Erik Paulsen
LEADING CD3 DFL ACTIVIST WRITES OFF THE 3RD IN 2012
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 [...]
LTE ASKS BONOFF TO STOP “SWIFT-BOATING” ASHWIN MADIA; BONOFF’S CAMPAIGN CLAIMING MADIA “HAS NEVER HAD A REAL JOB”
Monday, January 28th, 2008Over the last two weeks I have been hearing rumors that State Senator Terri Bonoff’s campaign has been telling other Democrats in the 3rd CD that one of Bonoff’s rivals, Ashwin Madia, has never had a real job. According to a dedicated reader of Minnesota Democrats Exposed, the letter below was sent to the Star [...]
PAULSEN TO ANNOUNCE CAMPAIGN FOR CONGRESS ON SUNDAY
Thursday, January 24th, 2008"State Rep. Erik Paulsen, R-Eden Prairie, will kick off his campaign for Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District seat Sunday. A rally is planned at 1:30 p.m. Jan. 27 at Scenic Heights Elementary, 5650 Scenic Heights Drive, Minnetonka. Paulsen is seeking to replace his former boss, Rep. Jim Ramstad, R-Minnetonka, who announced last fall he would not [...]
MDE FROM THE ARCHIVES: OUT OF TOUCH BONOFF COMPARES FIRE THREATENING HER CABIN TO PROBLEMS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WAR IN IRAQ
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008This letter to the editor from State Senator Terri Bonoff is rather odd. How out of touch can you be Terri? World affairs hit home We are all concerned about the escalating conflict in the Middle East. We in Minnesota are far from the conflict in distance, but our hearts and minds are as close [...]
SOURCES TELL MDE THAT KLOBUCHAR WILL REMAIN NEUTRAL IN 3RD CD ENDORSEMENT RACE; BONOFF WEBSITE, MAILINGS GIVE FALSE IMPRESSION THAT KLOBUCHAR HAS ENDORSED HER CAMPAIGN
Thursday, January 17th, 2008I received a tip today from a reader of Minnesota Democrats Exposed that State Senator Terri Bonoff's campaign is using pictures of Bonoff with U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar in mailings. I visited Bonoff's website and found a new picture of Bonoff with Klobuchar on the front page. An endorsement from Klobuchar would be a [...]
STAR TRIBUNE: “LONE REPUBLICAN NOW IN RACE IS TOP 3RD DISTRICT FUNDRAISER”
Monday, January 14th, 2008"WASHINGTON – State Rep. Erik Paulsen of Eden Prairie, the only announced Republican in the Third Congressional District race, has shot up to the top in the money chase over his DFLer rivals. Paulsen's fundraising total came as a relief Monday to Republican strategists, who thought he might be hurt by recent press reports suggesting [...]
PRESS REPORTS CONFIRM ACCURACY OF INFORMATION ON MDE ABOUT PAULSEN’S FUNDRAISING
Monday, January 14th, 2008Last Friday, I wrote that rumors were flying that Representative Erik Paulsen's Congressional campaign had raised close to $390,000 in the fourth quarter. Paulsen's campaign released their fundraising numbers and my post was spot on: "GOP congressional candidate Erik Paulsen reports raising $390,000 in the fourth quarter of last year, surpassing two Democratic rivals. Paulsen [...]
RUMOR MILL BOMBSHELL IN 3RD CD: PAULSEN’S CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN RAISES CLOSE TO $400,000 IN FOURTH QUARTER
Friday, January 11th, 2008I was working on my post about a prominent DFLer telling Minnesota Democrats Exposed than State Senator Terri Bonoff's 2007 fundraising numbers were a "huge disappointment" when rumors started to fly about the money raised by Representative Erik Paulsen's Congressional campaign. According to sources, Paulsen's campaign has raised close to $390,000 in the fourth quarter, [...]