Minn. primary turnout flirts with record low numbers
August 16, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Minnesota voters sat out Tuesday’s midsummer election in near-record numbers, producing the state’s second-worst primary turnout in 62 years. Despite several competitive congressional and legislative primaries, only about 9 percent of eligible voters cast ballots. Continue Reading
After a primary season shaped by economic pain and exasperated voters, the grass-roots, anti-establishment tea party movement can claim wins in at least seven GOP Senate races, a handful of Republican gubernatorial contests and dozens of House primary campaigns, and it influenced many others. 
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