Minnesota Votes

Complete coverage of the 2018 midterm elections from MPR News reporters, NPR and the Associated Press.

Tensions rise as Minnesota AG candidates ratchet up attacks
DFLer Keith Ellison questions Republican Doug Wardlow's views on gay people. Wardlow says he's troubled by domestic abuse accusations leveled at Ellison. The pair, says one analyst, are polarizing attorney general candidates running for an office increasingly politicized in the U.S.
At fair, Smith and Housley disagree on much, especially Trump
One of the hardest fought campaigns this fall is the U.S. Senate contest between Democrat Tina Smith and Republican Karin Housley. The candidates have been making their pitch to voters at the State Fair.
The three-judge panel also raised the possibility of directing the GOP-dominated Legislature to redraw the maps by mid-September so they could be in effect for the fall elections, or getting an outside expert to do so.
Jeff Johnson's climate policy: do nothing
The Republican gubernatorial candidate's views on climate change came to light in a recent debate here he suggested efforts to combat global warming wouldn't do any good.