Ron Schutz could break the DFL’s 56-year grip on the Minnesota AG’s office. Then what?

Minnesota hasn’t elected a Republican attorney general since 1970, but Ron Schutz could change that.

Polls put the race between Schutz and incumbent Attorney General Keith Ellison as too close to call. The Republican Attorneys General Association called Ellison “the most vulnerable incumbent AG in the country” and has helped bankroll Schutz’s campaign. 

As elected offices go, it’s easy to learn about an attorney general’s performance (though the process for doing this is not exactly beach reading). 

Ellison lists all the times ...