A bill that would prohibit state employees and elected officials from spending public dollars at hotels that offer customers access to violent pornographic movies passed unanimously out of a Senate committee this afternoon. The measure, introduced by Sen. Tarryl Clark, DFL-St. Cloud, cleared the Senate's State and Local Government Operation and Oversight Committee and will proceed directly to the floor.
Tarryl Clark was initially elected to the state Senate five years ago in a special election. She then easily won re-election in 2006 and emerged as a key DFL leader in the ensuing years. Now Clark is looking to unseat U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann in the 6th Congressional District.
An anti-pornography bill authored by state Sen. Tarryl Clark, DFL-St. Cloud, and scheduled to be heard this week by a Senate committee earned a lot of attention today -- both locally and nationally.
Maureen Reed and Tarryl Clark both unveiled maps in the last 24 hours of U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann's travels across the country. The gist of the message from the DFL congressional challengers: Bachmann is more interested in raising her national profile than working on behalf of constituents in the 6th Congressional District.
by Betsy Sundquist
Published: February 22, 2010
Tags: 2010 Minnesota Legislative Races, Bob Erickson, Bruce Hentges, Charles Miller, Cy Thao, Dan Severson, Dave Thompson, Dean Mahlstedt, Debbie Johnson, Debbie White, Don Arnosti, Gene Pelowski, Gregory Paquin, Jen Peterson, Jeremiah Ellis, Jessica Webster, Jim Vickerman, John Kriesel, John Pederson, Karla Bigham, Katie Hatt, Kim Hummel, Linda Higgins, Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Marion Greene, Mark Ritchie, Marty Seifert, Mary Olson, Michele Bachmann, Michelle Benson, Mike Garber, Nathan Atkins, Pat Pariseau, Paul Gazelka, Paul Koering, Paul Thissen, Randal Wilson, Raymond Dehn, Rena Moran, Richard Cohen, Steve Dille, Tarryl Clark, Taylor Gronau, Taylor Stevenson, Theresa Stokes, Tim O'Driscoll, Tom Nordyke, Tony Schmitz
Eight Minnesota legislative incumbents -- five DFLers and three Republicans -- are facing challenges from members of their own parties this year, not counting six incumbents who have said that they aren't seeking re-election and have fellow party members lining up to succeed them.
Minnesota state Sen. Pat Pariseau, R-Farmington, does not plan to seek an eighth term in the Senate, she announced today.
by Betsy Sundquist
Published: February 10, 2010
Tags: 2010 Minnesota Legislative Races, Brita Sailer, Cy Thao, David Francis, Gail Kulick Jackson, Geoff Michel, Jeremy Kalin, Jim Vickerman, John Marty, John Ward, Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Pat Pariseau, Paul Rosenthal, Sandy Rummel, Steve Murphy, Tarryl Clark
Fifteen more Minnesotans have registered campaign committees with the state to run for the state Legislature this year -- and one has dropped out of a House race in the east metro.
by Paul Demko
Published: February 3, 2010
Tags: 6th Congressional District, Allen Quist, Betty McCollum, Collin Peterson, Erik Paulsen, Jim Oberstar, John Kline, Keith Ellison, Maureen Hackett, Maureen Reed, Michele Bachmann, Randy Demmer, Shelley Madore, Tarryl Clark, Tim Walz
More than $2 million was raised by candidates in the 6th Congressional District in 2009. That makes it easily the most expensive U.S. House contest in Minnesota so far this election cycle.
by Betsy Sundquist
Published: January 29, 2010
Tags: Dick Day, Jason Engbrecht, Jim Vickerman, Karla Bigham, Leo Foley, Marty Seifert, Mike Parry, Roy Srp, Scott Brown, Steve Murphy, Tarryl Clark
As the 2010 Minnesota Legislature kicks off this week, a half-dozen legislators, most of them DFLers, have announced that they don't plan to be back when the gavel comes down on the 2011 session.
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., who is seeking a a third term this fall, ended the 2009 Federal Election Commission reporting cycle with more than $1 million in cash on hand, her campaign reported today.
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