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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...
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