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ROCHESTER POST BULLETIN: GOP CHALLENGERS TO WALZ ALREADY BEING CONSIDERED
By Michael B. Brodkorb | January 19, 2007
"It's understandable why Republican candidates would be drawn to the flame of a congressional race, political observers note. The defeat of former GOP Rep. Gil Gutknecht, who held the seat from 1994 to 2006, offers other Republicans a shot at the endorsement for the first time in 14 years. Moreover, Walz is in his first term, a time when an incumbent is thought to be at his most vulnerable.
'The key for Republicans is to find a (candidate) with deep appeal in Olmsted County,' said Steven Schier, a political science professor at Carleton College, who noted the county's strong demographic presence in the 1st District. 'That makes everything else easier.'" Rochester Post Bulletin, January 16, 2007
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January 21st, 2007 at 7:33 PM
Anybody but a Mayo doctor.
February 4th, 2007 at 1:29 AM
[...] February 4th, 2007 • 2:28 amVulnerable Democratic Seats in 08 The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza already has an article outlining which Democratic seats are most vulnerable in 2008. I pretty much agree with him with one exception. Nowhere does Cillizza list MN-1, Gil Gutknecht’s former seat. Democrats know that Tim Walz, the man that defeated Gutknecht last November, is vulnerable. Here’s how the Rochester Post-Bulletin puts it (H/T MDE’s Michael Broadkorb): “It’s understandable why Republican candidates would be drawn to the flame of a congressional race, political observers note. The defeat of former GOP Rep. Gil Gutknecht, who held the seat from 1994 to 2006, offers other Republicans a shot at the endorsement for the first time in 14 years. Moreover, Walz is in his first term, a time when an incumbent is thought to be at his most vulnerable. [...]
February 4th, 2007 at 1:30 AM
[...] Filed Under: Election 2008, Author: Gary Gross, Corruption The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza already has an article outlining which Democratic seats are most vulnerable in 2008. I pretty much agree with him with one exception. Nowhere does Cillizza list MN-1, Gil Gutknecht’s former seat. Democrats know that Tim Walz, the man that defeated Gutknecht last November, is vulnerable. Here’s how the Rochester Post-Bulletin puts it (H/T MDE’s Michael Broadkorb): “It’s understandable why Republican candidates would be drawn to the flame of a congressional race, political observers note. The defeat of former GOP Rep. Gil Gutknecht, who held the seat from 1994 to 2006, offers other Republicans a shot at the endorsement for the first time in 14 years. Moreover, Walz is in his first term, a time when an incumbent is thought to be at his most vulnerable. [...]