More than half of the most endangered U.S. House incumbents have already raised more than $1 million for their re-election campaigns, Federal Election Commission records show.
A study in contrasts.
Right at 10 p.m. at tonight’s Republican Party election celebration at Bloomington’s Sheraton Hotel, GOP Chairman Ron Carey and Gov. Tim Pawlenty got a roomful of Republicans rocking.
"We’ve got a lot to be thankful for tonight," Carey told the crowd, which had already been shaken out of its earlier doldrums by [...]
Before your correspondent slipped out the door and left the Republicans to absorb the ramifications of Election ‘08, I wandered around to collect the impressions of some of the folks at the GOP’s post-election party in Bloomington.
It was a night that KARE-11political analyst Dave Schultz, just after midnight,suggested might prove, "on balance, not a bad [...]
The first quarter fundraising numbers are in for Minnesota’s eight Congressional races, with U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN6), U.S. Rep. Tim Walz (DFL-MN1), and newcomer Erik Paulsen (R) emerging as the big winners. Bachmann’s and Walz’ success comes as no surprise as their respective parties seem ready to pull out all the stops in securing [...]