The 2026 campaign for Minnesota governor will start to take shape over the next several months as Gov. Tim Walz weighs ...

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

ST. PAUL — Minnesota’s lieutenant governor and a failed 2024 candidate have both announced bids for a 2026 congressional seat after U.S. Sen. Tina Smith announced on Thursday that she will not be ...

With Sen. Tina Smith’s announcement that she will not seek reelection in 2026, politicians on both sides of the aisle are ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says he expects former Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) to vote with Senate ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) suggested Friday that open Senate seats in Michigan and Minnesota could serve as ...

As the longest-serving Senate leader in history, McConnell developed a reputation for keeping his rank-and-file members in line and frustrating Democrats by relentlessly using procedural tactics to ...

By Shannon Fiecke The short timeframe for a special election in Senate District 25 just got shorter for Republican candidates. A primary will be held Tuesday, Dec. 18, to determine which Republican ...

The Republican-controlled State Senate has joined the DFL-controlled House to advance a proposed emergency insulin bill. In mid-February, the Minnesota Senate established a plan to give ...

Former state senator Scott Jensen will run for Minnesota governor in 2022 as a Republican, he told the newspaper. The announcement follows the Chaska resident’s single term in the Minnesota ...

“I do what I believe satisfies my objectives as U.S. senator and I let the electorate play out on its own,” Tillis told us. Translation: As of now, two years out from the midterms, he sees no ...