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		<title>Sutton admits signing recount debt agreement</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/12/sutton-admits-signing-recount-debt-agreement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko and Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amid internal controversies over the Republican Party of Minnesota’s debt after state Chairman Tony Sutton’s resignation, party officers and insiders initially maintained that the state GOP was not legally required to pay the nearly $500,000 in legal fees racked up during the 2010 gubernatorial election recount.]]></description>
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		<title>Sutton admits signing agreement for gov recount legal fees, failing to tell other party officials</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko and Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday one of the GOP attorneys on the recount, Tony Trimble, told PIM that then-RPM Chairman Sutton signed an agreement legally obliging the party to cover the full cost of the recount legal fees, reportedly around $450,000. And late Wednesday afternoon, Sutton confirmed the existence of an agreement that he says he does not recall disclosing to other party officials. But Sutton went on to claim that he believes the party is only responsible for the debt in the event that the recount fund in question, incorporated as Count Them All Properly Inc., ceases to exist.]]></description>
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		<title>Sutton resignation puts focus on state GOP debt, discord</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/12/sutton-resignation-puts-focus-on-state-gop-debt-discord/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko and Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brandon Sawalich]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dan Nadeau]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pat Shortridge]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ryan Griffin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Dutcher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sue Jeffers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tony Sutton]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In late November, a group of roughly two dozen Republican activists gathered at a residence in Edina to discuss the future of the state Republican Party. The meeting included a broad cross-section of the GOP’s notoriously fractious base.]]></description>
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		<title>Emmer: Hand recount is only a &#8220;step in the process&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/12/emmer-hand-recount-is-only-a-step-in-the-process/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 18:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eric Magnuson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer said Friday that the hand recount is only a “step in the process” to determining Minnesota’s next governor, and emphasized a still-absent ruling from the state Supreme Court on the issue of reconciling votes.]]></description>
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		<title>Emmer recount bid faces seemingly impossible odds</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/11/despite-a-top-drawer-legal-team-emmer-recount-bid-faces-seemingly-impossible-odds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Al Franken]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Denise Cardinal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gov. Tim Pawlenty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Dayton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matthew Kirkpatrick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Toner]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The likelihood that Tom Emmer can overcome a nearly 9,000-vote deficit in the governor's race is exceedingly slim.]]></description>
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		<title>Former SupCo Chief Justice Magnuson to lead MN GOP recount litigation</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/11/former-supco-chief-justice-magnuson-to-lead-mn-gop-recount-litigation/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/11/former-supco-chief-justice-magnuson-to-lead-mn-gop-recount-litigation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[2010 Governor's Race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Magnuson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gov. Tim Pawlenty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Toner]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Eric Magnuson has been plucked to help lead recount litigation efforts for GOP gubernatorial nominee Tom Emmer and the Republican Party of Minnesota.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans launch PR offensive as both sides lawyer up</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/11/republicans-launch-pr-offensive-as-both-sides-lawyer-up/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/11/republicans-launch-pr-offensive-as-both-sides-lawyer-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 20:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Al Franken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Rice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Lillehaug]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Denise Cardinal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michael Brodkorb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Toner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norm Coleman]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The morning after the election, Republican Party of Minnesota Chair Tony Sutton and Deputy Chair Michael Brodkorb gathered the bleary-eyed Capitol press - who had been sitting up into the early morning hours waiting for a verdict on the Minnesota gubernatorial election - and began sounding off on the prospect of an automatic recount.]]></description>
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		<title>Pawlenty&#8217;s Freedom First team</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/07/pawlentys-freedom-first-team/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/07/pawlentys-freedom-first-team/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In October, Gov. Tim Pawlenty established the Freedom First PAC to solicit donations and funnel contributions to Republican candidates across the country. Here's a look at the key players advising Pawlenty as he contemplates a 2012 GOP presidential bid.]]></description>
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