U.S. Senate
Bachmann vs Franken in 2014: A Dream Matchup?
Scenario could also be best chance for 3rd party revival in Gopher State
Read MoreAre Klobuchar and Franken Exceeding Expectations? MN Senators Receive All-Time High Job Approval Marks
Klobuchar and Franken are enjoying their highest approval ratings since being elected in 2006 and 2008 respectively
Read MoreWhat Are the Odds of Incumbents Winning All 8 of Minnesota’s U.S. House Races in 2010?
Out of the 32 elections in which each of Minnesota’s U.S. Representatives have appeared on the general election ballot, incumbents swept their contests in just 19 instances, or 59 percent of the time
Read MoreKlobuchar’s Approval Rebounds While Senators Grassley, Harkin, Kohl, and Feingold’s Sink to Historic Lows
The latest round of SurveyUSA polling finds Minnesota U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar rebounding back into familiar territory, while many of her Upper Midwestern colleagues see their job performance marks sink to record lows and struggle to reach even a positive…
Read MoreAl Franken Receives First Grade As U.S. Senator: Minnesotans Split Down the Middle
As DFL Senator Al Franken inched into office by the narrowest of margins, both he and 2008 Republican opponent Norm Coleman endured negative net favorability ratings as their expensive, and frequently brutal campaigns gained neither candidate favor with a majority…
Read MoreRepublican Opposition to Sotomayor Marks Largest Supreme Court Confirmation Vote Dissent in GOP History
Last week’s vote in the U.S. Senate confirming Sonia Sotomayor as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court was noteworthy foremost, of course, for Sotomayor being the first Hispanic and third woman to serve on the Court. But the Senate…
Read MoreEt Tu Minnesota? Klobuchar Disapproval Rating Soars to Record High After Franken Is Seated
As unemployment continued to rise and economic and budget concerns reached near crisis levels across most states, several U.S. Senators, both Democrats and Republicans, saw their approval ratings slip noticeably during the first several months of 2009. One of the…
Read MoreRepublican Senators Ignore ‘Hispanic Effect’ in Sotomayor Confirmation Vote
In the months after President Barack Obama’s selection of Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court, political analysts and even a few Republicans (e.g. Joe Scarborough) have characterized GOP opposition to and harsh questioning of the new Associate Justice as…
Read MoreSen. Rest and Rep. Emmer to Speak on U.S. Senate Recount and MN Election Reform
Two leaders from the State Capitol will be speaking at a forum hosted by the Humphrey Institute on Friday morning to pinpoint reforms that could be made in the Minnesota election system to avoid recount pitfalls in the future. DFL…
Read MoreMinnesota Delegation Has 2nd Lowest Collective Seniority Ranking in U.S. Senate
The soon-to-be seated DFL U.S. Senator Al Franken will now be able to assist Senior Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar with the state’s constituency caseload, but will not enhance the state’s collective seniority ranking in Capitol Hill’s upper chamber. Minnesota has…
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