The Free Press, Mankato, MN State and local election news 2012-05-30T06:12:44-05:00 urn:uuid:45894f76-2a9a-40f0-8c04-8383d5c314ae Budget had company as hot topic By Mark Fischenich urn:uuid:6b231b60-36c6-4c9b-9a57-544bb5ede556 2011-07-20T23:52:09-05:00 <p> Buried in the details were a number of issues dear to south-central Minnesotans</p> Senate: Race down to 236 votes urn:uuid:0c37a219-7698-491e-8261-c8ec4c813959 2008-11-07T09:13:00-06:00 Votes may not count in legal wranglings political decisions. Small town votes now in: Franken gains urn:uuid:48326da4-747d-4440-a55e-1ca0b525fa01 2008-11-06T12:10:00-06:00 Officials thought others had sent in votes Coleman urges Franken to concede urn:uuid:64a98124-e528-40ce-825c-bef86beed181 2008-11-06T09:01:00-06:00 Franken said he plans to let recount play out Coleman called winner: recount automatic urn:uuid:aefe37f0-a609-4100-b40b-ca4cd13fdeb7 2008-11-06T08:28:00-06:00 The photo finish in Minnesota's Senate race came after months of intense campaigning and millions of dollars in ad spending. Three school referendums pass By Tanner Kent urn:uuid:9c4c89fb-5e50-4077-a2bc-953d4446d7f2 2008-11-05T09:58:00-06:00 Several school districs faced the fate of voters for referendums, with three getting favorable outcomes and two falling. Dems win House seats, but no veto-proof urn:uuid:ca08a0f1-36d7-469e-ae2a-c94f0cd335ad 2008-11-05T03:48:00-06:00 DFL and GOP picked off a few of each other's incumbents and each captured open seats being vacated by the opposing party. MN outdoors, arts amendment leads urn:uuid:b9402f0e-d7e7-4f81-bedf-035fbab4cc47 2008-11-05T02:28:00-06:00 Results of the proposed outdoors and arts funding amendment. Cornish wins in tight race By Dan Nienaber urn:uuid:30d234c1-551c-4a6f-b249-24ae651b3b83 2008-11-05T02:23:00-06:00 John Branstad made a strong push, but in the end, veteran Tony Cornish walked away with the Dsitrcit 24B seat. Piepho to replace Wortel By Dan Linehan urn:uuid:5c6fe55d-1bc7-4122-982c-9f0ac289d06e 2008-11-05T02:18:00-06:00 Mark Piepho will likely replace Katy Wortel on the Blue Earth County Board.