Paul Anderson

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• Tim Walz wins governor's office; DFL takes the House

  MPR’s Brian Bakst reports that Tim Walz, a former teacher and sergeant in the National Guard, is Minnesota's governor-elect. Walz joined a DFL sweep of statewide offices in a year when the party also regained control of the state House. Republicans retained the Minnesota Senate.

  Nov. 7, 20184 minSave
• MPR Special Report: Minnesota’s Unending Senate Battle - Al Franken's Road to the Senate

  MPR’s Mark Zdechilk presents the MPR Special Report “Minnesota’s Unending Senate Battle - Al Franken's Road to the Senate.” Chapters include The Campaign, The Election, and The Recount Trial.

  Jul. 2, 200960 minSave
• Minnesota's long-running U.S. Senate race is now in the hands of the state Supreme Court

  MPR’s Elizabeth Stawicki reports on arguments to the Supreme Court over Senate seat.. Minnesota's long-running U.S. Senate race is in the hands of the Minnesota Supreme Court. Justices grilled attorneys for Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken during oral arguments. Coleman is appealing a three-judge panel's decision that put Franken ahead by 312 votes.

  Jun. 1, 20094 minSave
• Minnesota Supreme Court hears arguments over rejected absantee ballots

  MPR’s Elizabeth Stawicki reports on arguments to the Supreme Court regarding ejected absantee ballots. An attorney for Norm Coleman's re-election campaign told Minnesota Supreme Court justices that the idea the estimated 1600 rejected absentee ballots in the Senate recount fit neatly into a category is an illusion. The court heard arguments on the campaign's petition to stop counties from adding wrongly rejected absentee ballots to their recount totals; or at least set uniform rules as to how counties should open and count those ballots.

  Dec. 17, 20085 minSave
• Spinning Stories of Minnesota at 2008 Minnesota Sesquicentennial Commission

  Midday presents recording of prominent Minnesotans sharing stories about Minnesota during a story telling event put on by the 2008 Minnesota Sesquicentennial Commission. Mark Seeley, University of Minnesota Climatologist; Carl Eller, professional football hall of famer; Al Quie, former Minnesota Governor; Amy Klobuchar, U.S. Senator (D-MN), and more gathered to wax Minnesota during a story telling event put on by the 2008 Minnesota Sesquicentennial Commission.

  Mar. 12, 200860 minSave
• The U.S. Supreme Court struck down Minnesota's law limiting what judicial candidates can say about the issues, during their election campaigns

  Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Sandy Keith; Greg Wersal, Golden Valley attorney; MN Supreme Court Associate Justice Paul Anderson; and Steve Lubet, professor of law at Northwestern University discuss that the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Minnesota's law limiting what judicial candidates can say about the issues, during their election campaigns.

  Jul. 1, 200256 minSave
• People On Books: Paul Anderson reviews Jane Bryant Quinn's "Everybody's Money Book"

  On this segment of People On Books, Paul Anderson, of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, reviews Everybody's Money Book by Jane Bryant Quinn.

  Aug. 15, 1979Save