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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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		<category><![CDATA[Andy Brehm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Golnik]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Guidera]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brian Sullivan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bron Scherer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Severson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pete Hegseth]]></category>
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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>DFLers petition MN SupCo to get Gauthier off the ballot</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/09/dflers-petition-mn-supco-to-get-gauthier-off-the-ballot/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/09/dflers-petition-mn-supco-to-get-gauthier-off-the-ballot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Erik Simonson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ken Martin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[DFL Party Chairman Ken Martin, teaming up with the House DFL caucus and Erik Simonson's campaign, said Friday that they are petitioning the Minnesota Supreme Court to challenge the St. Louis County Auditor's move to deny a withdrawal affidavit from Kerry Gauthier and a certificate of nomination for Simonson.
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		<title>Gaming politics drive tight RNC race</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/05/gaming-politics-drive-tight-rnc-race/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 20:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adam Weigold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Jungabuer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Craig Westover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David FitzSimmons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Derek Brigham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evie Axdahl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gary Gross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Janet Beihoffer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Gilmore]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pamela Punt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pat Anderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pat Shortridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Weible]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Terry McCall]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The race for Republican National Committeewoman at the state Republican Party convention this weekend is not exactly the most-watched political contest of the year. ]]></description>
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		<title>State GOP report finds no illegal activity related to party debt</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/05/state-gop-report-finds-no-illegal-activity-related-to-party-debt/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/05/state-gop-report-finds-no-illegal-activity-related-to-party-debt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 20:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capitol Report]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mike Vekich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MN GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pat Shortridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ryan Griffin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Sutton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Trimble]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A financial report released by the Republican Party of Minnesota on Monday afternoon found that there was no theft or illegal activity by former party officers or former state Chairman Tony Sutton, but did point to a pattern of fiscal mismanagement and “questionable decision-making” that has left the party more than $1 million in debt.]]></description>
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		<title>GOP in ’11: Historic triumphs, historic troubles</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/01/gop-in-%e2%80%9911-historic-triumphs-historic-troubles/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/01/gop-in-%e2%80%9911-historic-triumphs-historic-troubles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amy Koch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bradlee Dean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chip Cravaack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Gerlach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claire Robling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cullen Sheehan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Senjem]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Sturrock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geoff Michel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kelly Fenton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kurt Zellers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Jacobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LCCMR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Dayton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Dean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Brodkorb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michelle Fischbach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Vekich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MN GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pat Shortridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Gazelka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roger Chamberlain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan Thornton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Lillie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Bakk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Sutton]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Minnesota Republicans started the 2011 session having conquered titans. In the Legislature, GOP lawmakers had made a historic 54-seat gain in the House and Senate that fall, a swing that handed them majorities in both chambers for the first time in 38 years. ]]></description>
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		<title>Common Cause: Campaign finance board will investigate MN GOP</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/01/common-cause-campaign-finance-board-will-investigate-mn-gop/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/01/common-cause-campaign-finance-board-will-investigate-mn-gop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake Grovum</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gary Goldsmith]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mike Dean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Campaign Finance Board Chairman Gary Goldsmith said, per state law, he could not confirm or deny the existence of an investigation.]]></description>
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		<title>MN GOP faces state, federal complaints over finances</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/01/mn-gop-faces-state-federal-complaints-over-finances/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/01/mn-gop-faces-state-federal-complaints-over-finances/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake Grovum</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mike Dean]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pat Shortridge]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minnesota's chapter of Common Cause and Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington have brought complaints over the GOP finances]]></description>
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		<title>State GOP: New day, old troubles</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/01/state-gop-new-day-old-troubles/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/01/state-gop-new-day-old-troubles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bill Cooper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Sturrock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MN GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pat Shortridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Randy Gilbert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Weible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Sutton]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, Pat Shortridge was elected as the state party chairman in a statewide gathering of GOP activists in St. Cloud. Afterward the veteran GOP strategist suggested that the party had turned an important corner.]]></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>
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		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Osskopp]]></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>
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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>Seifert backs Sawalich for MN GOP chair</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/12/seifert-backs-sawalich-for-mn-gop-chair/</link>
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		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[David Hann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marty Seifert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MN GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pat Shortridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Todd McIntyre]]></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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