MINNEAPOLIS — Michele Tafoya stood next to rows of golden corn in rural Le Sueur as she hosted the first news conference of her general election campaign for U.S. Senate. It was early October, and Tafoya had last convened the press on the day of her Republican primary victory — 55 days earlier. She scored a big-ticket guest for the event: Senate Majority Leader John Thune. Yet Thune’s message ...

MINNEAPOLIS — At a campaign stop in far-western Minnesota last year, two farmers approached Peggy Flanagan. They were Republicans who had previously voted for President Donald Trump. “Listen, we don’t agree with you on everything, but you’re a tough cookie,” they told her, “that’s why we’re here.” Looking back, Flanagan said, “that was when I felt like we could really win this thing.” Yellow ...

House Democrats chose Stephenson, who has led the caucus since Melissa Hortman was assassinated in 2025, as speaker-designate.

Abdi Daisane's Blooming Kids Child Care Center in St. Cloud received millions in state and federal funding and has faced multiple violations.

Minnesota was neck-and-neck with Maine for the highest midterm voter turnout in the nation. In Minnesota, just under two-thirds of those eligible cast a ballot. Minnesota voters also set a new state record for midterm elections with more than 2.8 million ballots cast, according to unofficial results from the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office. The previous record was set in 2018, with 2.6 ...

Minnesota Democrats, who after Tuesday's election took back total control of the state capitol, pledge to work on lowering healthcare costs when they return for the next legislative session in January.

Minnesota's 1st Congressional District remains a toss-up Wednesday morning, with incumbent Republican Rep. Brad Finstad facing Democratic challenger Jake Johnson, CBS News projects.

Minnesota's 1st Congressional District remains a toss-up Thursday morning, with incumbent Republican Rep. Brad Finstad facing Democratic challenger Jake Johnson, CBS News projects, plus more of the day’s top stories.

MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota Republicans headed into the 2026 election with their strongest slate of candidates in years and a persuasive anti-fraud message after scandal rocked the DFL under Gov. Tim Walz. Yet the GOP was wiped out anyway, crushed by a historic Democratic wave in which voters handed the DFL control of every statewide office and full control of the Minnesota Legislature. The ...

Posts questioning the integrity of Minnesota elections on the basis St. Louis Park Mayor Nadia Mohamed's visited ​a polling station on Election Day omit the context ‌that the mayor was not on the ballot.