<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Minnesota</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics/elections/2002/minnesota?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</link><description>Minnesota</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Wellstone Staff's Somber Last Duties]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58491-2002Nov30.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58491-2002Nov30.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:23:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Staff members of Paul D. Wellstone are packing records of his 12 years in office to fulfill the late senator's wish that his official papers would be donated to the Minnesota Historical Society so researchers and citizens could review his work.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Face of Tragedy, the Machinery of Politics Moves On]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29473-2002Nov8.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29473-2002Nov8.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:23:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The tragic death of Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.) in an airplane crash 10 days before the election set off a chain of events that are a reminder of the premium our system of governanceand our societyplaces on moving on.]]></description><author> Robert E. Pierre</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another Political Career Closes in Minnesota]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20018-2002Nov6.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20018-2002Nov6.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:23:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In Minnesota, Republican Senator-elect Norm Coleman narrowly defeated veteran Democrat and former vice president Walter F. Mondale.]]></description><author> Robert E. Pierre</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mondale Concedes to Coleman in Minnesota]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14830-2002Nov6.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14830-2002Nov6.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:23:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Walter Mondale's whirlwind return to public life officially ended Wednesday as he conceded defeat in the U.S. Senate race to Republican Norm Coleman, a former St. Paul mayor who was tapped to run by President Bush.]]></description><author> Robert E. Pierre</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ventura Choice Adds to Senate Uncertainty]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4656-2002Nov4.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4656-2002Nov4.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:23:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura's choice of longtime ally Dean Barkley as temporary successor to the late Sen. Paul D. Wellstone (D-Minn.) gives the Senate a second independent member and adds to the uncertainty over which party is likely to control the narrowly divided Senate in a post-election session scheduled to start Nov. 12.]]></description><author> Helen Dewar</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minn. Senate Race Is Turbulent to the End]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5016-2002Nov4.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5016-2002Nov4.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:23:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[One of the strangest Senate campaigns in history hurtled toward a spirited though uncertain close here Monday, as a veteran Democrat - Walter F. Mondale - confronted a new Republican - Norm Coleman - in a feisty, televised debate.]]></description><author> Robert E. Pierre</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mondale, Coleman Square Off]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2210-2002Nov4.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2210-2002Nov4.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:23:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Walter Mondale, hoping to stave off concerns that he's too old and out of touch, went on the offensive against Republican Norm Coleman's vision for the future.]]></description><author> Robert E. Pierre</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Urges Minn. to Back Coleman]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63903-2002Nov3.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63903-2002Nov3.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:23:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush plunged his prestige Sunday into the race to defeat former vice president Walter F. Mondale's Senate bid.]]></description><author> Mike Allen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-Described Fiscal Conservative, Social Liberal To Be Minnesota's Short-Serving Senator]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3461-2002Nov4.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3461-2002Nov4.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:23:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Gov. Jesse Ventura has chosen Barkley to fill the remainder of the term of the late Democratic Sen. Paul Wellstone.]]></description><author>CQ</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[GOP Heavy Hitters Stump in Minn.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58714-2002Nov2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58714-2002Nov2.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:23:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[FAIRMONT, Minn., Nov. 2 -- Big guns from the Republican Party continued their swing through the state today even as the man they were stumping for, Republican Norm Coleman, described himself in his latest television ad as "moderate," and "independent," in a clear effort to sway undecided voters in a race that is expected to be close come Tuesday.]]></description><author> Robert E. Pierre</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mondale Courts Young]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54145-2002Nov1.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54145-2002Nov1.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:23:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It's impossible to tell if today's Minnesotans want Mondale's brand of big-government liberalism, rejected by a large majority of American voters in his 1984 presidential bid.]]></description><author> Jim VandeHei</author></item><item><title><![CDATA['Future' Confronts Past in Minnesota]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48868-2002Oct31.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48868-2002Oct31.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:23:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Republican Senate nominee Norm Coleman is making a final swing across Minnesota, trying to portray former vice president Walter Mondale as an endearing elder statesman whose time has passed.]]></description><author> Robert E. Pierre   and  Jim VandeHei</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trying to Outrun Mondale and a Memory]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48832-2002Oct31.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48832-2002Oct31.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:23:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Norm Coleman works exceedingly hard  especially when it comes to telling voters how exceedingly hard he is working. <em>By Mark Leibovich</em>]]></description><author> Mark Leibovich</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Minn., Mondale Joins Senate Race]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43326-2002Oct30.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43326-2002Oct30.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:23:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Former vice president Walter Mondale officially entered the race for Senate Wednesday, launching one of the most unusual - and shortest - campaigns of great political consequence in U.S. history.]]></description><author> Jim VandeHei and Robert E. Pierre</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Mondale, 'Sweet Spot' Beckoned]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43521-2002Oct30.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43521-2002Oct30.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:23:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Following the death of Sen. Paul Wellstone, Minnesota Democrats quickly turned to the man they know as "Fritz" to replace him, and Wednesday Walter Mondale answered their call.]]></description><author> Edward Walsh</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mondale to Run for Senate]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41419-2002Oct30.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41419-2002Oct30.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:23:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Walter F. Mondale said Wednesday that he will seek to replace the late Democratic Sen. Paul Wellstone on the ballot in Minnesota.]]></description><author>CQ</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Win One for Wellstone?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39729-2002Oct30.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39729-2002Oct30.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:23:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Five days after the death of Paul Wellstone, both parties in Minnesota are accusing each other of gross insensitivity.]]></description><author> Howard Kurtz</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mondale Says He'll Run in Minn.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40660-2002Oct30.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40660-2002Oct30.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:23:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Walter Mondale today confirmed to Minnesota Democrats that he is prepared to replace the late Sen. Paul Wellstone as the Democratic nominee for Senate if he is nominated, as expected, by the state central committee tonight.]]></description><author> Robert E. Pierre</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wellstone Memorial Draws Throng]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38052-2002Oct29.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38052-2002Oct29.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:23:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Thousands of people gathered in Minneapolis to honor Sen. Paul D. Wellstone, the outspoken Democrat who was killed in a plane crash last week along with his wife and daughter and five others.]]></description><author> Robert E. Pierre</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stage is Set for Mondale to Take On Coleman]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37406-2002Oct29.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37406-2002Oct29.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2002/minnesota</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:23:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Walter F. Mondale will appear Wednesday night before the Minnesota Democratic Party's central committee to announce plans to do what he would not 12 years ago: run for the Senate.]]></description><author>CQ</author></item></channel></rss>