Election 2018

A high number of voters turned out to cast ballots in the primary election. Here is how they voted.

Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson won the GOP primary and U.S. Rep. Tim Walz won the DFL race. The two will face off in November, in a match to decide the next Minnesota governor.

Former CIA Director John Brennan said Sunday that he is considering taking legal action to try to prevent President Donald Trump from stripping other current and former officials' security clearances.

Trump, in a series of angry tweets, blasted a New York Times story reporting that McGahn has been cooperating extensively with the special counsel team investigating Russian election meddling and potential collusion with Trump's Republican campaign.

Across the U.S., women are not just running for office in record numbers this year — they're winning.

The ranks of "forgotten Republicans" are growing. Some were forced out, some chose to leave on their own, and others still serve — but with a muted voice.

U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for Minnesota attorney general who won Tuesday's primary election, received the endorsement of the party on Saturday amid allegations of domestic abuse.

Kofi Annan, one of the world's most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general, has died. He was 80.

Republican gubernatorial nominee Jeff Johnson and his DFL opponent Tim Walz faced each other in debate, their first meeting since Tuesday's primary election.

U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison said Friday that he will not drop out of the race for state attorney general and insisted again that an ex-girlfriend's allegations of domestic abuse are not true.

Based on calculations by NPR, the average shift in special elections since 2016 was 10 points toward the Democrats. If you apply that to all 435 House districts, Democrats would win a big majority.

Former CIA Director John Brennan said that President Trump yanked his security clearance because his campaign colluded with the Russians to sway the 2016 election and is now desperate to end the special counsel's investigation.

The Tim Walz-Jeff Johnson matchup isn't the one many people were expecting, and in many ways, it's a proxy fight over President Trump.

Three of Minnesota's eight Congressional districts are up for grabs this fall, and southern Minnesota's 1st District will be one of the nation's most closely watched political contests of the midterm elections.

Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon attributes the strong turnout to numerous competitive Republican and DFL primary contests and the ease of "no excuse" early voting.

Even before Tuesday's primary set the ballot for November, Minnesota's 8th District was expected to be one of the most hotly contested congressional races in the country.

The results are in for Minnesota's 2018 primaries. What do they signal for the fall midterms?

A matchup for governor that looked a few weeks ago to be between Tim Pawlenty and Lori Swanson will actually feature Jeff Johnson against Tim Walz.

The results are in from Minnesota's primary elections — and there's a lot to mull over, even for those of us who consider ourselves political junkies.

Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson won the Republican spot on this fall's governor ballot over former Gov. Tim Pawlenty.