Local
Absentee balloting helped drive Minnesota's highest voter turnout in 6 decades
High rates of early voting help propel Minnesota to one of its strongest voting years ever.
East Metro
Coin flips decides an election tie in Washington County
Toss was used to break tie in Grey Cloud Island Township. Heads won.
Celebrities
Rapper Kanye West racks up his second-highest vote total in Minnesota
Rapper Kanye West’s campaign website says “our future is waiting on us,” but even with a big nudge from voters in Minnesota, it…
Local
Wait, so where in Minnesota did Kanye get all his votes?
Mr. Kardashian pulled in more than 7,000 votes from around our fair state.
Local
How young voters helped Biden win Minnesota
Record youth turnout helped Joe Biden defeat President Trump.
Local
Minnesotans react to Biden win with protest and celebration
Minnesotans on both sides of the political divide held out hope that President-elect Joe Biden can help America come together again.
State + Local
Minnesota Republicans lack a formula to win statewide
Since 2006, Republicans have lost 26 of 27 such races to Democrats.
Count goes on in 4 states — with Biden on the cusp of presidency
Democrat Joe Biden stood on the cusp of winning the presidency Friday night, three days after Election Day, as the long, exacting work of counting votes widened his lead over President Donald Trump in critical battleground states.
Local
Justice Thissen defeats perennial Supreme Court candidate MacDonald
Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Paul Thissen won by nearly 19 percentage points of the votes tabulated by Thursday.
Politics
Marijuana candidates shake up Minnesota races
In two pivotal races for control of the Minnesota Senate, candidates running under the pro-marijuana banner pulled in thousands of votes despite largely invisible campaigns.…
Politics
GOP Rep. Jim Hagedorn holds First District seat, beating back challenge from Dan Feehan
Jim Hagedorn was leading DFLer Dan Feehan, but the race had not been called yet by Wednesday morning.
Politics
Craig staves off challenge from Republican Kistner in 2nd District
She had 9,386 more votes than challenger Tyler Kistner on Thursday.
Politics
Biden wins Minn., Wis., Mich.; presidency hangs on battleground races
Voters have cast their ballots after a long, divisive presidential campaign between Republican President Donald Trump and former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden. In addition…
National
Arizona presidential results draw different conclusions by news outlets
A hotly contested presidential election in Arizona has led different scorekeepers to draw different conclusions about the winner of its 11 electoral votes.
Politics
Joe Biden cements DFL's strength in Minnesota cities, big suburbs
Biden racked up big numbers in Minn.'s cities and suburbs.
Politics
Rep. Angie Craig wins Minnesota's 2nd District, turning back GOP challenger Tyler Kistner
A deceased Legal Marijuana Now Party candidate attracted significant votes.
Duluth
The wait over next president is agonizing, both sides in Minnesota agree
People turned to doughnuts, caffeine, yoga, wine, exercise and all other sorts of therapies — including the warm sun of a perfect autumn day — doing their best to peel themselves away from television, radio and smartphones in the name of staying sane.
Local
Minnesota voter turnout of almost 80% could break records
More Minnesotans than ever before are believed to have cast ballots in Tuesday’s election, which could potentially produce one of the highest voter turnout rates…
Biden on the brink, one state victory from the White House
Joe Biden won the battleground prizes of Michigan and Wisconsin on Wednesday, reclaiming a key part of the "blue wall" that slipped away from Democrats four years ago and narrowing President Trump's pathway to reelection.
East Metro
Jim Vue wins in St. Paul school board race
Jim Vue, who has been serving as a St. Paul school board member on an interim basis, won the race Tuesday to fill the seat…
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