by Betsy Sundquist
Published: February 18, 2010
Tags: 2010 Governor's Race, Laura Brod, Marty Seifert, Rhonda Sivarajah, Tom Emmer
State Rep. Marty Seifert, R-Marshall, the front-running GOP gubernatorial candidate, has selected Anoka County Commissioner Rhonda Sivarajah as his lieutenant governor running mate.
by Betsy Sundquist
Published: February 12, 2010
Tags: Katie Sieben, Keith Downey, Kurt Zellers, Larry Howes, Laura Brod, Mark Buesgens, Phyllis Kahn, Randy Demmer, Sandy Rummel, Tom Emmer
Interspersed with the apparently endless bonding requests that flooded the Legislature in the first week of the 2010 session are bills that don't spur impassioned Minnesotans to stage rallies, but which some lawmaker nevertheless thought worth the effort.
by Charley Shaw
Published: February 8, 2010
Tags: 2010 legislative session, corporate income tax, Julie Bunn, Kurt Zellers, Laura Brod, Mary Ellen Otremba, Paul Rosenthal, State budget, Tony Sertich
House Republicans this afternoon jumped out in front of DFLers who are fast-tracking a nearly $1 billion capital projects bill. They ultimately failed to force a vote on a bill that phases out Minnesota's corporate income tax.
by Paul Demko
Published: January 29, 2010
Tags: 2010 Governor's Race, Laura Brod, Marty Seifert, Norm Coleman, Tom Emmer
GOP state Rep. Laura Brod is backing Tom Emmer for governor. The New Prague Republican announced the decision in a note posted on her Facebook page today.
by Paul Demko
Published: January 29, 2010
Tags: 2010 Governor's Race, Laura Brod, Marty Seifert
Marty Seifert confirmed this morning a PIM report that state Rep. Laura Brod turned down an overture to be on his short list of possible lieutenant governor candidates. The former Republican House Minority Leader said that Brod is one of roughly 25 people he's contacted to discuss the possibility of filling the number two spot on a gubernatorial ticket.
by Sarah Janecek
Published: January 28, 2010
Tags: 2010 Governor's Race, Laura Brod, Marty Seifert
Gubernatorial candidate Rep. Marty Seifert (R-Marshall) asked Rep. Laura Brod (R-New Prague) to be "considered on his short list" to be his Lt. Gov. running mate.
by Sarah Janecek
Published: January 12, 2010
Tags: 2010 Governor's Race, Laura Brod, Norm Coleman
At the end of the day -- after talking to at least a dozen people -- I figure the odds on Norm Coleman getting into the governor's race now stand at 3-1 in favor. But there's an even better bet to be made IF Coleman gets in the race.
by Betsy Sundquist
Published: December 29, 2009
Tags: 2010 legislative races, Al Juhnke, Ann Lynch, Dick Day, Gene Pelowski, Kathy Brynaert, Laura Brod, Mark Buesgens, Morrie Lanning, Phyllis Kahn, Steve Dille
A dozen more people have filed papers with the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board to run for the Legislature in November.
by Charley Shaw
Published: December 18, 2009
Tags: Health and Human Services, Health Care, Joe Atkins, Laura Brod, Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association, Sarah Anderson, Tim Pawlenty
Several Minnesota health care organizations that lobby state lawmakers are lining up to oppose Gov. Tim Pawlenty's proposal to allow Minnesotans to purchase individual health insurance policies that are sold by out-of-state insurers.
by Sarah Janecek
Published: November 17, 2009
Tags: 2010 Governor's Race, Laura Brod, Margaret Kelliher, Mark Dayton, Marty Seifert, Matt Entenza, Norm Coleman, R.T. Rybak, Tom Emmer
Surprising results in the latest Rasumussen Reports poll of who GOPers and DFLers would back to run for governor.
