Todd Rapp, DFL analyst and longtime MPR News commentator, joined host Cathy Wurzer on Morning Edition to parse the politics ...

Denise Slipy (D) and Keri Heintzeman (R) are running in the special election for District 6 of the Minnesota Senate on April 29, 2025. The previous incumbent, Justin Eichorn (R), resigned on March 20, ...

Some of the most vulnerable Republicans in Congress -- including Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, of Davenport -- are embracing ...

Maine State Rep. Laurel Libby seeks Supreme Court intervention to restore voting rights suspended over her social media posts ...

Republican state Rep. Laurel Libby, who was censured after she posted a photo identifying a high school transgender athlete, ...

Notably, Maine uses a ranked-choice voting system that allows voters to rank candidates by preference. This could prove ...

Maine doesn't have enough public defenders to represent people who are criminally charged and can't afford their own attorney.

In 1958, breaking a string of Republican victories that began during World War I, voters picked Democrat Ed Muskie, a Rumford ...

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including Senate launches and Latino ...

Democrats’ panic over what they stand for and whether they can credibly compete beyond the bluest states is already erupting in the rush to recruit Senate candidates across the country for next year — ...

David Hogg, the vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, plans to spend $20 million to oust Democratic incumbents.

New federal fundraising reports show vulnerable senators and House Republicans amassing large war chests in advance of the ...