The Sunday Take

Representing Minnesota’s Congressional District, fresh off a big win in November, U.S. Representative Angie Craig has found a new voice and it could lead to more as we close in on 2026 - Blois Olson chatted with Representative Angie Craig about this, rural areas, getting a farm bill done and much more in today’s Sunday Take!

This week Blois sat down with the somewhat new President on campus at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Rebecca Cunningham about her role in the first six months and what her plans are when it comes to developing relationships when it comes to the University, the state and its communities as we near a budget year in 2026 as well as the importance of presenting infrastructure needs, tuition and more to legislation.

News broke recently that long time political expert over at KARE 11, John Croman was calling it a career and he joined Blois on the Sunday Take to recap his career in television covering politics and what is his next chapter! Also what are some of the interesting political conversations you had at the Thanksgiving table this past week and Blois shares today's 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!.