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	<title>Politics in Minnesota &#187; Rich Murray</title>
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		<title>Gay marriage poses dilemma for GOP</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2013/02/gay-marriage-poses-dilemma-for-gop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Branden Petersen, the past week has been, in his words, “unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before.” It all started when the 27-year-old Republican senator from Andover told the Star Tribune that he’s likely to support a DFL effort to legalize gay marriage in 2013, just months after voters rejected a constitutional amendment to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman.]]></description>
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		<title>A night of surprises</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/11/a-night-of-surprises/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Democrats had an outstanding night on Tuesday. They won back control of the Minnesota House and Senate, picked up a congressional seat, and defeated two contentious amendments that most political observers expected to prevail. ]]></description>
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		<title>In swing races, ground battle intensifies</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/10/in-swing-races-ground-battle-intensifies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For better or worse, Michael Brodkorb was back on the campaign trail last week. This time, however, the former GOP attack dog, deputy Republican Party chair and Senate communications guru who helped mastermind the 2010 GOP takeover of the chamber has materialized in a glossy pink and blue mailer that’s being used to attack Republicans.]]></description>
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		<title>Murray fights to keep Albert Lea red</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/09/murray-fights-to-keep-albert-lea-red/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/09/murray-fights-to-keep-albert-lea-red/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 20:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charley Shaw</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bill Wagner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Dorman]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At least on paper, Rep. Rich Murray of Albert Lea holds the unenviable distinction of occupying the seat that Republicans are least likely to hold this fall in their bid to retain control of the Minnesota House.]]></description>
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		<title>Election strategists sort out House swing races</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/06/election-strategists-sort-out-house-swing-races/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/06/election-strategists-sort-out-house-swing-races/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charley Shaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last two election cycles have witnessed wave elections for both parties that tilted the Minnesota House of Representatives in polar opposite directions. ]]></description>
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		<title>Vikings stadium: A reversal of fortune?</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/04/vikings-stadium-a-reversal-of-fortune/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/04/vikings-stadium-a-reversal-of-fortune/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charley Shaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The swift pace at which the Minnesota Vikings stadium bill advanced through the House and Senate this week amounted to nothing short of a legislative resurrection. ]]></description>
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		<title>Vikings Stadium: The long goodbye</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/04/vikings-stadium-the-long-goodbye/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/04/vikings-stadium-the-long-goodbye/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charley Shaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barring some unlikely resurrection as part of a close-of-session grand bargain, the long-troubled Vikings stadium bill has apparently drawn its last breath of 2012. ]]></description>
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		<title>Endorsement battles may loom for GOP moderates</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/09/endorsement-battles-may-loom-for-gop-moderates/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/09/endorsement-battles-may-loom-for-gop-moderates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 20:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a lot of uncertainty about the 2012 legislative election season. Most significantly, nobody knows exactly what legislative districts will look like when the redistricting process — which is expected to drag on into February or March — is finally completed. ]]></description>
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		<title>In the House, centrist Republicans could  play a pivotal role in budget fight</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/06/in-the-house-centrist-republicans-could-play-a-pivotal-role-in-budget-fight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moderate legislators are hard to come by these days. By most accounts, last fall’s election saw voters oust most of the middle-of-the-road DFLers in the Minnesota House and replace them with a spate of freshman Republicans elected on a strong right-wing wave that swept the nation.]]></description>
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		<title>House GOP vote on marriage amendment was defining issue of session’s last days</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/05/house-gop-vote-on-marriage-amendment-was-defining-issue-of-session%e2%80%99s-last-days/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 20:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Around 4 o’clock last Saturday afternoon, the central drama of Session 2011’s closing days finally reared its head on the House floor. Shortly before the chamber recessed for dinner, GOP Rep. Mary Liz Holberg stood to announce the addition of a controversial constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage to the calendar for that evening’s proceedings.]]></description>
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