The partisan standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the Minnesota House might never have materialized if the DFL would have backed a different candidate in a Roseville-area election. The DFL’s decision to support Curtis Johnson’s candidacy for a safely blue Roseville-area House seat has haunted the party since a judge ruled in December that Johnson didn’t live in the district and was

Minnesota House Republicans have passed a resolution asking the Minnesota State Patrol to round up absent Democrats. Rep. Harry Niska tells WCCO the GOP is concerned there’s “some kind of partisan interference going on with law enforcement.