2012 Election
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Thursday, February 16th, 2012Last week, liberal blogger TwoPutt Tommy published a post on the Minnesota Progressive Project regarding the two candidates running for the Democratic endorsement in the 3rd District. TwoPutt dug into both candidates fundraising reports and came to the conclusion that neither of them appear to be electable. Some notable facts from the post: Sharon Sund’s [...]
DOES ASHWIN MADIA STILL LIVE IN HIS PARENT’S BASEMENT?
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012UPDATE: Madia gave to Sharon Sund last summer and listed his Minneapolis address: J Ashwin Madia 333 Washington Ave N Sete 245 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 Madia Law 08/19/2011 250.00 Attorney 250.00 —– Because he claimed he still lives at home with his parents in a 2011 contribution to CD3 DFL candidate Brian Barnes. Dedicated [...]
RON ERHARDT CONTINUES HIS STREAK AS BENEDICT ARNOLD
Monday, January 30th, 2012Dedicated readers of MDE found former Representative and former Republican Ron Erhardt attending a fundraiser for DFL CD3 candidate Sharon Sund. Sund posted photos of a recent house party on Facebook and Erhardt was spotted. Erhardt announced he would switch parties to run as a DFL’er in 2010 after moving further and further left with [...]
NATIONAL DEMS ISOLATE WALZ AS ‘VULNERABLE’ IN 2012, BEGIN COORDINATING RESCUE MISSION
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012The Mankato Free Press is reporting that the DCCC has labeled Rep. Tim Walz (MN-1) as vulnerable in the 2012 elections, and was classified as one of the top 15 most vulnerable incumbent Democrats by national leaders last spring. From the Free Press: “I think it’s probably fair,” Walz said of the designation. “This is [...]
QUIST ASKS TIM WALZ TO STOP CAMPAIGNING AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE
Thursday, December 29th, 2011CD1 GOP candidate Allen Quist today issued a release on his website asking Congressman Tim Walz to stop mailing thousands of pieces to his constituents that clearly violate congressional franking rules and are intended to re-elect the sitting representative. Here’s the release: Congressman Walz: Stop mailing campaign materials at taxpayer expense. By Allen Quist on [...]
MN SENATE GOP ELECT NEW LEADERSHIP
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011The Senate Republican Caucus today chose Senator David Senjem (R-Rochester) as the new Senate Majority Leader. Senate Majority Leader Senjem was first elected in 2002 and served as Minority Leader before the Republicans regained the Senate Majority in the 2010 elections. The Senate Republican Caucus held a press conference to comment further on today’s caucus [...]
HOLIDAY BUST: MAJOR DFL DONOR SUSPECTED OF NEARLY $300K IN FRAUD
Sunday, December 25th, 2011Longtime progressive activist and donor Jason Sheedy was moving from his St. Paul home to a Minneapolis condo in 2007 when he reported to his insurance company that nearly $300,000 worth of his artwork and historical treasures were suddenly stolen. His insurance company wrote him a check for nearly all of the losses he claimed [...]
PEOPLE OF DULUTH BEGIN TO TURN ON KLOBUCHAR, SAY SHE’S ‘OUT OF TOUCH’
Friday, December 23rd, 2011The Duluth News Tribune today ran an opinion piece from one of Senator Amy Klobuchar’s many disappointed constituents who cites her recent failures to stay in touch with Minnesotans. The letter is one of many that have been submitted to newspapers across the state in recent months, but most never get printed. Although she polls [...]
GOV SPENDS TURKEY DAY WITH HIS PERSONAL POLITICAL SMEAR ATM, ALIDA
Thursday, November 24th, 2011Governor Dayton’s office confirmed this week he will spend this Thanksgiving with his two sons at the governor’s mansion, along with ex-wife and current political piggy bank, Alida Rockefeller Messinger. Dayton and Messinger, along with their shared collaborators (Chief of Staff-Tina Smith, DFL Chair-Ken Martin, front group coordinator-Jeff Blodgett), have undoubtedly been planning the next [...]
KLOBUCHAR SIGNS ON AS LEADER OF STIMULUS #2
Monday, October 31st, 2011Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s office confirmed in the last few days to Minnesota media that she will take over the charge to pass Obama’s latest jobs plan in the Senate. The plan would spend $50 billion on infrastructure projects in hopes of creating temporary construction jobs that may do little to bolster the economy. The plan [...]
FANNING’S EMBARRASSING TV DEBUT
Sunday, October 16th, 2011Via Gary Gross, the Minneapolis Conservative Examiner had a great piece today covering CD8 DFL candidate Daniel Fanning’s TV appearance with WCCO’s Esme Murphy. We’ve covered Fanning’s campaign extensively and the Northern Lights Express train to nowhere that he fully supports. Here’s the piece: This morning, Daniel Fannning, one of 4 DFL candidates vying for the [...]
CD3 DFL CANDIDATE ALREADY OUTSOURCING CAMPAIGN OPERATIONS
Sunday, October 16th, 2011DFL Congressional candidate Brian Barnes has only been running in the 3rd district for a few days, but his campaign team has already outsourced his campaign website to a foreign top-level domain name. Barnes’ website (Barnes.MN) is hosted on the top-level domain for the country of Mongolia (.MN). Barnes has also been very vocal via [...]
STEALTH DEMOCRAT SLAVIK TARGETS COVETED OPEN DAKOTA COUNTY BOARD SEAT
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011A common tactic used by tax raising liberals is to run as “moderates” for nonpartisan offices. Once elected, these tax happy liberals jack up taxes and grow government. The latest “Stealth Democrat” to run is Hastings City Council member Mike Slavik running for the Dakota County Board of Commissioners. From Thisweek in Rosemount: Hastings City [...]
JOIN MDE ON TONIGHTS LATE DEBATE
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011MDE will be on tonight’s Late Debate with Jack and Ben to discuss all sorts of political issues, including the 2012 race in Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District. You can listen to the debate over the radio in the north metro on 95.9FM and on 1150 & 1300AM in St. Cloud. To follow the studio activities live, [...]
MDE COVERAGE OF THE 2011 IOWA GOP PRESIDENTIAL STRAW POLL
Saturday, August 13th, 2011Update (8 p.m.) : Michele Bachmann has won the Iowa Straw Poll with 29% of the nearly 17,000 votes cast. Here are the full results: Here are the official votes from the Iowa GOP: 2011 Straw Poll Full Results (Votes, %) 1. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (4823, 28.55%) 2. Congressman Ron Paul (4671, 27.65%) 3. Governor [...]
SEN BERGLIN TAKES HER TOYS AND GOES HOME
Monday, July 25th, 2011Gary Gross at Let Freedom Ring reported today that State Senator Linda Berglin will resign from the Minnesota Senate effective next month. Governor Mark Dayton will now have to call a special election to fill her seat. Here’s the story via Look True North: Linda Berglin Resigns Written by Gary Gross Monday, 25 July 2011 [...]
KLOBUCHAR AND FRANKEN BACK AN OVER-BUDGET, GOVERNMENT-RUN INTERNET PROJECT THAT BYPASSED MN TAXPAYERS
Sunday, July 24th, 2011Officials gathered in Lakefield, MN on Friday to hold a groundbreaking ceremony for another government-run broadband project that is already costing local taxpayers more than they bargained for. You may remember previous coverage of the northwoods broadband project cloaked in controversy that is now on hold. The group organizing the Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services (SWMBS) [...]
FORGET JOB CREATION, KLOBUCHAR WANTS TO REGULATE INTERNET STREAMING
Saturday, May 28th, 2011For Sen. Amy Klobuchar, bringing America’s economy back to life is one of those back burner issues. However, in the lucrative world of internet content streaming, Minnesotans can feel confident their senior senator is well versed. This month, Sen. Klobuchar introduced S. 978, a bill to increase penalties for those that stream internet content illegally. [...]
IN SEARCH OF A SEAT: CLARK RELOCATES TO DULUTH FOR CARPETBAGGING RUN AGAINST CRAVAACK
Sunday, May 8th, 2011The Duluth News Tribune posted a story overnight that confirms former State Senator and 2010 6th CD candidate Tarryl Clark will again run for Congress in 2012-this time against Chip Cravaack. The paper reports she is in the process of purchasing a condo in Duluth for the sole purpose of getting to Washington. You may [...]
FROM THE LEFT: 59B’s PHYLLIS KAHN TO BE CHALLENGED FOR ENDORSEMENT BY OBAMA-LOVING STUDENT
Thursday, May 5th, 2011Dedicated readers of Minnesota Democrats Exposed confirm that DFL legend and liberal dinosaur, Rep. Phyllis Kahn, will face a challenge for the DFL endorsement if she decides to pursue re-election in 2012. The district, as you know, will likely look somewhat different after re-districting adjusts for population shifts. University of Minnesota 2010 graduate and political [...]
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