Joe Biden handily won Eden Prairie's Democratic-Farmer-Labor primary on March 3, mirroring the rest of Minnesota, which went for the former vice president by 38.6%, according to the Secretary of State's website.
Sometimes, politics can seem like an abstract concept, far from the realities of everyday life. But at a Feb. 29 town hall with Eden Prairie’s trio of state representatives, voters’ questions to their legislators touched on urgent topics, from insulin affordability and COVID-19 to how Minnes…
Eden Prairie School Board member Holly Link is running for the House District 48B seat in the state House of Representatives, she announced during precinct caucuses on Tuesday, Feb. 25, a news release says.
Candidate campaigning is already underway for the presidential election in November. But there’s a lot that happens between then and now.
MINNETONKA — The League of Women Voters-Minnetonka, Eden Prairie Hopkins Chapter is hosting a program on Feb. 29 on the Equal Rights Amendment in Minnesota, according to a news release from the organization.
WAYZATA — Assistant Hennepin County Attorney Cheri Sudit is running for the Hennepin County Commissioner seat in District 6, according to a news release.
MINNETONKA — Kimberly Wilburn, a longtime Minnetonka resident, has announced she’s running for Hennepin County Commissioner in District 6, according to a Jan. 15 news release.
Hopkins School Board member Chris LaTondresse is running for Hennepin County Commissioner in District 6 in the 2020 election, he announced on Thursday, Jan. 2.
Lowering the cost of insulin and other prescription medications has become a shared goal for Democrat and Republican elected officials, whether they're southwest metro legislators and candidates or President Donald Trump.
MINNETONKA — Bradley Schaeppi’s narrow Nov. 5 election to the Minnetonka City Council was confirmed in a Nov. 26 recount.
The four candidates with the most votes for Eden Prairie School Board on Nov. 5 were Adam Seidel, Debjyoti "DD" Dwivedy, Aaron Casper and Veronica Stoltz, according to unofficial results on the Minnesota Secretary of State's website.
Residents in the Eden Prairie School District on Tuesday, Nov. 5, are electing four people to serve on the seven-member Eden Prairie School Board.
Ten people will be on the ballot on Nov. 5 for four seats available on Eden Prairie's School Board. Eden Prairie News asked each of them seven questions about their vision for the board, which is a seven-member elected body that governs the Eden Prairie School District, approves the district…
Former State Rep. Dario Anselmo has announced he’s running for the District 6 seat on the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners in the 2020 election.
On Nov. 5, Eden Prairie will elect four people to the seven-member Eden Prairie School Board. The candidates are:
Nine of the 10 candidates for Eden Prairie School Board attended a community conversation and listening session about school nutritional policy on Oct. 15, according to one of the hosts of the event.
Eden Prairie City Council member Brad Aho is running for the Hennepin County Commissioner District 6 seat in the 2020 election, Aho told Southwest News Media.
The House will begin an impeachment investigation into whether President Donald Trump has abused his power for personal and political gain, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Tuesday after U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, and other Democrats in Congress voiced their support.
Congress should begin impeachment proceedings to investigate President Donald Trump after he asked a foreign government to interfere with Joe Biden's campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, said Monday.
The candidates for the Eden Prairie School Board will gather for a public discussion hosted by the League of Women Voters on Oct. 3, according to a news release from the League of Women Voters of Minnetonka, Eden Prairie and Hopkins.
Former U.S. representative and Republican Jason Lewis announced Thursday he will run against U.S. Sen. Tina Smith, a Democrat, in 2020, setting up a contest between two very different stances on President Donald Trump.
Summer still has its grasp on Eden Prairie, but election season is almost upon us. Ten candidates filed to run for the Eden Prairie School Board by Aug. 13, when the filing period closed. There are four seats that are up for election on Nov. 5.
As the legislative season came down to the wire, Minnesota’s elected officials created a state budget during a daylong special session.
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As the legislative season came down to the wire, Minnesota’s elected officials called a special session to complete their task of creating a state budget.
PLYMOUTH — U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Wayzata High School graduate, is expected to announce on Sunday whether she’s running for president.
ST. PAUL — Proposals aimed at getting people to put down their phones and concentrate on driving advanced at the Minnesota State Capitol last week.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips is cosponsoring a bill that would require universal background checks for nearly all firearm purchases.
PG Narayanan will serve out the remainder of Mayor Ron Case’s term on the Eden Prairie City Council, the council decided on Jan. 8
With the recent election results, I have been hearing a lot about an urban-rural divide.
The numbers are in: With an 80 percent turnout for the Nov. 6, 2018, election, Eden Prairie came out higher than the county's percentage of voter turnout.
BLOOMINGTON — John Mallo, an Eden Prairie DFL supporter who was at the Dean Phillips victory celebration at the Bloomington Hilton on Tuesday evening, said he thought maybe Phillips had a 50-50 chance of beating incumbent Republican Erik Paulsen.
Our news staff is fanned across the southwest metro area Tuesday to talk to voters and candidates. This is what they found.
It turns out Steve Elkins, DFL-Bloomington, will replace Paul Rosenthal, DFL-Edina, who didn't seek re-election.
DFLer Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn has won the House District 48B seat by 341 votes, upsetting incumbent Republican Jenifer Loon.
Incumbent Kathy Nelson and candidate Mark Freiberg have secured seats for the next four years on the Eden Prairie City Council.
The Eden Prairie News will provide live midterm election results right here after the polls close at 8 p.m. on Election Day.
School Board member Lauren Crandall is keeping her seat on the Eden Prairie board.
