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Next Entries »2010 REPUBLICAN CAUCUS & STRAW POLL RESULTS
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010Check back here tonight for updated information on the Republican Caucus activity and straw poll results. If you have a result from your BPOU please email MDE. This post will stay the top post all day. Be sure to check below for more of today’s news. GOP Caucus Results
MATT ENTENZA SPENDS $24,000 ON RESEARCH
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010Matt Entenza, DFL candidate for Governor filed his recent campaign expenditures report to the Campaign Finance Board. In Entenza’s report there is an entry for $24,000 paid to HSC, Inc. for “research.” If you remember and think back to 2006, Matt Entenza dropped out of the race for Attorney General after records were brought to [...]
MNGOP: THE ENTENZA RECORD
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010THE ENTENZA RECORD Dirty Politics, Tax Hikes, Far-Left Liberalism ENTENZA PLAYED DIRTY DURING DISASTROUS AG BID Attorney General Candidate Entenza Busted Digging Dirt; Dropped Out Of Race Entenza Busted Digging For Dirt On Fellow Democrat. “As a battle-tested veteran of many political and legal wars, Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch knew a political torpedo when [...]
DAYTON’S FUNDRAISING FAILURE
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010According to Campaign Finance Reports, Senator Mark Dayton spent more money on raising funds for his campaign than was actually donated. Here is the breakdown for Dayton fundraising and Expenses. This figure does not include what he paid his finance director which would also be responsible for doing some fundraising. One can only assume that [...]
MNGOP LEADERS TO RESPOND TO CAUCUSES
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010MEDIA ADVISORY Republican Party of Minnesota Leaders to Respond to Precinct Caucuses Who/What: Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton and Deputy Chairman Michael Brodkorb will respond to precinct caucus results Where: Republican Party of Minnesota Headquarters, 525 Park St., Suite 250, St. Paul When: TONIGHT beginning at 8:00 PM
DFL CANDIDATE BLASTS STATE REP FOR MISSING VOTES FOR FUNERAL
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010Derrick Lindstrom, yet undeclared candidate to face Republican Tara Mack this fall, is under fire for critcizing Rep. Mack for missing votes. Well, on these particular days, Rep. Mack was at the military funeral of her grandfather who died suddenly. The Examiner.com has the story: [Lindstrom] Calling Mack “a career politician that is more concerned [...]
ENGBRECHT WON’T CHALLENGE SEN-ELECT PARRY
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010As I reported on Twitter Saturday, SD26 DFL candidate Jason Engbrecht will not challenge Senator-Elect Mike Parry this fall. Parry beat Engbrecht by a sizable margin in late January. Here’s the story from the Faribault paper: DFL special election candidate Jason Engbrecht will not run for the Senate District 26 seat again this fall in [...]
UPDATE: WHAT 2009 FUNDRAISING MEANS
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010Yesterday was the official filing period to when candidates and political groups had to file with the Campaign Finance Board. As mentioned on MDE, over the weekend there were several things to look for in these reports. The first being WIN Minnesota a PAC run by former Mike Hatch campaign manager Ken Martin. WIN Minnesota [...]
PLANNING ON ATTENDING YOUR CAUCUS?
Monday, February 1st, 2010Are you planning on attending your caucus? MDE will be gathering Straw Ballot results from across the state to gather an informal “exit poll” to see which Republican candidate is leading with support prior to the full results reported to the Secretary of State. Please send the results from your BPOU or Caucus to MinnesotaDemocratsExposed [...]
EMMER RECEIVES ENDORSEMENT FROM ROD GRAMS
Monday, February 1st, 2010Per Emmer for Governor Press Release: Duluth, MN – Former United States Senator Rod Grams endorsed State Rep. Tom Emmer for Governor today in a press conference at the public library in Duluth. Grams served in the United States Senate from 1995 to 2001 after serving one term in the United States House of Representatives. [...]
DCCC & DFL CONCEDE THIRD DISTRICT
Monday, February 1st, 2010CQ Politics is reporting that State Senator Terri Bonoff will not be challenging freshman Republican Erik Paulsen in Minnesota’s Third Congressional District. This news comes on the heels of the terrible fundraising reports by current DFL candidates Jim Meffert and Maureen Hackett. From CQ: Minnesota state Sen. Terri Bonoff is taking a pass on a [...]
WALZ VOTES FOR HEALTH CARE, GETS CASH FROM PELOSI
Monday, February 1st, 2010According to Politco Rep. Tim Walz collected $4,000 from Nancy Pelsoi for his campaign account: Receiving cash from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last quarter, according to the most recent fundraising reports: Reps. Harry Mitchell (D-Ariz.), Tim Walz (D-Minn.), Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.), Tim Bishop (D-N.Y.), John Hall (D-N.Y.), Bill Owens (D-N.Y.), John Spratt (D-S.C.) and Ciro [...]
STRIB: NO LINES THIS TIME
Monday, February 1st, 2010Rachel Stassen-Berger from the Star Tribune wrote an article about the upcoming precinct caucuses which is worth reading. Here is an excerpt: Step right up, caucus lovers. Plenty of seats, ample parking, no waiting. Tuesday’s statewide political sorting summit likely won’t draw the big crowds that created chaos at the 2008 gathering. “Nobody’s going to [...]
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