by Betsy Sundquist
Published: March 17, 2010
Tags: 2010 Governor's Race, Jan Unstad, Marty Seifert, Tom Emmer
Jan Unstad has been named finance director for the gubernatorial campaign of state Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Delano.
by Charley Shaw
Published: March 17, 2010
Tags: federal health care legislation, GAMC, Health Care, House Health Care and Human Services Finance Division, MCHA, Senate GOP Caucus, Tom Emmer, Tom Huntley
State GOP pols don't want the federal health care proposal to wash up on Minnesota's shores. DFLers in the Legislature, however, said there's $3 billion in reasons the state needs the bill to pass.
by Paul Demko
Published: March 12, 2010
Tags: 2010 Governor's Race, Mark Dayton, Marty Seifert, R.T. Rybak, Tom Emmer
The Minnesota governor's race is wide open, according to a new poll by Rasmussen Reports. The survey pitted the two leading Republican contenders against six of the likely Democratic nominees. The upshot: Republicans won nine of the twelve potential contests, but by mostly narrow margins.
by Charley Shaw
Published: March 10, 2010
Tags: 2010 Governor's Race, Dave Senjem, Marty Seifert, Mike Wigley, Taxpayers League of Minnesota, Tom Emmer
GOP gubernatorial front-runners Tom Emmer and Marty Seifert both received endorsements today from high-profile Minnesota conservatives.
by Paul Demko
Published: March 8, 2010
Tags: 2010 Governor's Race, John Marty, Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Marty Seifert, Matt Entenza, Paul Thissen, R.T. Rybak, Tom Bakk, Tom Emmer, Tom Rukavina
The vast majority of delegates have now been chosen for April's state political conventions. While there's no public master list of where their allegiances lie, a couple of web sites have been keeping close tabs on the gubernatorial delegate hunt.
by Sarah Janecek
Published: March 5, 2010
Tags: 2010 Governor's Race, Tom Emmer
There's no better way to get a real feel for a campaign than to spend a day with the candidate, particularly a grueling day. That's exactly what I did with GOP hopeful Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Delano) and his team this past Super Saturday, when 43 BPOUs (basic political organizational units) held their conventions, selecting about 25 percent of the delegates who will vote to endorse in the state GOP party convention.
by Sarah Janecek
Published: February 26, 2010
Tags: 2010 Governor's Race, Brian Sullivan, Tom Emmer, Vin Weber
As we predicted yesterday, GOP gubernatorial hopeful Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Delano) landed a few "super" endorsements the day before the state GOP's "Super Saturday."
by Sarah Janecek
Published: February 25, 2010
Tags: 2010 Governor's Race, Luke Hellier, Marty Seifert, Tom Emmer
The Minnesota GOP is calling this Saturday "Super Saturday" because 43 BPOUs (basic political organization units) are holding their conventions.
by Betsy Sundquist
Published: February 24, 2010
Tags: Arne Carlson, Carol Molnau, David Schultz, Jesse Ventura, Matt Dean, Phil Krinkie, Phyllis Kahn, Rhonda Sivarajah, Rudy Perpich, Steve Sviggum, Tim Pawlenty, Tom Emmer
As Minnesota attempts to dig itself out of a $1.2 billion deficit, the 15-term DFL representative from Minneapolis came up with a plan that some say would save the state an estimated $500,000 each biennium. The idea: Abolish the position of lieutenant governor.
by Paul Demko
Published: February 24, 2010
Tags: 2010 Governor's Race, Bill Ingebrigtsen, David Hann, Debbie Johnson, Joe Gimse, Marty Seifert, Steve Smith, Tim Kelly, Tom Emmer, Warren Limmer
The contest for legislative endorsements in the GOP gubernatorial contest remains almost a dead heat. State Rep. Marty Seifert currently claims 16 members of the legislature as supporters, while Rep. Tom Emmer boasts 18 state House and Senate backers.
