by Paul Demko
Published: March 27, 2013
Tags: Al Franken, Amy Klobuchar, Ben Golnik, Bill Guidera, Dave Thompson, Jesse Ventura, Keith Downey, Kurt Bills, Laura Brod, Mark Dayton, Norm Coleman, Pat Shortridge, Pete Hegseth, Tim Pawlenty, Tom Erickson
Republicans are mired in an extended losing streak in statewide political contests. Since 2006, when Gov. Tim Pawlenty won re-election with 47 percent of the vote, Republicans have been shut out. That dubious streak reached a nadir of sorts last year, when U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar won re-election by nearly 35 percentage points over GOP challenger Kurt Bills.
by Paul Demko
Published: November 9, 2012
Tags: Amy Klobuchar, Andrea Kieffer, Anna Wills, Bev Scalze, Carrie Ruud, Chip Cravaack, Dave Hancock, Jack Krage, Joe Radinovich, John Pederson, John Persell, John Ward, Larry Howes, LeRoy Stumpf, Mark DeMers, Mary Franson, matt schmit, Mike Misterek, Mitt Romney, Pam Cunningham, Rich Murray, Rick Nolan, Russ Bertsch, Stacey Stout, Tara Mack, Ted Lillie
Democrats had an outstanding night on Tuesday. They won back control of the Minnesota House and Senate, picked up a congressional seat, and defeated two contentious amendments that most political observers expected to prevail.
by Briana Bierschbach
Published: November 7, 2012
Tags: AFSCME Council 5, Amy Klobuchar, Bob Cunniff, Eliot Seide, Jennifer Munt, Kent Eken, Kurt Zellers, Laurie Halverson, Mark Dayton, Melisa Franzen, Minnesota House, Minnesota Senate, Paul Rosenthal, Paul Thissen, Roger Erickson, Ron Erhardt, Sandra Masin, Tom Bakk, Tom Saxhaug
Before closing his victory speech after winning back the DFL majority in the Minnesota Senate, a teary-eyed DFL Senate Minority Leader Tom Bakk grabbed the arm of one of his first-time candidates and lifted it high. “I want to introduce you to Senator-elect Melisa Franzen,” Bakk shouted to an exuberant crowd of DFLers gathered in downtown St. Paul at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. “They didn’t lose because they are Republicans; they lost because they are wrong.”
by Briana Bierschbach
Published: October 24, 2012
Tags: Al Franken, Allen Quist, Amy Klobuchar, Bill Hillsman, Chip Cravaack, Jesse Ventura, Jim Oberstar, Joan Growe, John Kline, Kurt Bills, Michele Bachmann, Mike Obermueller, Minnesota for Marriage, minnesotans united for all families, Nancy Pelosi, Norm Coleman, Our Vote Our Future, Paul Wellstone, Rick Nolan, Tarryl Clark
One notable exception: Cravaack/Nolan CD 8 race
by Briana Bierschbach
Published: October 12, 2012
Tags: Aaron Brown, American Action Network, Amy Klobuchar, Chip Cravaack, CREDO, Jason George, Jim Oberstar, Kyle Makarios, Rick Nolan, Tarryl Clark, Thom Petersen, Wy Spano
The scene at the first public debate between candidates in Minnesota’s northeast 8th Congressional District this year was far tamer than the same event just two years ago.
by Briana Bierschbach
Published: September 14, 2012
Tags: Amy Klobuchar, Andrew Dayton, Brita Sailer, Eric Dayton, Jim Davnie, Julie Hottinger, Kent Eken, Mark Dayton, Melisa Franzen, Richard Carlbom, Ted Grindal, Tom Bakk, Tom Borman, Tom Hanson
Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton managed to draw a large crowd to a restaurant in downtown Minneapolis just ahead of the annual Twin Cities Pride Festival. The purpose was to raise money for Minnesotans United for All Families, the main campaign in opposition to a proposed ballot initiative.
President Barack Obama is seven points ahead of Romney in the most recent statewide poll from Public Policy Polling. Among likely Minnesota voters, 51 percent support Obama, and 44 percent are planning to vote for Romney. The new results show Romney closing the gap on the incumbent since PPP's June survey, when Obama's lead stood at 54-39.
by Paul Demko
Published: July 17, 2012
Tags: Al Franken, Allen Quist, Amy Klobuchar, Anthony Hernandez, Betty McCollum, Brian Barnes, Chip Cravaack, Chris Fields, Collin Peterson, Erik Paulsen, Jeff Anderson, Jim Graves, John Kline, Keith Ellison, Kurt Bills, Lee Byberg, Michele Bachmann, Mike Obermueller, Mike Parry, Rick Nolan, Tarryl Clark, Tim Walz
Minnesota House and Senate candidates took in more than $6 million during the second quarter of 2012, according to reports filed with the Federal Elections Commission. U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann raked in the biggest haul at $1.9 million. That's more than six times the amount raised by DFL challenger Jim Graves in the Sixth Congressional District.
by Mike Mosedale
Published: July 3, 2012
Tags: Amy Klobuchar, Asian Carp Task Force, Betty McCollum, carp, CARP Act, Chip Cravaack, Collin Peterson, Department of Natural Resources, Friends of the Mississippi, Greg Genz, Irene Jones, John Anfinson, John Kline, Keith Ellison, Metropolitan Council, Michele Bachmann, St. Anthony Falls, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Upper Mississippi Waterway Association
As the Dayton administration and environmental organizations push Congress to permit the emergency closure of the navigational locks on the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, two new government studies have detailed the potential costs of action — and inaction.
by Paul Demko
Published: June 13, 2012
Tags: 33A, Amy Klobuchar, Connie Doepke, David Osmek, Jerry Hertaus, Joe Arwood, Jonathan Aanestad, Kurt Zellers, Todd MIkkelson, Tyler Abens
Despite a deadlocked endorsing convention, Jerry Hertaus is the lone GOP candidate for one of the safest Republican House seats in Minnesota.
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