2010 Election
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Friday, December 31st, 2010As 2010 winds down and we reflect on the busy political season behind us, MDE would like to pay tribute to 10 of the best political ads of this election cycle. Thank you all for your nominations. The winners have been chosen. The top ad of 2010 for the MDE Countdown is… # 1: “A [...]
MDE TOP 10 POLITICAL ADS OF 2010 COUNTDOWN-#2
Thursday, December 30th, 2010As 2010 winds down and we reflect on the busy political season behind us, MDE would like to pay tribute to 10 of the best political ads of this election cycle. Thank you all for your nominations. The winners have been chosen, and the 2nd place winner is: # 2: “For the Kids” – by [...]
POTENTIAL DAYTON PCA APPOINTMENT WREAKS OF SPECIAL INTERESTS
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010UPDATE: MDE is working to confirm through multiple sources that Ramsey County Commissioner Victoria Reinhardt is also in consideration for the PCA position in the Dayton administration. — LetFreedomRingBlog.com is reporting that sources close to the Dayton transition process have confirmed activist Paul Aasen is being considered for commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. [...]
MDE TOP 10 POLITICAL ADS OF 2010 COUNTDOWN-#4
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010As 2010 winds down and we reflect on the busy political season behind us, MDE would like to pay tribute to 10 of the best political ads of this election cycle. Thank you all for your nominations. The winners have been chosen, and the 4th place winner is: # 4: “Meet Taxin’ Tarryl” -part of [...]
MDE TOP 10 POLITICAL ADS OF 2010 COUNTDOWN-#7 & 8
Monday, December 27th, 2010As 2010 winds down and we reflect on the busy political season behind us, MDE would like to pay tribute to 10 of the best political ads of this election cycle. Thank you all for your nominations. The winners have been chosen, and the 8th and 7th place winners are: # 8: “Common Sense Mom” [...]
MDE TOP 10 POLITICAL ADS OF 2010 COUNTDOWN-#9
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010As 2010 winds down and we reflect on the busy political season behind us, MDE would like to pay tribute to 10 of the best political ads of this election cycle. Thank you all for your nominations. The winners have been chosen, and today’s #9 is: “Stand Up” by Rep-elect John Kriesel
WILL ALLIANCE FOR BETTER MN BECOME THE NORM AT THE DFL?
Monday, December 13th, 2010Updated: Ken Martin has made his bid for DFL Chair official. The Alliance for a Better Minnesota (ABM) played an influential role in electing Mark Dayton. Their biggest impact was spending millions of dollars against GOP candidate Tom Emmer, most of which was devoted to personal smear ad campaigns over the course of several months [...]
REPUBLICANS GEAR UP FOR REDISTRICTING
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010Minnesota’s state government officials are preparing for the process of re-districting to begin this spring, a re-drawing of the state’s legislative boundaries according to population shifts found in the census. On Monday, Senator Geoff Michel (R-Edina) was appointed to chair the Subcommittee on Redistricting according to a press release from the Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus. [...]
COVERAGE OF RPM 2010 STATE CENTRAL
Saturday, December 4th, 2010Member of the Republican Party of Minnesota’s State Central Committee gathered at the Mall of America today to discuss Party business, approve a budget, and hear from GOP leaders. Governor Tim Pawlenty addressed the few hundred activists present with a word of thanks to MNGOP Chairman Tony Sutton and Deputy Chair Michael Brodkorb. This thanks [...]
WHY WONT OBERSTAR CONCEDE?
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010Since Jim Oberstar was unseated from Congress in the election nearly one month ago, he has yet to call congressman-elect Chip Cravaack and congratulate him. Not only is this completely classless, but Oberstar continues to make excuses as to why he will not officially concede. KSTP reported that Oberstar’s staff says that he was on [...]
SUBMISSIONS WANTED: SEND MDE YOUR FAVORITE POLITICAL AD OF 2010
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010MDE will be compiling the best political ads of 2010 and revealing the winner in December. Entries will be taken now through December 13th. Who do you think made the most entertaining/persuasive/compelling/hilarious/earth-moving ad of the 2010 election cycle? Will Alabama favorite Dale Peterson walk away with the prize? Or maybe Marco Rubio’s well-known spot? Submit [...]
EMMER FOR GOVERNOR RECOUNT COMMITTEE STATEMENT ON HENNEPIN COUNTY ELECTIONS
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010On behalf of the Emmer for Governor Recount Committee, Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton today issued the following statement regarding the conduct of Hennepin County Elections Manager Rachel Smith: “After overseeing an unprecedented 400,000 vote error on election night, Hennepin County Elections Manager Rachel Smith today tried to change the rules in the [...]
House GOP on Track to go 3 for 3 with Recount Seats as Brown Concedes in 27A
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010The House Republican caucus picked up another member today as the recounted election results in district 27A were made official when Robin Brown conceded to Rich Murray of Albert Lea. Rochester’s KTTC (via the AP) reports Brown viewed the 57 vote margin found before the recount to be insurmountable and the hand recount in Mower [...]
New Sheriff in Town: DFL’ers Begin Mass Exodus From Capitol
Monday, November 29th, 2010After a crushing, nationally recognized defeat of Minnesota Senate Dems on Nov. 2, newly-elected GOP’ers began moving in to their capitol offices under the dome and DFL’ers moved out. The move, which happens every election cycle, is historic this year because of the high volume of DFL House and Senate members that lost their seats [...]
EMMER STATEMENT AS DAY 1 OF RECOUNT CONCLUDES
Monday, November 29th, 2010Tom Emmer issued a statement regarding the statewide, legislatively mandated recount that began today: “Today marked the first day of the legislatively mandated hand recount of the Minnesota Governors Race. First, we all need to take a moment to thank the thousands of Minnesotans, from both sides of the aisle and the nonpartisan election officials, [...]
THANK YOU
Saturday, November 27th, 2010This is my last post as the blogger at Minnesota Democrats Exposed.com I want to offer my thanks to Michael Brodkorb putting together an absolutely fantastic blog and thanks to Aaron Cocking and Ryan Flynn for bringing me on board. I also want to thank everyone that has helped make MDE a success over the [...]
RECOUNT TO START NOV. 29
Monday, November 15th, 2010PAGING DAYTON FAMILY: DFL OUT OF MONEY
Thursday, November 11th, 2010Jacob Littler, a Regional Field Director for the Minnesota DFL, took to his Facebook page today to complain about his employer being a week late in paying his salary. Things are not going well for Plato and Brian Melendez UPDATE: I missed this the first time but another former DFL staffer commented on Littler’s thread [...]
JUST HOW BIG WAS THE GOP SENATE TAKEOVER?
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010Tom Scheck from MPR lists the DFL Senate Incumbents that lost on November 2: -Mary Olson, of Bemidji (district 4) – Dan Skogen, of Hewitt (district 10) – Lisa Fobbe, of Zimmerman (district 16) – Rick Olseen, of Harris (district 17) – Kevin Dahle, of Northfield (district 25) – Ann Lynch, of Rochester (district 30) [...]
RITCHIE: TAKE ALL THE TIME IF YOU NEED IF YOU’RE A DEMOCRAT
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010In light of Mark Ritchie’s recent comments about the recount it’s important to note what he said in 2008: Ritchie: “We Don’t Care When This Is Done.” “‘We are not in any way guided by any Washington considerations (or) timelines,’ said Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, chair of the canvassing board. ‘Our top priority is [...]
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