by Briana Bierschbach and Charley Shaw
Published: February 27, 2012
Tags: Al DeKruif, Amy Koch, Bruce Anderson, Carol McFarlane, Connie Doepke, David FitzSimmons, Gen Olson, Julie Rosen, Matt Dean, redistricting, Scott Dutcher, Steve Smith, Tom Emmer, Torrey Westrom
Fallout has been almost constant since release of the state's redistricting maps last week, and over the weekend a few more incumbent-on-incumbent match-ups became clear, some House members switched to run in open Senate seats and new candidates emerged to take their place.
by Briana Bierschbach
Published: February 24, 2012
Tags: Betty McCollum, Carolyn McElfatrick, Gregg Peppin, John Carlson, Kelby Woodard, King Banaian, Mark Dayton, Michele Bachmann, Mike Kennedy, redistricting, Tom Anzelc, Tom Emmer, Tom Saxhaug
In the first hours and days after the state’s new redistricting maps landed at the Capitol Tuesday, the collective sense of relief among Minnesota Democrats was unmistakable.
by Paul Demko
Published: February 3, 2012
Tags: Alliance for a Better Minnesota, Chris Tiedeman, Freedom Club, Gregg Peppin, Gregg Steinhafel, Jennifer DeJournett, Mark Dayton, Mike Scholl, Robert Cummins, Tom Emmer, William Austin, Win Minnesota
In the 2010 gubernatorial contest, independent expenditure groups played a crucial role in Mark Dayton’s narrow victory.
Steven Schiroo, a 25-year-old Cokato resident, has filed to run against Urdahl in the relatively conservative district.
Former GOP gubernatorial nominee Tom Emmer is accusing Hamline University of rescinding a job offer owing to criticism from faculty over his conservative views. Emmer claims he had a signed contract to serve as an "executive in residence" at Hamline's business school, but that the appointment fell apart after dissent surfaced specifically over his opposition to gay marriage.
The announcement thrusts Emmer back into the political scene in Minnesota, as he will head up efforts for the group -- staunch opponents of gay marriage -- heading into the 2012 election.
by Paul Demko and Briana Bierschbach
Published: December 7, 2011
Tags: David Sturrock, Eric Magnuson, Jeff Johnson, Kelly Fenton, Mark Dayton, Michael Brodkorb, Michael Toner, recount, Scott Dutcher, Tom Emmer, Tony Sutton, Tony Trimble
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.
by Paul Demko and Briana Bierschbach
Published: December 7, 2011
Tags: Brandon Sawalich, CAGE, Count Them All Properly, Dan Nadeau, David FitzSimmons, David Sturrock, Eric Magnuson, FEC, Gregg Peppin, Jeff Johnson, John Gilmore, John Knapp, Katie Nadeau, Kelly Fenton, Marty Seifert, Michael Brodkobr, Michael Toner, Mike Downing, Mike Osskopp, Mike Parry, Mike Vekcih, Mitch Berg, MN GOP, Pat Shortridge, Randy Gilbert, Rick Weible, Ryan Griffin, Scott Dutcher, Sue Jeffers, Tom Emmer, Tony Sutton, Tony Trimble
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.
The short knives are out in the Republican Party. Former GOP deputy chair Michael Brodkorb harshly criticized 2010 gubernatorial nominee Tom Emmer at Saturday's State Central Committee gathering. "I think Republicans nominated the one candidate who couldn't possibly win in 2010," Brodkorb told Minnesota Public Radio.
by Charley Shaw
Published: November 11, 2011
Tags: Affordable Care Act, Dan Hall, David Hann, Ed Ehlinger, Gretchen Hoffman, HHS, Human Services, Jim Abeler, Legislative Advisory Commission, Lucinda Jesson, Mark Dayton, Medicaid, Mike Rothman, Minnesota Health Care Reform Task Force, Tom Emmer
In his administration’s drive to change the health insurance system, Gov. Mark Dayton has found an adversary in the state senator who presides over the committee charged with making the recommendation to confirm or deny his Health and Human Services commissioners.
