Did You Vote? Show Us Your Sticker!

Are you proud that you did your civic duty at the polls today? Show off by uploading a photo of yourself and your "I Voted" sticker.

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Twin Cities Reaction: Who Won the Presidential Debate?

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney duked it out in Denver, CO.

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney duked it out tonight in their first presidential debate in Denver, Colorado. Patch live-blogged the debate, which featured the candidates touching on domestic issues like health care, PBS funding, and America's energy sources. You can watch the entire debate on YouTube Politics. Some of the points that resonated with our live-blog panelists were split on who came out on top: Here's a sampling of responses on Twitter:

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rob_h78

11:30 am on Monday, October 8, 2012

A couple of points. 1) Almost every incumbent President has lost the first debate since they have been televised, the only exception was Bill Clinton. 2) I remember in 2008 watching folks talk about how Obama lost debates to Hillary Clinton and how he lost debates to John McCain and yet he was the guy who took the oath of office at the end. I don't know if he will be re-elected, but, so far there…   more ›

Barry Anderson, Minnesota Supreme Court Associate Justice, Seat 1: Profile

Anderson is the incumbent candidate for the Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court seat 1 in the 2012 election.

Name : Barry Anderson Also known as : Barry Age : 57 Place of residence : Apple Valley, MN Attended college : Yes College : Gustavus Adolphus College Degree : B.A. double major in History and Political Science Year of graduation : 1976 University : University of Minnesota Law School Area of research : Law Year of graduation : 1979 Job titles held : Partner Employers : Arnold, Anderson & Dove, PLLP Party affiliation : Other Party affiliation : Non-Partisan Running for a: State office Running for position: Associate Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court Chamber/district: State wide Incumbent: Yes First elected: 07 November 2006 Previous elective offices : Minnesota Court of Appeals Unsuccessful bids for elective offices: NA Website : www.…

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Letter to the Editor: Senate Challenger Introduces Himself

Roger Champagne, a Republican candidate running for Senate District 46, details his platform.

I am Roger Champagne, a Republican candidate running for Senate District 46, which covers St. Louis Park, Hopkins, part of Golden Valley, and Plymouth. I have lived in St. Louis Park for 19 years and have raised two children. I have worked as a Minneapolis fire captain for the past 27 years and will retire this year. As a union member, I know many members that disagree with sending our union dues to the international union bosses in Washington that support candidates we oppose. I have helped many residents and communities throughout the years and look forward to helping the communities of District 46. My platform is to “Review and Reform” State government by bringing ideas forward and completing an overview of business regulations, along …

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GOP Puts Up Four Challengers to Unseat District 46 Legislators

The state Senate seat and two House seats are all contested.

All Senate District 46 seats will be contested this year, according to filings with the Secretary of State’s Office. The district’s senate seat is the most contested race, with two Republicans vying to unseat four-term DFL legislator Sen. Ron Latz. Golden Valley resident Paul Scofield, who ran against Latz in 2010, is once again seeking the position. Roger Champagne, of St. Louis Park, has put his name in the hat, as well. Both District 46 House races are two-man contests. In 46A, which includes Golden Valley and St. Louis Park, Plymouth Republican John Swanson challenged DFL Rep. Ryan Winkler. Swanson is an information technology director who has a master’s degree in economics. His website encourages people to support voter ID and the …

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The Fifth District Report

5th District Opponents Debate Jobs Report

Keith Ellison and Chris Fields also took to YouTube to make their case to voters.

The end of last month brought a dismal jobs report that showed only 69,000 new jobs had been added, causing the unemployment rate to tick up to 8.2 percent. On his campaign website, challenger Chris Fields argued that the unemployment is driven by policies like those Ellison supports. Job growth is at pathetic levels.  Americans are out of work.  Things are especially bad in the Fifth District, where we have the largest unemployment between blacks and whites in the entire country. And what is Keith Ellison’s jobs plan?  More government regulation. Yes, you read that right – Keith Ellison believes that government should create jobs by forcing more burdensome regulations on our businesses. That way, the businesses will have to hire legions …

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REPLAY: 2012 Minnesota Caucuses Live Blog

As the votes came in, Patch reporters in more than two dozen locations recorded the action.

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Ken Coy

12:34 pm on Monday, February 13, 2012

If she did that she couldn't play the victim.   more ›