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Capitol View®

Reporting on State Politics and Government

Hennepin County election head says fixed data up in 5 minutes

Hennepin County elections chief Rachel Smith tells the Humphrey Institute’s Larry Jacobs that incorrect vote tallies posted on the county election site for some precincts have been fixed and the corrected data will by up shortly.
by Paul Tosto

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Horner drawing GOP voters away from Emmer

We’re still waiting for Hennepin County to fix some tabulating problems on their website. Still, the patterns are strong enough to indicate that Independence Party candidate Tom Horner is drawing significant numbers of votes away from Republican Tom Emmer, says the Humphrey Institute’s Larry Jacobs. Horner support is holding steady at 12% and it looks…
by Paul Tosto

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Hennepin County say incorrect data posted on their site

Hennepin County voting officials tell MPR News that some of the data they posted online regarding Minnesota elections is incorrect and are working on fixing the problem shortly. MPR Politics Tweets: Hennepin problems occurred in Corcoran, Crystal, Hopkins, Independence, Maple Plain, Medina, Minnetrista, Orono, Rogers and St. Anthony.
by Paul Tosto

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Updates on MN races called by AP

MPR’s Molly Bloom sends us these updates on winners of various Minnesota races, as called by the Associated Press. You can find more winners here and here. SD36 – Thompson – GOP SD37 – Gerlach – GOP 23B – Brynaert – DFL 36B – Garofalo – GOP 37A – Mack – GOP 39B – Atkins…
by Paul Tosto

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In key GOP areas, Emmer trails Pawlenty’s 2006 pace

As we track the Minnesota governor’s race into the night, the Humphrey Institute’s Larry Jacobs notes that Republican Tom Emmer is currently trailing the pace that incumbent Republican Tim Pawlenty set in 2006 in Anoka and Dakota counties — key GOP areas. It’s possible that Independence Party candidate Tom Horner is drawing off Republican votes,…
by Paul Tosto

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MNGOP Chair: Anoka County is the bellwether

Sutton says Anoka county could determine who is elected governor.
by Tom Scheck

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Will Minnesota buck the GOP wave?

Will Minnesota run against the national wave of GOP gains? Mark Ritchie’s return to the Minnesota Secretary of State’s office may be evidence of that, says the Humphrey Institute’s Larry Jacobs. He tells us: Ritchie winning bucks the trend. I don’t want to be premature, but if you’re looking for an early indicator…Use a little…
by Paul Tosto

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Updates on Minnesota races called by AP

MPR’s Molly Bloom sends us these updates on winners of various Minnesota races, as called by the Associated Press. You can find more winners here. CD2 – Kline – GOP SD33 – Olson – GOP SD42 – Hann – GOP 42B – Loon – GOP 43A – Anderson – GOP 43B – Benson – DFL…
by Paul Tosto

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Early lead for Dayton as Twin Cities data comes first

DFL-er Mark Dayton is up by about 100,000 in the most recent voting data, but don’t read too much into that. The early Dayton lead reflects big leads from the metro area where 82 percent of precincts in Hennepin County and 52 percent in Ramsey County have already reported. “This is expected hard core Dayton…
by Paul Tosto

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More scenes from the political night

As they report the news MPR correspondents are giving us a taste of what it’s like as politicians and their supporters wait, worry and celebrate. Here are the latest. 9:12, Bob Kelleher, following Rep. Jim Oberstar: The Oberstar hall is now filled and noisy. The crowd is monitoring several Tvs including a projector screen TV…
by Paul Tosto

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