Arne Helge Carlson is an American politician who served as the 37th governor of Minnesota from 1991 to 1999. A Republican,Carlson's viewpoints are considered to be moderate. Prior to his governorship,he served as the Minnesota State Auditor from 1979 to 1991.
Norman Bertram Coleman Jr. is an American politician,attorney,and lobbyist. From 2003 to 2009,he served as a United States Senator for Minnesota. From 1994 to 2002,he was mayor of Saint Paul,Minnesota. First elected as a member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Coleman became a Republican in 1996. Elected to the Senate in 2002,he was narrowly defeated in his 2008 reelection bid. As of 2024,he is the most recent Republican to have represented Minnesota in the U.S. Senate.
The Republican Party of Minnesota is the state affiliate of the Republican Party in Minnesota and the oldest active political party in the state. Founded in 1855,the party controls four of Minnesota's eight congressional House seats. The last Republican governor of the state was Tim Pawlenty,who served from 2003 to 2011. The party's headquarters is located in Edina,Minnesota and the current chairman is David Hann. Starting in 2023 and as a result of the 2022 elections,the Republican Party of Minnesota does not have substantial power over the state,holding no statewide executive offices,no U.S. Senate seats,and minorities in the state legislatures.
Randy Cameron Kelly is an American politician and the former mayor of Saint Paul,Minnesota. He is a member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL).
The 2006 Minnesota's 5th congressional district election was an election for the United States House of Representatives for the open seat of incumbent Martin Olav Sabo (DFL),who retired after serving the Minneapolis-based district for 28 years.
Satveer Singh Chaudhary is an American criminal defense and immigration lawyer. He is also a politician and a former member of the Minnesota State Senate and the Minnesota House of Representatives serving from 1996 to 2010.
The 2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 4,2008. After a legal battle lasting over eight months,the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) candidate,Al Franken,defeated Republican incumbent Norm Coleman in one of the closest elections in the history of the Senate,with Coleman's Senate predecessor Dean Barkley taking third place. Franken took his oath of office on July 7,2009,more than half a year after the end of Coleman's term on January 3,2009.
Frank Hornstein is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2003. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Hornstein represents District 61A,which includes parts of the city of Minneapolis in Hennepin County,Minnesota.
John Lesch is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),he last represented 66B,which included portions of Saint Paul in Ramsey County,in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. He is a prosecuting attorney for Saint Paul.
The 2010 Minnesota gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday,November 2,2010 to elect the 40th Governor of the U.S. state of Minnesota for a four-year term to begin in January 2011. The general election was contested by the major party candidates State Representative Tom Emmer (R–Delano),former U.S. Senator Mark Dayton (DFL),and Independence Party candidate Tom Horner. After a very close race,Dayton was elected governor. Emmer would be elected to the United States House of Representatives four years later.
Gary Schiff is an American politician and activist who represented Ward 9 on the Minneapolis City Council. A member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL),he was first elected in 2001 and re-elected in 2005 and 2009. Prior to his political career,Schiff was involved with a variety of activist groups and causes ranging from human rights with the Human Rights Campaign,to historic preservation with Save Our Shubert.
The 2013 Minneapolis mayoral election was held on November 5,2013,to elect the mayor of Minneapolis for a four-year term. This was the second mayoral election in the city's history to use instant-runoff voting,popularly known as ranked choice voting,first implemented in the city's 2009 elections. Municipal elections in Minnesota are nonpartisan,although candidates are able to identify with a political party on the ballot. After incumbent Mayor R. T. Rybak announced in late 2012 that he would not seek a fourth term,35 candidates began campaigns to replace him. Many of these candidates sought the endorsement of the Minneapolis unit of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),though the convention ultimately ended with no endorsement.
The 2013 Saint Paul mayoral election was held on November 5,2013 to elect the Mayor of Saint Paul,Minnesota for a four-year term. Incumbent Chris Coleman won re-election for a third term in the first round with 78.23% of the vote.
Nekima Valdez Levy Armstrong is an American lawyer and social justice activist. She was president of the Minneapolis chapter of the NAACP from 2015 to 2016. She has led a variety of organizations that focus on issues of racial equality and disparity in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area.
The 2018 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 6,to elect the 41st Governor of Minnesota as incumbent Democratic governor Mark Dayton chose not to run for re-election for a third term. The Democratic nominee was congressman Tim Walz from Minnesota's 1st congressional district while the Republicans nominated Hennepin County commissioner Jeff Johnson. The Independence Party of Minnesota didn't field a candidate for the first time since 1994. Going into the election the polls showed Walz ahead and the race was characterized as lean or likely DFL.
The city of St. Paul,Minnesota held an election on November 7,2017,to elect its next mayor,which was won by city councilman Melvin Carter III. Chris Coleman,who served as mayor from 2006,did not run for a fourth term and instead planning to run for Governor of Minnesota in 2018. This was the second mayoral election in St. Paul to use ranked-choice voting. Municipal elections in Minnesota are non-partisan,although candidates can identify with a political party.
The 2001 Saint Paul mayoral election in the U.S. state of Minnesota held a scheduled primary election on 11 September and a general election on 6 November.
A mayoral election was held on November 2,2021,to elect the mayor of the U.S. city of Minneapolis. Incumbent DFL mayor Jacob Frey won reelection to a second term,becoming the first Minneapolis mayor to win a second term since R. T. Rybak in 2005. Minneapolis mayoral elections use instant-runoff voting,also known as ranked-choice voting. All candidates appear on the same ballot and there is no primary election,nor is there a runoff. Minneapolis's twin city,Saint Paul,also held a mayoral election on the same day,using the same system.
Esther Agbaje is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2021. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Agbaje represents District 59B,which includes portions of north and downtown Minneapolis in Hennepin County,Minnesota.
Don Samuels is an American politician and activist,who served as a member of the Minneapolis City Council from 2003 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party,Samuels came to national attention as a candidate for the DFL nomination for Minnesota's 5th congressional district,for which he placed an unexpectedly close second to incumbent Ilhan Omar in the 2022 primary.
