The Minnesota Senate has voted 34-33 to pass a ban on assault-style guns and high-capacity magazines, a first for the chamber.

So let's take a look at the landscape, in order of most to least likely to flip. Tier 1 is most likely, Tier 2 is competitive but less likely, and so on. Race rating denotations (Toss-Up, Lean, etc.) are based on the Cook Political Report.

Republicans hold a 53-47 Senate majority, meaning Democrats need a net gain of four seats to reach 51 and take control.

Local governments struggling to make ends meet would receive a massive increase in state aid under a funding plan unveiled Monday by state Senate Democrats. The proposal calls for spending $1.376 billion for all 351 cities and towns,

The Minnesota Senate has passed a sweeping gun safety bill banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines after the Annunciation mass shooting, but GOP leaders say the proposal is unlikely to pass the Minnesota House.

Republicans call out Sherrod Brown for allegedly being disingenuous on illegal immigration ahead of Ohio's competitive Senate primary election Tuesday.

A top Senate Republican has proposed spending as much as $1 billion for US Secret Service security adjustments and upgrades, including for President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom.

The State Senate is going on a road trip Tuesday. They’ll ride buses to Philadelphia for a ceremonial session. It’ll be the Senate’s fourth such gathering in the past century. They went for the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1926,