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Announcing: Netroots Minnesota 2011.

Monday, December 6th, 2010

It’s been a long year. We held the first ever Netroots Minnesota last November to start an important conversation about shaping the progressive agenda. Since then, we put our ideas …

Most Frivolous Challenges Withdrawn.

Monday, December 6th, 2010

Canvassing Board member and MN Supreme Court Justice had some harsh words for Tom Emmer’s legal team on the matter of frivolous ballot challenges. The Emmer campaign was allowed to …

New Report: 103,032 Minnesotans To Lose Temporary Unemployment Benefits.

Friday, December 3rd, 2010

A new report from the White House Council of Economic Advisers details the consequences of Congress’ failure to extend temporary unemployment benefits, which expired on November 30th. Rep. Keith Ellison …

Recount Showing Same Results.

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

It’s day four of the recount and 82 out of the 87 Minnesota counties have finished hand-counting ballots. That’s more than 84 percent of ballots cast. Without a major surprise, …

Frivolous Ballots Dominate Recount.

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

It’s day three of the recount! Heading into today, Mark Dayton’s team says they are just two votes shy of a 9,000 vote lead over Tom Emmer. Almost 70 percent …

It’s Recount Time.

Monday, November 29th, 2010

The automatically triggered statewide manual recount started this morning. Every ballot, all 2.1 million cast, gets a second look as elections officials separate piles of ballots for Emmer and Dayton …

Recount to Begin on Monday.

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

The state’s Canvassing Board officially met today to launch a recount in the gubernatorial election. The hand counting of the 2.1 million ballots cast is set to begin on Monday. …

Hopefully Recount Will Start as Planned.

Friday, November 19th, 2010

The GOP might be in denial that Minnesotans elected Mark Dayton the next governor of Minnesota, but Phil Krinkie isn’t. The President of the Taxpayers League of Minnesota wrote a …