MINNESOTA POLITICAL NOTEBOOK
Minnesota Political Notebook: Some politicians wonder if ballot ruling opens new door 
ST. PAUL - Some Minnesota politicians wonder if a state Supreme Court ballot ruling opens the door for more last-minute changes.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , September 29, 2012
Minnesota Political Notebook: New Pawlenty job changes Minnesota politics
ST. PAUL - Scratch Tim Pawlenty’s name off the potential candidate list.
At least for two years.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , September 22, 2012
Minnesota Political Notebook: Redistricting throws voters into unknown territory
ST. PAUL - Many Minnesota voters don’t know where they are.
At least, many don’t know where they live in terms of political districts after congressional, legislative and many local boundaries were redrawn earlier this year.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , September 01, 2012
Minnesota Political Notebook: Biden says ‘I’d trade it all’ to play football
ST. PAUL - Joe Biden is ready to give up his job. Well, only if he could become a high school football player.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , August 26, 2012
Minnesota Political Notebook: Recount possible in state Supreme Court races
ST. PAUL - Minnesota election officials say a recount is possible in Aug. 14 primary election state Supreme Court races.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , August 04, 2012
Minnesota Political Notebook: Bakk suggests House OK disaster aid, then leave
ST. PAUL - The question on everyone’s mind during a news conference about a special disaster aid legislative session was whether Republican leaders could keep their members from bringing up other issues.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , July 14, 2012
Minnesota Political Notebook: Marriage amendment supporters count on DFL votes
Conventional political wisdom is that a gay-marriage prohibition on the Nov. 6 ballot would pit Democratic-Farmer-Laborites against Republicans.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , July 07, 2012
Minnesota Political Notebook: DFL chairman seeks move toward political center
ST. PAUL - Political observers have watched for years as those who make decisions in the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party move to the political left and Republican decision-makers head to the right.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , May 26, 2012
Minnesota Political Notebook: New purple politicos learn legislative lessons
ST. PAUL - It was easy to tell Capitol regulars from those who do not hang out under the marble dome so much as the 2012 legislative session came to an end: One group wore purple paint and jerseys.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , May 19, 2012
Minnesota Political Notebook: Capitol quiet after stadium debate dominated
ST. PAUL - The Capitol is quiet after days of chants, cheers and songs like “Skol, Vikings.”
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , May 12, 2012
Minnesota Political Notebook: Dean plan a diversion on the way to a stadium vote
ST. PAUL - The Dean plan will be an asterisk in the Great Stadium Debate of 2012, but it provided an interesting diversion while Minnesotans awaited a legislative vote about a new Vikings stadium.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , May 05, 2012
Minnesota Political Notebook: Legislature is land of undead bills
St. Paul - The Vikings stadium saga illustrates tricks legislators use to turn their dreams into state law.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , April 28, 2012
Minnesota Political Notebook: Zellers calls Dayton letter ‘snarky’
ST. PAUL - The end of the 2012 Minnesota Legislature approaches amid strong partisan disagreements.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , April 15, 2012
Minnesota Political Notebook: American Indian leader opposes wolf hunting season
ST. PAUL - A Mississippi American Indian leader objects to a wolf hunting season that appears near passage in the Minnesota Legislature. She joins several Great Lakes area tribes in opposing wolf hunting and trapping proposals.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , April 08, 2012
Minnesota Political Notebook: Pre-Easter Legislature adjournment looks less likely
ST. PAUL - Many people under the Capitol dome say it feels like the Legislature is in its final days, but more and more it looks like lawmakers will take a break and return April 16 to wrap up work.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , April 01, 2012
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