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		<title>Proponents of gay marriage amendment targeted by hackers</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/06/proponents-of-gay-marriage-amendment-purportedly-targeted-by-hackers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[***UPDATED***
On Tuesday night a Bible verse from the Book of Leviticus was posted on the Facebook page of Minnesota for Marriage, the main group promoting a constitutional amendment defining marriage as solely between a man and a woman. "If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable," the passage read. "They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads."]]></description>
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		<title>DFLers eye friendlier turf in Kline’s redrawn district</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/06/dflers-eye-friendlier-turf-in-klines-redrawn-district/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Betty McCollum]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chip Cravaack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Hofrenning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Powers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darin Broton]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lynn Wardlow]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flanked by a half dozen supporters at the State Office Building, former Eagan state Rep. Mike Obermueller made his campaign against Congressman John Kline official this week. “John Kline hasn’t changed Washington nearly as much as Washington has changed John Kline,” Obermueller told supporters on Monday.]]></description>
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		<title>GOP chair shuffle: Shortridge in, Osskopp out</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/12/gop-chair-shuffle-shortridge-in-osskopp-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kelly Fenton]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pat Shortridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party of Minnesota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sue Jeffers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terry McCall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Todd McIntyre]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The field for state Republican Party chair remains in flux. On Tuesday veteran GOP strategist Pat Shortridge announced that he is seeking the post.]]></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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		<category><![CDATA[Brandon Sawalich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kelly Fenton]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pat Shortridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party of Minnesota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sue Jeffers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terry McCall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Todd McIntyre]]></category>
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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>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>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/12/gop-chair-candidate-sawalich-arrested-for-expired-license-plates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brandon Sawalich]]></category>
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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>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/12/osskopp-to-make-it-official-will-run-for-mn-gop-chair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake Grovum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Briefing Room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brandon Sawalich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Hann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Kline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keith Downey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kelly Fenton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kurt Zellers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marty Seifert]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pat Shortridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Eibensteiner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terry McCall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Todd McIntyre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Sutton]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Capitol Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Briefing Room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brandon Sawalich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Hann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gregg Peppin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Kline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keith Downey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Osskopp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Vekich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MNGOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Eibensteiner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sue Jeffers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terry McCall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Pawlenty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Todd McIntyre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Sutton]]></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[Brandon Sawalich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kurt Zellers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Osskopp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party of Minnesota]]></category>
		<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>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>
				<category><![CDATA[The Briefing Room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brandon Sawalich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Thompson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Hann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kelly Fenton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Osskopp]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sue Jeffers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terry McCall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Sutton]]></category>

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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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		<title>With the state GOP mired in debt, candidates for the party’s vacant top post have been slow to emerge</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/12/with-the-state-gop-mired-in-debt-candidates-for-the-party%e2%80%99s-vacant-top-post-have-been-slow-to-emerge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pat Anderson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Steve Sviggum]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who wants to run the Republican Party of Minnesota? That’s the question that has been generating a steady stream of rumors and trial balloons since state party Chairman Tony Sutton suddenly resigned earlier this month.]]></description>
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