken on Al Franken
“I think I’ve done a pretty good job, actually.”
Read MorePawlenty Defeats Klobuchar? Don’t Hold Your Breath
Sitting or former Minnesota governors have lost 11 of 12 U.S. Senate campaigns since popular vote elections were introduced 100 years ago.
Read MoreCould Amy Klobuchar Win 60 percent of the Vote in 2012?
Only two Democratic Senate candidates in Minnesota have ever reached the 60 percent mark in state history.
Read MoreMinnesota 2012 US Senate Race Fundraising Down 65 Percent from 2008
Nearly $7 million more dollars had been raised at this stage of the 2008 campaign.
Read MoreKlobuchar-Franken Moving Up the List of Oldest U.S. Senate Delegations in Minnesota History
DFL duo will be the ninth oldest delegation from Gopher State at the end of Klobuchar’s term in 2013 out of 42 pairings since statehood
Read MoreNo GOP Challenger Yet For Amy Klobuchar? No Problem
No eventual major party nominee over the last four Minnesota U.S. Senate elections had announced their candidacy at this point in the election cycle
Read MoreHistory Gives Klobuchar a 2 in 3 Chance to Win Reelection in 2012
10 of 15 freshmen Minnesota U.S. Senators have won reelection to a second term since popular vote contests began 100 years ago
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