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DFLer Doron Clark wins Minnesota Senate seat in special election
DFLer Doron Clark was elected to the Minnesota Senate in a special election Tuesday for a heavily blue district covering northeast Minneapolis. The result officially breaks a 33-33 tie between Republicans and Democrats in the Senate.
Minnesota Democrats win Senate majority in crucial special election
Minnesota Democrats captured the state’s coveted Senate majority after a blowout win in the state’s special election for District 60. Democratic-Farmer-Labor nominee Doron Clark won in a landslide, 90.
Doron Clark wins SD-60 special election, confirming DFL control in Minnesota Senate
Democrat Doron Clark has won the special election in Minnesota Senate District 60, confirming majority control for the DFL in the Senate. A special election was held in the district – which covers northeast and parts of southeast Minneapolis –following the death of Sen. Kari Dziedzic of cancer last month.
Maddow Blog | Democrats buoyed by wins in several legislative special elections
As one news account summarized, “For a moribund party, Democrats in the span of 24 hours are showing some signs of life.”
Minnesota Senate District 60: DFLer Doron Clark wins special election
A special election for Minnesota Senate District 60 to fill a vacancy left after Sen. Kari Dziedzic died of cancer in December has been decided, and its result shifts the majority of power in the Minnesota Senate.
Dems find some hope in elections in Iowa and Minnesota
Some Democrats are cautious about reading too much into the results. But it’s the first good news they’ve had in a long time.
Minnesota Democrats Hang On, Barely
I looked at the scramble for partisan control of the Minnesota legislature after a mess of a 2024 election. Things have unfolded there more or less as I predicted since then: The Republicans in the Minnesota state senate lacked the votes to expel the cat burglar meteorologist,
Democrat Mike Zimmer wins Iowa Senate special election
Democrat Mike Zimmer is the newest Iowa senator, flipping the Senate District 35 seat in Tuesday’s special election. Zimmer won with 52% of the vote to Republican Katie Whittington’s 48%, according to unofficial results published by the Iowa Secretary of State.
As Minnesota House impasse continues, both sides open to a future tie breaker in the chamber
As the stalemate in the Minnesota House approaches its fourth week, both sides seem to agree on one thing. Let’s never, ever do this again. Bipartisan interest is forming around the idea of changing ...
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Politics Friday: Democrats seek a new leader with Minnesota’s DFL party chair in contention
MPR News politics editor and host Brian Bakst and his guests talk about the Democratic National Committee’s election of a new party chair and the Minnesotan who’s campaigning for the job. Later, a ...
MN House Republicans seek Supreme Court’s help to end DFL session boycott
Republicans are asking justices to force Secretary of State Steve Simon, who has been presiding over floor sessions, to ...
Minnesota Supreme Court voids House Jan. 28 special election, rules Gov. Walz called it too soon
The Supreme Court on Friday cancelled the special election for a metro House race later this month, finding Gov. Tim Walz set ...
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Weekend vote to decide if Ken Martin jumps from Minnesota Democratic perch to national party head
Members of the Democratic National Committee are due to vote Saturday on who will lead the party. After 2024 election, ...
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Minnesota DFLers win majority-defending special election
Minnesota DFLers defended their control of the Minnesota Senate on Tuesday after Doron Clark won the District 60 special ...
A guide to Tuesday's special election in Minnesota Senate District 60
A tie in the Senate should end Tuesday as voters decide who will fill the seat of the late Sen. Kari Dziedzic, who died of ...
Minnesota House GOP files lawsuit to force Democrats back to the chamber
House Republicans are suing Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon in an attempt to force Democratic members back into the chamber, the latest legal challenge in a weekslong political standoff ...