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	<title>Politics in Minnesota &#187; Marsha Swails</title>
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		<title>Lillie/Kent matchup targeted by both parties</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/09/lilliekent-matchup-targeted-by-both-parties/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/09/lilliekent-matchup-targeted-by-both-parties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alida Messinger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cullen Sheehan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Hann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Bunn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathy Saltzman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kelly Fenton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Dayton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marsha Swails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Kennedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nora Slawik]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norm Coleman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ray Vandeveer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SD 53]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan Kent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Lillie]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
It’s not hard to see why campaign operatives from both political parties have had Minnesota’s newly drawn Senate District 53 on their radar since day one.]]></description>
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		<title>Teachers union may get schooled</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/12/teachers-union-may-get-schooled/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 20:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Al Quie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alice Seagren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carlos Mariani]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gov. Tim Pawlenty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathy Saltzman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katie Tinucci]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Margaret Anderson Kelliher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Dayton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marsha Swails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mee Moua]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mindy Greiling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pat Garofalo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terri Bonoff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Penny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Dooher]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A ferocious pushback by Education Minnesota cast the 70,000-member statewide teacher's union in the role of session bogeyman. The union and its head, Tom Dooher, fought the bill to a standstill in the end; it lost by a tight 68-65 margin in the House, and did not reach the floor in the Senate.]]></description>
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		<title>Meet the freshmen: Minnesota House edition</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/11/meet-the-freshmen-minnesota-house-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake Grovum and Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alice Seagren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andy Welti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doug Wardlow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G. Barry Anderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gov. Tim Pawlenty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karla Bigham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lynn Wardlow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marsha Swails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Ellen Otremba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Franson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Dean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Benson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Huckabee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Obermueller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pam Myhra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patrick Mazorol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Kohls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Rosenthal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Emmer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When the 87th Minnesota Legislature convenes in January, it will seat 60 new members - the third-highest total of the past 40 years. Fifty-four of those new faces will be Republicans.]]></description>
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		<title>Legislature sees a DFL drubbing for the ages</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/11/legislature-sees-a-dfl-drubbing-for-the-ages/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/11/legislature-sees-a-dfl-drubbing-for-the-ages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charley Shaw</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Top Story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al Juhnke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andy Welti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernie Lieder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Kuisle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brita Sailer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carla Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Olin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Senjem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diane Anderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don Betzold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doug Magnus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fran Bradley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gen Olson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gov. Tim Pawlenty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House Minority Leader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jennifer DeJournett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Miller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Vickerman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Rosen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keith Downey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Staunton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kurt Zellers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loren Solberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maria Ruud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marsha Swails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Benson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Rosenthal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Winter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Warren Limmer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Republicans pummeled DFLers in the suburbs and greater Minnesota on Tuesday night to take control of both chambers of the Legislature for the first time since the modern partisan era started in the early 1970s.]]></description>
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		<title>Party units spend on lege races in late going</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/10/party-units-spend-on-lege-races-in-late-going/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/10/party-units-spend-on-lege-races-in-late-going/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charley Shaw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capitol Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 legislative races]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al Doty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Belanger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carol Lewis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[District 40]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gov. Tim Pawlenty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gregg Peppin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Carlson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Doll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Haws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lisa Fobbe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marsha Swails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike LeMieur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Will Morgan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A negative mailing arrived in Republican state Senate candidate Dan Hall's district last weekend that caught him by surprise.]]></description>
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		<title>Both parties stress pro-business credibility in eastern  metro swing district</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/09/both-parties-stress-pro-business-credibility-in-eastern-metro-swing-district/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/09/both-parties-stress-pro-business-credibility-in-eastern-metro-swing-district/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake Grovum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capitol Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al Franken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian LeClair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Bunn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karen Klinzing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathy Lohmer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marsha Swails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Hickey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norm Coleman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steven Schier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Lillie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Rukavina]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Prior to the 2006 elections, the people of Senate District 56, which covers much of Woodbury and north-central Washington County, had an entirely Republican delegation in St. Paul. But when the votes were counted that year, the district's Republicans - two representatives and one senator -had all been swept out of office, victims of a pro-DFL swing that averaged 11 points in each of the area's three legislative races.]]></description>
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		<title>Independent spending on lege races heats up</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/09/independent-spending-on-lege-races-heats-up/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/09/independent-spending-on-lege-races-heats-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charley Shaw</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Al Doty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andy Welti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian McClung]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Skogen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Sparks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Hann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debbie Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Erin Murphy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gail Kulick Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gene Pelowski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gov. Tim Pawlenty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gretchen Hoffman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Metzen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerry Newton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Bunn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathy Lohmer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Dahle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kory Kath]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linda Runbeck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Margaret Anderson Kelliher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Dayton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marsha Swails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Franson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michelle Benson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patti Fritz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Gardner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Meunier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Rosenthal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shar Knutson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sondra Erickson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terri Bonoff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Faust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tom Hackbarth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Will Morgan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While the governor's race may be the marquee feature in this year's campaign season, the large number of swing districts in play at the Minnesota Legislature are the object of lower-profile but no less intense campaign spending machinations by a number of groups.]]></description>
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		<title>House GOP looks to make up ground in districts they lost narrowly in ‘08</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/07/house-gop-looks-to-make-up-ground-in-districts-they-lost-narrowly-in-%e2%80%9808/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/07/house-gop-looks-to-make-up-ground-in-districts-they-lost-narrowly-in-%e2%80%9808/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charley Shaw</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2010 legislative races]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al Juhnke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Falk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brita Sailer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gail Kulick Jackson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Greg Davids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Kalin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Bunn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kurt Zellers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laura Brod]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislative races roundup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lisa Fobbe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Buesgens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marsha Swails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Ellen Otremba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Kiffmeyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melissa Hortman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mick McGuire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pat Anderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patrick Munro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Gardner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Rosenthal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roger Crawford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudy Takala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Faust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Kelly]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The power divide between DFLers and Republicans in the Minnesota House may look daunting on its face, but not so long ago the GOP held a similarly imposing majority. ]]></description>
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		<title>Public pension fixes headed for the floor</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/04/public-pension-fixes-headed-for-the-floor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charley Shaw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capitol Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 legislative session]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don Betzold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Minnesota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jan Alswager]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marsha Swails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Murphy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Parry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An omnibus bill that proposes to shore up public pension funds by reaching into the pocketbooks of both public employees and retirees is teed up for end-of-session floor debate. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pension puzzler: keeping funds alive</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/03/pension-puzzler%e2%80%88keeping-funds-alive/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/03/pension-puzzler%e2%80%88keeping-funds-alive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charley Shaw</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[AFSCME Council 5]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don Betzold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Minnesota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jan Alswager]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marsha Swails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pat Garofalo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Thissen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pensions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russ Stanton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teacher pensions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Teachers’ union is a lone — but loud — voice of opposition to omnibus bill

The words being used to describe this year’s omnibus pension bill are more dramatic than those from previous legislative sessions. Legislators and lobbyists are referring to it as “shared sacrifice,” and one GOP state representative even used the term “bailout.”]]></description>
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