Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan has confirmed her intention to run for Sen. Tina Smith's soon-to-be vacant seat ...

Several Democrats are being entertained as options to succeed Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN), who announced she would not run for reelection.

Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan said Thursday she will run for the U.S. Senate in 2026, the first Democrat to jump into ...

Minnesota’s Democratic Sen. Tina Smith announced Thursday that she will not seek reelection in 2026, a decision that could ...

May 28, 1896 The Peoples Party Convention of the third congressional district will meet in Chaska on June 12, Scott County can send seven delegates. Baseball next Sunday will be in ...

Republican U.S. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, whose Sixth Congressional District includes St. Cloud, posted to his X account ...

Oregon has joined a multi-state lawsuit challenging a Trump administration order against transgender individuals.

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown has filed a multi-state federal lawsuit challenging a Trump order that threatens to ...

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"The order attempts to define out of existence transgender and gender-diverse people, whose gender is not the sex they were ...

Representing Minnesota’s 7th Congressional District is a big job. It’s big because it includes much of west and northwest Minnesota, and portions of central Minnesota. Since 1991, the ...

Friday at noon, MPR News politics editor Brian Bakst will speak with Republican U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber, from a northern ...