The Sunday Take

We are a few weeks clear of Election Day and we are slowly learning who President elect Donald Trump will have in his corner in this coming term. We talked to Congressman Tom Emmer, Majority Whip for the Minnesota House of Representatives on a variety of topics from border patrol and immigration methods, looking ahead to the 2026 Governors race, CBS polls and more.

We are one and a half weeks from Election Day and there is still some cleanup as far as voter integrity, especially in Minnesota from Hubbard County and elsewhere - we talked to former State Representative for Minnesota Pat Garofalo about the errors made, the 67-67 tie and even snuck in a Vikings prediction! And then we talked about voting integrity and security and potential upcoming changes in the next legislative session with Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon and finally Blois shares today’s take!

As the country continues to digest the election, Blois breaks down the key factors on the decisions made at both the state and national levels. To further drill down on the Minnesota impacts, he speaks with State Representatives Melissa Hortman and Lisa Demuth about how the State House will govern with a true dead-even split.

We are now less than 48 hours away from Election Day so we take your calls and texts regarding what you have concerns with for the Election and also we ask the important voting and election questions you may have to Secretary of State Steve Simon who joins us on Sunday Take only two days until Election Day!

We are now less than 48 hours away from Election Day so we take your calls and texts regarding what you have concerns with for the Election and also we ask the important voting and election questions you may have to Secretary of State Steve Simon who joins us on Sunday Take only two days until Election Day!

For today’s special edition of ‘Minnesota Votes’ Sunday Take we have Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar and her challenger Republican candidate Royce White where Blois Olson welcomes both candidates to his weekly show for a vigorous discussion of the biggest issues as the campaigns sprint toward election day.

With 16 days remaining until Election Day - we tackled one of the more controversial pieces to elections in the modern world of politics - polling - so we invited Joe Goode, President of American Strategies, a national opinion research and political advisory firm which specializes in many issues. Throughout the show we discuss pollsters, some of the previous polling issues America has experienced, how the sampling works when it comes to collecting data, various voter strategies and how to understand margin of error and understand poll numbers in today’s Sunday Take with Blois Olson!.

Blois has called Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District the "most competitive district in the state" for a while now. That will all come to a head three weeks from Tuesday. Before election day, you get another chance to hear from the candidates. Our host speaks with incumbent Congresswoman Angie Craig and challenger Joe Teirab ahead of the counting of the ballots on November 5th.

Today we chatted about different policies tied to the election and where many Minnesotans sit based on recent polling - we talked to Evan Ramstad, columnist for the Minnesota Star Tribune about these results and also how it reflects in other states from immigration to reproductive rights, many are making their voices heard. We also talked about the economy as well as the labor force. Then, we try to lighten the mood with a recap of SNL and hope it inspires you to be more neighborly this election season with 30 days left!

Last night the world watched as Jim Gaffigan debuted as Minnesota Governor and Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz on NBC’s Saturday Night Live! Blois touched on that briefly, and we talked to Mary Lahammer, political anchor, host and producer for TPT Twin Cities about a variety of topics including Walz representation and perception in the media, such as SNL, and also discussed recent conversations with leaders in Saint Cloud.