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Capitol View®

Reporting on State Politics and Government

Thissen to lead DFL House Caucus

Thissen and Bakk, both one-time candidates for governor, will lead the DFL in the Legislature.
by Tom Scheck

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Pawlenty talks recount/transition

Pawlenty talks recount/transition

Pawlenty says he's prepared to stay on longer, if necessary.
by Tom Scheck

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Bakk will head up DFL Senate Caucus

Bakk will be Senate Minority Leader.
by Tom Scheck

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Dayton assembling recount team

Ken Martin and Charlie Nauen will head up Dayton's recount efforts.
by Tom Scheck

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The Daily Digest

A look at the day's political news.
by Tom Scheck

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Koch makes a play for MN Senate Majority Leader

The legislator from Buffalo is running for the top job in the MN Senate.
by Tom Scheck

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Citizen insight into Oberstar’s defeat

Jim Oberstar’s defeat in Tuesday night’s election was a political earthquake. We wanted to know more from Minnesota citizens about what happened to unseat Oberstar and the origins of support for Republican Chip Cravaack. My colleague Molly Bloom reached out to Minnesotans in MPR’s Public Insight Network to try and found out why. “Mr. Oberstar…
by Paul Tosto

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Senate’s Pogemiller won’t seek minority leadership post

He’s been the Minnesota Senate’s majority leader the past four years, but state Sen. Larry Pogemiller of Minneapolis says he won’t seek to lead DFL-ers as minority leader in the next legislative session. “No matter how committed we were or hard we all worked, in the end it didn’t matter, the result is the result,”…
by Paul Tosto

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New Emmer statement: Race still too close to call

Down by 9,057 votes with all precincts reporting, Republican governor candidate Tom Emmer just put out this statement: With nearly 100% of precincts reporting, this race is still too close to call. The margin that currently separates Senator Dayton and me is currently within the automatic recount trigger. There is a process in law that…
by Paul Tosto

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Dayton lead in governor’s race: 9,057 votes

With all precincts reporting, the Associated Press says DFL-er Mark Dayton holds a 9,057 lead over Republican Tom Emmer. Here are the AP totals: Mark Dayton 918,351 43.7% Tom Emmer 909,294 43.2% Tom Horner 251,300 12.0% MPR’s Elizabeth Dunbar has a deeper story online about the coming recount, which will likely start Nov. 29.
by Paul Tosto

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