Elections

Otter Tail County Commissioners and Soil and Water Supervisors all ran unopposed in the 2012 election, easily hanging on to their positions. Commissioner Douglas Huebsch, who represents District 1 (including Perham, New York Mills, Dent, Richville and other areas), was reelected...

Incumbents were expected to win all three Minnesota Supreme Court justice elections as of late Tuesday. With half of all precincts reporting, each incumbent had about 60 percent of the vote. Chief Justice Lorie S. Gildea, a Plummer native and former University of Minnesota attorney,...

Minnesota went for President Barack Obama for the second time, following his win nationwide. While, pre-election polls offered conflicting views about whether Minnesota was in play in the presidential election, the president did will in Minnesota, collecting nearly 52 percent of...

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In Minnesota's 7th District Congressional race incumbent Collin Peterson was headed for victory late Tuesday night in a contest that mirrored his re-election two years ago. With 604 of 1,327 precincts reporting Tuesday, Peterson, a Democrat, had 59 percent of the vote to Republican...

ST. PAUL -- Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar earned Minnesota's first 2012 election night win when news services declared her a re-election victor soon after the polls closed. The triumph over Republican Kurt Bills came as no surprise after she held huge leads in recent polls and...

ST. PAUL -- Minnesotans may disagree about a pair of proposed constitutional amendments and may not see eye to eye on candidates, but they agree on one thing: They want their voices heard. Big voter turnout has been reported in many areas, despite cloudy, damp, chilly weather. Secretary...

Minnesota Democrats are launching what they call the most ambitious get-out-the-vote campaign ever, including sending around the state a tour bus featuring gigantic photos of President Barack Obama, Gov. Mark Dayton and U.S. Sen.

Hurricane Sandy has blown presidential campaigns into Minnesota. As a storm forced President Barack Obama, challenger Mitt Romney and others to cancel East Coast campaign stops, their campaigns looked toward what some see as a newly competitive Minnesota. Former President Bill Clinton...

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota voters tune in to presidential debates, discuss constitutional amendments and follow eight U.S. House races. But the biggest impact on state residents could be decided lower on the ballot, where all 201 state House and Senate seats will be listed Nov. 6.

Secretary of State Mark Ritchie reminds Minnesotans that they only have until the end of the business day on Tuesday, Oct. 16 to pre-register to vote for the Nov. 6 general election. To pre-register, a voter's registration application must be received by the Office of the Minnesota...

ST. PAUL -- Both sides in Minnesota's voter photo identification debate try to paint pictures about how life would look if the requirement passes Nov.

Anyone interested in running for election to a local city council or school board has until next Tuesday to do so. The filing period, which started July 31, will end at 5 p.m. on Aug. 14. Candidates will be included on the ballots for the general election on Nov. 6. In Perham,...