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Minnesota court-drawn map: A Local perspective.
I did a similar diary to this one about what Minnesota will look like after the courts get to draw the maps. Judges have long been the cartographers of Minnesota. In fact, no one other than judges have...
View ArticleRepublican Bench in Minnesota
There was a news article today that Preibus and Sutton were talking about strong candidates waiting to take on Klobuchar next fall. Then I got to thinking: Who the hell could they be talking about? So...
View ArticleMinnesota Legislative Districts Part I: outstate
District 1: Northwest Minnesota. This is a pretty balanced district. The lines didn’t change much in redistricting. In 2008 both house seats were held by the DFL and in 2010 they were won by...
View ArticleMinnesota Legislature Part II: Metro
This is the second part to the highly popular legislative redistricting analysis.District 29: Centered in some of the western exurbs. This is one of the most Republican districts in the state. These...
View ArticleMinnesota Legislature. Who is running where? Part 1: Outstate
This is a follow up diary to one I posted once the new maps were released a few months ago. The filing deadline has passed, and a large number of things and candidates have changed in the last few...
View ArticleMinnesota Legislature. Wo is running where? Part 2: Metro
Unfortunately it has taken me a month to get the second half of this diary published, but a lot of time is required for compiling all this data.This is the second part to the highly popular legislative...
View ArticleMinnesota Primary Post-Mortem: MN-8
Starting off with the big race of the night, MN-8 DFL primary: Rick Nolan won the race 38-32-29 over Tarryl Clark and jeff Anderson respectively. Now, this race was closer than I had anticipated it...
View ArticleMinnesota Primary Post-Mortem: State Legislature
Here is the follow-up to yesterday’s Diary. Lost in the mix with the attention being paid to MN-1 and MN-8, on Tuesday all of the remaining unresolved legislative primaries in Minnesota were ironed...
View ArticleMinnesota: Final Prediction, Part I
Alright, here is the final edition of my Minnesota election predictions. This will be a 2-part diary like the previous editions; however the format will be slightly different. Part 1 will be every...
View ArticleMinnesota: Final Predictions, Part II
This is it folks. This is the final projections for all 201 legislative districts in Minnesota. The endorsements have been given, the final campaign finance reports are in, and the campaigns are...
View ArticleMinnesota Election Postmortem: OGGoldy's report card
Alright, here is me standing up and being a man, claiming victory where I was right, and eating crow where I was wrong.Here are the links to my two prediction diaries before the election, for...
View ArticleMinnesota Special Elections 14A and 19A
Minnesota has two special elections coming up on Tuesday, and as the self-proclaimed Minnesota Legislature expert on DKE, I find it my personal duty to fully report on these elections.14A: Here are the...
View ArticleMinneapolis Mayor 2013: Sorting Through the Mess
Incredibly popular 3-term mayor R.T. Rybak (DFL) is opting not to seek a certain 4th term as mayor of Minneapolis. This has opened the flood gates to a plethora of contenders for this seat. A lot of...
View ArticleMinnesota Elections 2014: Part I
This is the 2014 version of the diaries I posted in 2012, which I am very proud of my accuracy, getting every statewide race (including judicial) and congressional race correct, overestimating the...
View ArticleMinnesota Elections 2014: Part II
It took a while, but I have finally gotten Part 2 of 3 in this series done. I decided to wait until after the state conventions, and the filing deadline closing, as the information before that would...
View ArticleMinnesota Eletions 2014: Part III
This is the third and final installment (metro legislative) of my 2014 elections 2pring/summer edition. The first section (statewide and congressional) can be seen here and the second section (outstate...
View ArticleMinnesota Primary Recap
Minnesota held their binding primaries on Tuesday August 12th, which was the last of a many-tiered nomination process. That means the November ballots are actually finalized now. Here is a recap of the...
View ArticleMinnesota Elections 2014, Final Predictions: Part I, the State House
Final predictions for the 2014 elections! 2012 results listed on each district, with final ratings listed, and previous ratings listed in parentheses. All predictions made on or after October 29th,...
View ArticleMinnesota Elections 2014: Final Predictions II, Statewide and Congress
This is the final 2014 prediction diary, and contains all congressional districts, as well as all statewide offices. Final rankings are listed below the write ups, with the initial ratings being shown...
View ArticleMinnesota Legislative Elections 2016 Edition: Outstate
Back by popular demand, here are the first looks at the Minnesota elections for the 2016 cycle! 2012 presidential and 2014 senate (Franken/McFadden) results listed on each house district, with the...
View ArticleMinnesota Legislative Elections 2016: Metro
The second half of my biannual series on the Minnesota legislative elections. The first half of which can be viewed at www.dailykos.com/...District 29: Centered in some of the western exurbs centered...
View ArticleMinnesota Legislature: Final Projections
Final projections for the Minnesota legislature. Summer race ratings in parentheses Districts 1-28 are considered “Outstate” Minnesota, and are outside of the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan areaI...
View ArticleMinnesota 2018 Primary Analysis
Minnesota primary recap.On August 14th, both parties had their primaries for a variety of offices. While everyone likely knows the headline, this is a more detailed rundown of results across the state....
View Article2018 Minnesota Legislature Elections Preview Part I: Outstate
Welcome to the 2018 addition of OGGoldy’s Minnesota legislature preview. Districts 1-28 are considered “Outstate” Minnesota, and are outside of the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area; Part I will...
View Article2018 Minnesota Legislature Elections Preview Part II: Metro
Part II of my biannual series on the Minnesota legislature. For those of you just tuning in, Part I can be found here: www.dailykos.com/...District 29: Centered in some of the western exurbs around...
View Article2018 Minnesota Legislature Elections Preview Part III: Final
Welcome to the Final 2018 edition of OGGoldy’s Minnesota legislature preview. Districts 1-28 are considered “Outstate” Minnesota, and are outside of the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area, while...
View Article2020 Minnesota Legislature Elections: Preview Edition
Welcome to the preview 2020 edition of OGGoldy’s Minnesota legislative elections. Districts 1-28 are considered “Outstate” Minnesota, and are outside of the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area,...
View Article2020 Minnesota Legislature Elections Part 1: Outstate Edition
Welcome to the Pre-primary edition of OGGoldy’s Minnesota legislative elections. Minnesota campaign finance reports were released on 7/28 in advance of the August 11th primaries. Districts 1-28 are...
View Article2020 Minnesota Legislature Elections Part 2: Metro Edition
Welcome to the Pre-primary edition of OGGoldy’s Minnesota legislative elections. Minnesota campaign finance reports were released on 7/28 in advance of the August 11th primaries. Districts 1-28 are...
View Article2020 Minnesota Legislature Elections Part 3: Final Predictions (No Toss-ups)
Welcome to the final edition of OGGoldy’s Minnesota legislative elections. Minnesota campaign finance reports were released on 10/28 in advance of the November 3rd general election. Districts 1-28 are...
View ArticleDKE Elections Open Thread November 3rd 2020 #1
A Thread for the DailyKos Elections community to post results and analysis on election night 2020Update 6:00ET. Polls have closed in most of Kentucky and Indiana.Update 7:00. Polls closed in all of...
View ArticleDKE Elections Open Thread November 3rd 2020 #2
Getting a second thread going due to high comments.All eyes on Ohio at this point.
View ArticleDKE Elections Open Thread November 3rd 2020 #3
Overnight open thread.As of Midnight, Arizona is the only official flip presidentially, with the Big 3 counting late into the night and into the day tomorrow. We won’t know who won tonight. PA has over...
View ArticleDKE Elections Open Thread November 3rd 2020 #4 (The Next Morning)
Hope everyone was able to get at least 2-3 hours of sleep last night.News overnight: Biden takes a 7k lead in Wisconsin with Kenosha and Green Bay absentees left to count. It’ll be close for sure.Trump...
View ArticleMinnesota Legislature Redistricting: 134 House Seats + 67 Senate Seats
Welcome to OGGoldy’s 2021 Minnesota Legislature redistricting prediction map. These maps were done using DRA post census block data, and are done as though the courts will do them (as this is...
View Article2021 DKE Election Open Diary: November 2nd #1
Welcome DKEers to the 2021 DKE elections open thread!Will update this as races are called. In general the following races VA-GovVA-DelNJ-GovNYC MayorATL MayorBuffalo MayorAtlanta MayorMinneapolis...
View ArticleMinnesota State Senate Changes- Hot Take
Minnesota’s courts for the 7th decade in a row have drawn new legislative maps to be used for the decade. This is a relatively brief run down of the winners and losers of the Minnesota Senate, and how...
View ArticleMinnesota Legislature Elections Part 1: Post Candidate Filing, Pre-Primary
Welcome to OGGoldy’s 2022 Minnesota Legislature election preview. Borders are known, endorsements have been given (or not given), and candidates have filed. Primary is in August with General election...
View ArticleMinnesota State Legislature 2022: Final Seat By Seat Predictions
Welcome to Oggoldy’s 2022 Minnesota Legislature election preview. Borders are known, candidates filed, got endorsed, faced primaries and fundraised. Now we are on to general elections. We are less than...
View ArticleDKE Election Night Thread: Part II
150 comments is enough for the first thread.So far, things are expected in a light red environment, with Florida going off the deep end being the lone exception to that.
View ArticleMinnesota Legislature Elections 2022: Report Card
Welcome to Oggoldy’s 2022 Minnesota Legislature report card. It’s been a few months, but real-life kind of got in the way of political involvement, so better late than never? If nothing else this gives...
View ArticleDKE Election night, November 7th 2023
In case the main election night thread gets overrunPoll closing times, all EST6 – KY (east), IN7 – FL, KY (west), VA 7:30 – NC, OH 8 – KS, PA, RI, TX 9 – CO, IA, NY 10 – ID 11 – CA, WA
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