GOP

ST. PAUL - Gov. Mark Dayton and U.S. Sen. Al Franken have double-digit leads over all their announced Republican challengers, according to a Suffolk University poll of Minnesota voters released Tuesday. Fewer than half the voters said they plan vote for the two Democratic-Farmer-Labor...

ST. PAUL — Minnesota’s 2014 governor race is underway. Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton long has said he plans to seek a second term, and at least a half-dozen Republicans want the chance to knock him off. One GOP wag joked that every Republican legislator was thinking about running....

Republicans say they are paying what they owe Minnesota counties for information from last fall's governor election recount. "We have about 20 counties left to go," GOP Chairman Tony Sutton said. "We have been chipping away on them." Sutton estimated that the party could finish...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Sarah Palin added excitement to the Minnesota Republican convention Thursday night by endorsing Tom Emmer for governor. "A patriotic fiscally conservative 'hockey dad' who got his start in politics by serving on his local city councils is running for governor of the...

Norm Coleman still wants to return as a Minnesota U.S. senator, but until then has another job. The Republican Jewish Coalition today announced Coleman will become a "consultant and strategic adviser." "We are thrilled and honore to have Norm Coleman join us at the RJC at this critical...

ATLANTA - Leaders of the Society of Professional Journalists call on St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman to drop charges against journalists who were arrested while covering protests of the Republican National Convention. According to the Associated Press, at least 19 journalists were arrested...

ST. PAUL - Prisoner of war-turned-presidential candidate John McCain promises to change Washington by getting along with the opposition, reforming government and, in general, putting the country first. The maverick politician showed both his quiet and his tough sides Thursday night...

ST. PAUL - The Republican National Convention is crowding more speakers into today's agenda to make up for a hurricane-compressed Monday. President Bush is expected to talk from the White House via satellite to his wife, Laura, who will be in the Xcel Energy Center in downtown St....

ST. PAUL - Republicans dealt with distractions as they began their national convention Monday, but said the event still will be a success. First came Hurricane Gustav, whose surge and winds were less than predicted, but forced convention officials to trim their plans. Then, Sen....