Have you ever wondered what happens after Progressive Majority candidates get elected? Well, we can tell you what happens - they fight the good fight.

Just consider former Progressive Majority candidate and now Ohio State Representative Marian Harris, who is currently fighting against a...

In a rousing and decisive rejection of the politics of racism and homophobia, the voters of Maplewood, Minnesota have elected Jim Llanas to the Maplewood City Council. Just a few short weeks after a rash of hateful...

It has gotten ugly in the race for the city council of a small Minnesotan town outside of St. Paul. Residents awoke a few days ago to find an anonymous flyer taped to their mailboxes accusing...

Hello! My name is Ian Seeley and I am an intern for Progressive Majority in Minnesota. I am currently studying Politics and Economics at Oberlin College...

Well, the weather didn't cooperate with our casino night. About 10 inches of late winter snow fell on the Twin Cities, in the hours leading up to our casino night. But those progressives who dared to drive to casino night were treated to a fun filled evening celebrating our progressive champions.

Join Progressive Majority's Minnesota office as we celebrate our great progressive champions. We'll have fun playing poker and blackjack, listening to renowned comedian Tou Ger Xiong, and voting for our favorite gubernatorial candidates...

Please join Progressive Majority's Minnesota office as we celebrate our great progressive champions. We'll have fun playing poker and blackjack, listening to renowned comedian Tou Ger Xiong, and voting for our favorite gubernatorial candidates.

Progressive Majority candidate Michael Wojcik is facing the worst kind of smear tactics.  Passing around a flyer meant to create a Karl Rove-style whisper campaign....

The so-called "Coalition of Minnesota Businesses PAC" and the "Jobs Political Fund," two shell organizations of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce...

The Minneapolis Star Tribune, the leading newspaper in Minneapolis and its surrounding suburbs and exurbs, has begun its endorsement process...

Progressive Majority fielded candidates Jerry Newton and Ted Butler are running in neighboring open legislative seats. They understand the keys to victory: hard work, raising the dollars necessary, door knocking and more door knocking. That's why they challenged each other to a door knocking contest. Newton, a long time school board member and area resident, wrote an email to Butler noticing the dramatic increase of...

Progressive Majority-endorsed candidate John Branstad is facing an important challenge. He is running against an incumbent who also happens to be a police officer. And he's running in a time where many voters have security on their minds.

Progressive Majority-fielded candidate for Minnesota State House Jerry Pitzrick knows that in order to beat his conservative opponent, the battle will be won at the doors of voters.

Are Republicans taxing our time?  According to Progressive Majority-fielded candidate for Minnesota State Representative Ted Butler, they are.

Yesterday, Corey Woods was elected to the Tempe, AZ City Council, making him the first African-American to ever be elected to the council since its founding in 1894.

As if we needed any more reasons to work for a veto-proof majority, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty has given us another.

When Progressive Majority endorsed St. Paul City Council member Melvin Carter III in 2007, we knew that he would be an important voice for all St. Paul residents on the Council.

In 2005, I worked very closely with Ramsey County Commissioner Toni Carter on a statewide campaign in Minnesota. In the process of our work, I had occasion to work with her precocious 25 yr old son, Melvin.

2007 Progressive Majority candidate and current St. Paul City Council member Melvin Carter III is joining with several other local leaders to propose a powerful new city department that would seek to increase dramatically the amount of money and contracts awarded to minority- and women-owned businesses.

In the Twin Cities suburb of Maplewood, MN, City Council Member John Nephew is engaged in a spirited effort to protect one of the important tributaries into the Mississippi.

Apparently, we in Minnesota have much more work to do in our capitol city, St. Paul, site of this year's Republican National Convention. As you may remember, we elected progressive champion Melvin Carter III to the St. Paul City Council last year.  Melvin has been standing strong - and standing alone - against a controversial effort to threaten the basic right to protest in St. Paul, MN.

Conventional wisdom says that Democrats can win in Democratic strongholds and some swing districts, but should ignore Republican strongholds. At Progressive Majority in Minnesota, we're working to turn conventional wisdom on its head. We believe that great, progressive candidates can win anywhere, and we have a great example of someone we think will do it.  Meet Ted Butler.

Melvin Carter convinces the mainstream media that progressive values and people-powered campaigns are a winning formula.

St. Paul, Minnesota's capitol city, has long been known as a breeding ground for conservative politicians. Senator Norm Coleman and Mayor Randy Kelly are just two examples of conservatives who have risen to power through the council Progressive Majority candidate Melvin Carter, III - at 28, the youngest person ever elected to the St. Paul City Council - is about to change all of that.

In a recent InForum election article, Progressive Majority-endorsed candidate for Moorhead (Minnesota) City Council Tammie Yak lays out the reason for her candidacy: she "wants Moorhead to be an equitable community where residents have the opportunity to find jobs and obtain the housing they need."