MINNEAPOLIS — Ahead of a first court appearance in downtown Minneapolis next week on allegations of voter fraud, conservative influencer James O’Keefe has hired attorney and former Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Madel to represent him. O’Keefe and fellow conservative influencer Cam Higby face felony charges of identity theft and unlawful voting filed by Hennepin County Attorney Mary ...

Amy Klobuchar said passing gun safety legislation "certainly should be one of our top priorities" during a press conference one day after being elected Minnesota governor.

Brian Nelson says his mail ballot arrived one day after Election Day, leaving him disappointed and unable to have his vote counted in Minnesota's four-vote Senate District 4 race.

Somali Daycare CEO Wins Minn. House Seat Despite Fraud Scrutiny

In the week since Democrats won their most commanding victory in recent memory, the party’s so-called moderates have been eager to claim victory for their faction. Despite firebrand progressives winning Senate seats by healthy margins in states like Michigan and Minnesota, an advisor for the centrist think tank Third Way told the Financial Times that the “majority-makers were mainstream and centre-left Democrats.” The empirical argument here is...

Minnesota Governor-elect and Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar is promising a get-down-to-business agenda that will focus on making life in Minnesota more affordable and fixing a broken state system that continues to generate fraudulent spending.

MINNEAPOLIS — Months after thousands of federal agents descended on Minnesota, the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown remained a powerful force in the state’s election. It shaped voters’ choices, mobilized volunteers, took Republicans by surprise and reached far beyond the communities where the crackdown unfolded. An NBC national exit poll found that 58% of all voters — and 90% of ...

Peggy Flanagan had just been elected to the U.S. Senate when her husband offered a crowd of supporters in St. Paul a measure of the win’s symbolism for her people. As the first Native American woman ever elected to the U.S. Senate, he pointed out, Flanagan would be claiming a seat that belonged to some of Minnesota’s most celebrated political figures: Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale and Paul ...

Democrats flipped more than 500 state legislative seats and won control of at least a dozen legislative chambers, establishing new governing trifectas in Michigan, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Nevada.

Gov.-Elect Amy Klobuchar joins Almanac for her first live TV interview since the midterms.