A slate of prominent Minnesota Democrats gathered at a private home Tuesday evening to appeal to DFLers who are thinking about voting for Independence Party gubernatorial candidate Tom Horner in November instead of DFL nominee Mark Dayton. [read more...]
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by Briana Bierschbach Pub: Saint Paul Legal Ledger Capitol Report Issued: September 22,2010 Despite striking primary upsets in some states, movement shows little traction here On a Saturday afternoon in July, a dozen or so locals sat under a gazebo in Central Park in downtown North Branch. “Wanted: Karl Marx” posters were stapled to the [read more...] Hours after Tuesday’s DFL primary, the Minnesota GOP launched a TV ad attack calling DFLer Mark Dayton “erratic” and wondering out loud what frequency he was on. [read more...] Dems play defense, Republicans offense in season of expected midterm backlash For as long as Republican state Sen. Amy Koch has been alive, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party has held control of the state Senate. The 39-year-old Republican senator from Buffalo – who is heading into her first cycle running elections for the Senate GOP caucus – thinks the tide may finally turn this year. [read more...] Politics in Minnesota – Ever since nine candidates signed up to run in the DFL primary in Senate District 67, PIM’s been trying to pin down the largest such field in state history. With the help of Robbie LaFleur at the Legislative Reference Library, we thought the puzzle had been solved: Matt [read more...] Politics in Minnesota – Caucus hopes to end a four-decade run in minority Around convention time in the spring, Senate Minority Leader Dave Senjem, R-Rochester, boasted that his caucus would retake the chamber’s majority in November. Considering Senate Republicans’ 38-year stranglehold on minority status, and the 13 seats that his troops will [read more...] When legislators decide to retire on the last night of session, the political parties in their home districts usually scramble to field possible successors and endorse a candidate. But with this year’s primary election moved up from September to August — and most of the major events on the political calendar bumped up a month as well — the scene in Senate District 67 this year has looked more like chaos than a rush job. [read more...] Study of nearly 70 SurveyUSA polls finds GOP holding first party ID advantage since October 2005; percentage of Minnesotans identifying as Republicans at highest level ever recorded by polling organization. [read more...] |
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