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		<title>MNGOP debt shrinks, but turmoil persists</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/12/mngop-debt-shrinks-but-turmoil-persists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The wounds had started to heal by the time Minnesota Republicans faced each other at an annual activist gathering in Blaine over the weekend. Many Republicans had already come to terms with the drubbing that took place on Nov. 6, when both Republican legislative majorities and two GOP-led constitutional amendments were rejected by voters.]]></description>
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		<title>Sawalich&#8217;s exit shakes up GOP chair contest</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/12/sawalichs-exit-shakes-up-gop-chair-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brandon Sawalich's abrupt exit from the GOP chair contest -- following his brief arrest for expired license tabs and questions about a sexual harassment lawsuit settlement -- has left the field wide open.

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		<title>Brandon Sawalich drops out of MN GOP chair race</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/12/brandon-sawalich-drops-out-of-mn-gop-chair-race/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charley Shaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A day after his arrest for driving with an expired automobile registration, the leading candidate for state Republican Party chairman left the race.]]></description>
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		<title>GOP chair candidate Sawalich arrested for expired license plates</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/12/gop-chair-candidate-sawalich-arrested-for-expired-license-plates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brandon Sawalich, who is widely seen as the frontrunner to be the next GOP party chair, was arrested on Thursday at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport for  expired license tabs. The 36-year-old senior vice president with Starkey Labs was initially charged with a gross misdemeanor for intent to escape motor vehicle tax.]]></description>
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		<title>Osskopp to make it official, will run for MN GOP chair</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/12/osskopp-to-make-it-official-will-run-for-mn-gop-chair/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake Grovum</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brandon Sawalich]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Kline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keith Downey]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[He's expected to make the announcement official this morning via news release, he said on Twitter late Thursday. ]]></description>
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		<title>Sawalich, Osskopp top field of possible GOP chair candidates</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/12/sawalich-osskopp-top-field-of-possible-gop-chair-candidates/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/12/sawalich-osskopp-top-field-of-possible-gop-chair-candidates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gregg Peppin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Keith Downey]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ron Eibensteiner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sue Jeffers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tim Pawlenty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Dec. 31 Republican activists from across the state will gather in St. Cloud to elect a new party chair. The meeting will cap a tumultuous end to 2011 for the state GOP. Earlier this month Tony Sutton suddenly resigned from the party’s top post. Revelations soon followed that the party is likely more than $1 million in debt. ]]></description>
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		<title>Speaker Zellers endorses Sawalich for GOP chair</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/12/speaker-zellers-endorses-sawalich-for-gop-chair/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/12/speaker-zellers-endorses-sawalich-for-gop-chair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Terry McCall]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[House Speaker Kurt Zellers is backing Brandon Sawalich for state GOP chair. "Brandon knows that having a strong Republican Party will help all of our candidates from top to bottom," Zellers wrote on Sawalich's Facebook page on Wednesday.]]></description>
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		<title>Seifert backs Sawalich for MN GOP chair</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/12/seifert-backs-sawalich-for-mn-gop-chair/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/12/seifert-backs-sawalich-for-mn-gop-chair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake Grovum</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brandon Sawalich]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seifert's endorsement came the same day Sawalich saw two other Republicans rumored to be mulling runs of their own line up behind his candidacy.]]></description>
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		<title>Hann backing Sawalich in GOP chair contest</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/12/hann-backing-sawalich-in-gop-chair-contest/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/12/hann-backing-sawalich-in-gop-chair-contest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sen. David Hann is not running for state GOP chair. The influential chair of the Health and Human Services Committee is backing Brandon Sawalich for the party's top post. ]]></description>
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		<title>Sawalich to run for MN GOP chair</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/12/sawalich-to-run-for-mn-gop-chair/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/12/sawalich-to-run-for-mn-gop-chair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake Grovum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sawalich, who made an unsuccessful bid for the position in 2009, announced the news on his Twitter feed this morning.]]></description>
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