Follow the Minnesota political scene with Politics in Minnesota.

Link to election results for cities and school boards throughout Hennepin County.

Stop by the Polling Place Finder courtesy of the Minnesota Secretary of State to answer all your election questions.

Voteminneapolis.org will help Minneapolis residents prepare for ranked choice voting in the November 2009 election.

Track the campaign promises of President Obama courtesy of the folks at PolitiFact.

Senator Al Franken is conducting a series of open houses around the state until he is able to set up permanent offices.  The Star Tribune has listed a schedule.  You can also find contact  information for Senator Amy Klobuchar and any of Minnesota's eight Representatives through their websites at Senate.gov and House.gov.

The Minnesota Supreme Court decision that settled the election between Al Franken and Norm Coleman.

Follow updates from Minnesota Public Radio as the state Supreme Court hears arguments in the race between Al Franken and Norm Coleman.

Read a thorough explanation of this system from the MN House of Representatives Research Department  The city of Minneapolis calls it Ranked Choice Voting and wants to use this method in the November 2009 election.  The Minnesota Supreme Court will rule on the issue soon.

Follow the budget debates, offer budget suggestions, and keep up to date with activities in the waning days of the legislative session with What's New at the Legislature.

Find the latest information on the Franken-Coleman Senate election recount, trial and appeal from the Minnesota Judicial Branch.

Check out the latest news from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue by visiting the White House Blog.

The Citizens League Water Policy Study Committee includes the Nine Mile Creek watershed district.  The district includes Minnetonka, Edina, Eden Prairie, Bloomington and Richfield.

Black Americans in Congress 1870-2007 chronicles the lives and accomplishments of the 121 African Americans who have been elected to the United States Congress.  Major Robert Odell Owens was elected in 1983 to fill the seat of the legendary Brooklyn (N.Y.) Representative Shirley Chisholm. Before being elected to Congress, Major Owens worked as a librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library.  Barack Obama's career as the fifth African American to be elected to the United States Senate is also included.

The official  White House website provides information about President Barack Obama and his administration. Find the text of his inaugural address on the Presidential Inaugural Committee site.  Learn more about the 2009 Presidential Inauguration and inaugural history on the U.S. government webpage for citizens.

Keep up with all the events planned for Inauguration Day courtesy of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.

Will it be Norm Coleman or Al Franken as the next Minnesota senator?  Check the Minnesota Public Radio site for the latest information.

Share your vision for the United States with President-Elect Barack Obama on his new web site change.gov.  Presidential transition information can be found at usa.gov

The Pew Research Center provides an initial analysis of the Obama-Biden victory.

Use the "My vote" feature on the StarTribune politics site to find out information about the candidates on your ballot.  Sample ballots are also available for Hennepin County.

The Vice President ial Debate will be Thursday, Oct. 2 at Washington University in St. Louis. The next Presidential Debate will be Tuesday, October 7 at Belmont University in Nashville and the third and last debate will be at Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y on Wednesday, October 15.

The first Presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain is Friday September 26 at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, with Jim Lehrer as moderator. Foreign policy and national security will be the focus. Dates and moderators for the two remaining presidential debates and one vice presidential debate have been announced by the Commission on Presidential Debates.

Check for your candidates' stand on various topics at OnTheIssues.org

Check out Voter Guide 2008  from the Minnesota League of Women Voters for details.

Prepare for the Primary election on Tuesday, September 9 with a Sample Ballot from Hennepin County.

See the Twin Cities from the Republican Party delegate perspective.  Visit the site for the Minneapolis St. Paul Host Committee for the Republican National Convention.

Check out the official site of the 2008 convention and find information on convention history, press coverage, FAQs, weblogs, multimedia, and much more.

The Republican National Convention will be here soon (September 1- 4).  If you are not busy as a delegate or volunteer, consider seeing what CivicFest; A Very Minnesota Celebration has to offer at the Minneapolis Convention Center.

The city of St. Paul and the St. Paul Public Library are getting prepared for the Republican National Convention in early September. Check on local events and issues surrounding this national gathering.

Take a look at the presidential election from the British perspective at the BBC.

If you are wondering about how many delegates have been pledged to either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama see the discussion of this issue at FactCheck.org

Minnesota needs you! Visit the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State to find out how you can serve as an election judge this fall.

Separate fact from fiction on the campaign trail at PolitiFact.com.  From a collaboration between The St. Petersburg Times and  Congressional Quarterly. Also check out the Truth-O-Meter section.

 Want to know who's got the fastest growing group of friends on MySpace? Who's posting on YouTube? Visit TechPresident to find out how the candidates are using the Web and how the Web is using them.

On Tuesday , February 5, 2008, 7pm Minnesota will hold political party caucuses. For more information contact your political party. Democratic Party, Republican Party, or Independence Party.  The Secretary of State also has general information about the caucuses.

Did you know that New Hampshire held its first primary on the second Tuesday of March in 1916, along with Minnesota. Indiana held its primary a week earlier. New Hampshire became first-in-the-nation in 1920 when Indiana moved its date to May and Minnesota returned to a caucus.  Learn more at the New Hampshire Political Library site. The primary is January 8.

Information from the Republican and Democratic parties of Iowa. The First in the Nation Iowa Caucuses will be held on January 3, 2008.

Keep up to date with news articles about state legislative issues for all 50 states from Stateline, an independent element of the Pew Research Center.