Sitting side by side in southwest Cook County are two communities where the term ”suburban” just doesn`t suffice to describe life there. These communities, both a century old, got their… ...

Coleman won in the Twin Cities suburbs by nearly 132,000 votes. In 2004, the Twin Cities suburbs favored Republican presidential incumbent George W. Bush over John Kerry by nearly 20,000 votes.

The map couldn’t be clearer: a blue ring around the Twin Cities metro. It says everything you need to know about why the Democratic-Farmer Labor Party is now back in control of the state House.