Election

Barb Fabre and Umsy Tibbetts will face off for District 3 Tribal Council representative in the White Earth general election Tuesday. Each candidate was invited to respond to questions. Here is Fabre’s response: My name is Barb Fabre and I am running for District III representative...

Umsy Tibbetts and Barb Fabre will compete for the District 3 Tribal Council seat in the White Earth general election Tuesday. Each candidate was invited to respond to questions. Here is Tibbetts’ response: Aniin! Hello out there to all our White Earth enrollees. I’m Eugene Tibbetts,...

The White Earth General Election will be held this Tuesday, June 14, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Terry Tibbetts and Mindy Iverson will vie to be the next chair of the White Earth Nation, and Barb Fabre and Umsy Tibbetts will compete for the District 3 seat on the five-person Tribal Council....

The age factor in the presidential campaign has turned out to be no factor at all. The three candidates left standing are, in popular parlance, senior citizens. They qualify for Social Security and Medicare benefits. They are grandparents. Should he win, Donald Trump would be 70 years...

A tribal judge has shot down a challenge to the April 5 primary election on White Earth. Peggy Treuer, chief judge of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Tribal Court, issued a decision Friday on the challenge by candidate Marvin Manypenny. The primary election was challenged on several...

Peggy Treuer, chief judge of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Tribal Court, was expected to rule Friday on a challenge to the April 5 White Earth Primary Election. No decision was announced as of press time. The primary election was challenged on several issues, including questions...

Terrance “Terry” Tibbetts Sr. and Melinda “Mindy” Iverson were the top two vote-getters in a field of 12 candidates in the primary vote Tuesday for White Earth Tribal chairman. They will now face off in the general election June 14. Tibbetts had 416 votes, or nearly 20 percent...

You could feel the energy and excitement during Super Tuesday’s caucuses in Douglas County. Local organizers for both the Republican and Democratic parties were beaming with enthusiasm, and for good reason — record-breaking attendances. Combined, nearly 2,000 people turned out...

The campaigning for next year’s elections is starting to draw more attention, and with it comes a focus on voters and their mood. Which is all well and good, but it leaves out of the equation one large bloc of citizens: people who are eligible to vote, but don’t. Over the years,...

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota's elected officials are looking at election changes. On Thursday alone, lawmakers considered bills to change the primary election date, allowing 16-year-olds to preregister to vote and establishing a commission to redraw political district lines every 10 years. All...