2018 Election Central: A pretty exhaustive assemblage of MinnPost’s campaign coverage

With a race for governor, two U.S. Senate races, four nationally watched U.S. House races, 134 Minnesota House races, a state Senate special election, county races, school board races, and all kinds of city and school questions on the ballot this fall, there’s a lot to keep track of in this year’s election.

Luckily for you, MinnPost has been keeping tabs on all things electoral for the past two years. Below, we’ve collected our best coverage for you to review — whether you need to brush up before voting day or just want to relive the good times. We’ll keep this page updated through Election Day.

First, here are some projects that give more general overviews of some of the big races:

Election 2018: Who’s running?

Short descriptions of Minnesota’s statewide and congressional races and short candidate bios.

Who’s running for the Legislature?

List of candidates for all 134 Minnesota House races and one Senate special election, along with election results from 2016.

Campaign Finance Dashboard

Fundraising totals and cash on hand for Minnesota’s congressional candidates, governor and attorney general. Updated after each filing deadline.

Stories by office

If you’re looking for more details, we’ve collected all our stories about specific races below, organized by office. For a list of stories organized by topic, see Stories by issue.

Governor

• In final days of Minnesota governor’s race, a focus on three issues: health care, health care and health care
• In the race for Minnesota governor, it’s no more Mr. Nice Guys
• Minnesota’s buffer law is likely to change — no matter who wins the governor’s race
• Minnessippi? Calisota? How Minnesota stacks up against the states our guv candidates fear the most
• Not sticking to his guns: In race for governor, Walz embraces role as gun-control candidate
• With a few exceptions, Minnesota governor’s race shows stark differences on education
• The ‘full-service community schools’ model is getting high-profile political support in Minnesota. So what is it?
• On immigration, guv candidates Walz and Johnson ‘fundamentally disagree’ on policy priorities
• The man that Tim forgot: How Jeff Johnson’s victory changes the 2018 governor’s race
• Tim Walz’s record on guns was an asset in his run for governor — until it wasn’t

U.S. Senate

• Is Karin Housley the Minnesota GOP’s best shot at a Senate seat in a decade?
• Why Minnesota’s Democratic House delegation unanimously supports Tina Smith for Senate in 2018
• Minnesota will see many competitive races this election. Why isn’t Amy Klobuchar’s Senate seat one of them?

Attorney General

• Are political firings business as usual in the Minnesota attorney general’s office?
• Amid concerns over Ellison, DFLers find a unifying issue in AG race: opposing Doug Wardlow
• Doug Wardlow says he wouldn’t be ‘political’ as Minnesota attorney general. What does that mean?
• Why Keith Ellison (yes, Keith Ellison) has been talking so much about older, rural white men
• Spoiler alert: meet the guy who could decide the Minnesota attorney general’s race
• What we learned from the first Minnesota Attorney General debate
• The DFL’s risky, inevitable endorsement of Keith Ellison: ‘If he breaks our faith right now, it’s going to devastate the party’
• Why is Keith Ellison leaving a safe seat in Congress to make a risky bid for Minnesota attorney general?
• Attorney general state of confusion: How one Minnesota political race went from boring to bonkers in 48 hours

Congressional District 1

• The race in Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District is either about politics or personality — depending on which candidate you ask
• Why a clean water rule may — or may not — be a big issue in Minnesota’s First Congressional District
• Rochester’s growing. Is it growing fast enough to keep the First District blue?
• In southern Minnesota’s 1st District, Democrats unify ahead of competitive race on Trump turf, while GOP faces primary
• Can a Democrat not named ‘Walz’ win in Minnesota’s First District?

Congressional District 2

• Jason Lewis and Angie Craig square off again in Minnesota’s 2nd District. What’s different this time around?
• New polling from NYT/Siena College finds Angie Craig with a big advantage over Jason Lewis in Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District
• There are new recordings from Jason Lewis’ lightning-rod past as a talk radio host. Will it matter this time?
• The case for keeping Congress red
• Jason Lewis knows he’s right. But is he too right for the 2nd District?

Congressional District 3

• As goes Minnesota’s Third District, so goes the nation? Where things stand with Dean Phillips’ challenge to Erik Paulsen
• Two major political handicappers find Minnesota’s Third District slipping out of Erik Paulsen’s grasp
• Five takeaways from the NYT/Siena polls of Minnesota’s Third and Eighth Congressional Districts
• Most politicians try to be everyone’s friend. But Dean Phillips is trying very, very hard.
• The case for keeping Congress red
• Dean Phillips wants to lead the Democratic challenge to Erik Paulsen. But what kind of Democrat is he?

Congressional District 8

• As Eighth District Democrats fight to survive, Republicans are confident this is finally their year
• New NYT/Siena poll finds Republican Pete Stauber with big lead in Minnesota’s Eighth District
• Mining is a small part of Minnesota’s economy. So why is it such a big political issue?
• Mining, health care dominate first CD8 debate
• Five takeaways from the NYT/Siena polls of Minnesota’s Third and Eighth Congressional Districts
• Trump is all in on Pete Stauber. Will the 8th District follow suit?
• The House race in northern Minnesota’s 8th District is about more than mining — but it’s largely about mining
• In Minnesota’s nationally watched Eighth District, a third candidate struggles to be heard

Minnesota Legislature

• The 15 Minnesota House races (and one Senate race) to watch in 2018
• The Hillary 12 vs. the Donald 7: meet the districts that may decide control of the Minnesota House
• If early spending is any indication, the battle for the Minnesota House will be fought in the ’burbs
• Lacy Johnson seems like he’d be really good candidate for the Minnesota Legislature. There’s just one problem.

Other races

• Race for Hennepin County Sheriff focuses on experience — and ICE
• Candidates make final pitches for two citywide Minneapolis school board seats
• In Hennepin County board race, longtime incumbent McLaughlin faces newcomer Conley. And a changing DFL.
• At Hennepin County candidate forum, a lot of fire about ICE
• Amid latest shooting controversy, Hennepin county attorney race reflects a changing political landscape

Other election stories

• Why so many Minnesota political campaigns hinge on the swingin’ suburbs
• Pictures, passions and podium fights: behind the scenes at a long night of candidate debates
• Health scare 2018: How Minnesota campaigns are exploiting voters’ anxiety over health care
• Nancy Pelosi is still the GOP’s favorite bogeyman — even as Democratic candidates inch away from her
• Has fear of Muslims gone mainstream for Minnesota Republicans?
• How to be a smart reader of political polls, illustrated
• Voters consistently rank health care as their top political concern. What does that mean for Minnesota’s House races?
• How Minnesota’s major independent expenditure committees have been spending their money on the 2018 election
• How the battle over Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation is affecting campaigns in Minnesota
• How the ‘tracker’ became strangest, most important job in campaign politics
• A field guide to green: the outside groups that will be spending tens of millions in Minnesota this election season
• In a statewide election, do candidates really need to bother with Greater Minnesota?
• Why primaries are good, running mates shouldn’t matter, and suburban women will decide Minnesota’s 2018 election
• Photobombs, cookies and (so many) candidates: Recapping the wildest day in Minnesota politics, like, ever

Stories by issue

Health care

• In final days of Minnesota governor’s race, a focus on three issues: health care, health care and health care
• Health scare 2018: How Minnesota campaigns are exploiting voters’ anxiety over health care
• Voters consistently rank health care as their top political concern. What does that mean for Minnesota’s House races?
• Mining, health care dominate first CD8 debate

Immigration and refugees

• On immigration, guv candidates Walz and Johnson ‘fundamentally disagree’ on policy priorities
• Has fear of Muslims gone mainstream for Minnesota Republicans?

Education

• With a few exceptions, Minnesota governor’s race shows stark differences on education
• The ‘full-service community schools’ model is getting high-profile political support in Minnesota. So what is it?
• Candidates make final pitches for two citywide Minneapolis school board seats
• Has fear of Muslims gone mainstream for Minnesota Republicans?
• Mining, health care dominate first CD8 debate

Environment

• Minnesota’s buffer law is likely to change — no matter who wins the governor’s race
• Why a clean water rule may — or may not — be a big issue in Minnesota’s First Congressional District
• The House race in northern Minnesota’s 8th District is about more than mining — but it’s largely about mining
• Mining is a small part of Minnesota’s economy. So why is it such a big political issue?

Campaign finance and ads

• How Minnesota’s major independent expenditure committees have been spending their money on the 2018 election
• A field guide to green: the outside groups that will be spending tens of millions in Minnesota this election season
• Nancy Pelosi is still the GOP’s favorite bogeyman — even as Democratic candidates inch away from her
• In the world of candidate fundraising appeals, good news is bad, bad news is awesome, and ‘dark forces’ are all around us
• Meet the donors who give to both DFL and GOP candidates in Minnesota

Campaigns and campaigning

• How to be a smart reader of political polls, illustrated
• Why so many Minnesota political campaigns hinge on the swingin’ suburbs
• How the ‘tracker’ became strangest, most important job in campaign politics
• In a statewide election, do candidates really need to bother with Greater Minnesota?

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