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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, [...]
MN GOP BPOU SEASON UNDERWAY
Saturday, February 12th, 2011It’s that time of year again. Shortly after the groundhog emerges annually from his winter dwelling for a peak at the outside world, Minnesota’s most active and informed Republican activists also emerge to gather in their basic political operating units (BPOUs) and conduct the business of the Party. To submit any information from your BPOU, [...]
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
REPUBLICANS COMMIT TO FAIR REDISTRICTING
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010In a press release issued by the Republican Party of Minnesota, the GOP pledged today to fair redistricting. The release comes in response to the Census Bureau’s announcement that Minnesota will be keeping 8 legislative districts following reapportionment across the US. “Today’s announcement is good news for Minnesotans,” said GOP Chair Tony Sutton. “The loss of [...]
MN GOP PRESS RELEASE: “REPUBLICAN PARTY OF MINNESOTA FILES FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST WITH NEW YORK STATE REGARDING AL FRANKEN’S BREAKING OF WORKERS’ COMP LAW”
Thursday, March 6th, 2008St. Paul- Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Ron Carey today filed a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request with the state of New York’s Worker’s Compensation Board regarding Al Franken's breaking of the state’s workers’ compensation law. "Al Franken now says he will finally pay the $25,000 he owes for breaking the state of New [...]
FRANKEN’S SPOKESWOMAN LASHES OUT AT MEDIA & MN GOP OVER FRANKEN’S $25,000 WORKERS’ COMP FINE
Thursday, March 6th, 2008"'We're not actually sure what happened at this point. As most small business owners know, when you're dealing with bureaucratic entities sometimes they make the mistake, sometimes you do,' she said. 'We don't know which one happened in this case but we're going to pay the fine in good faith so our accountant can deal [...]
MN GOP PRESS RELEASE: “REPUBLICAN PARTY OF MINNESOTA CALLS ON AL FRANKEN TO IMMEDIATELY COME CLEAN ON BREAKING WORKERS’ COMP LAW”
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008St. Paul- Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Ron Carey today called on Al Franken to come clean about the $25,000 judgment rendered against him by the state of New York over his years-long failure to pay workers’ compensation insurance. "Al Franken's story is full of holes. The truth is clear: Franken willfully violated the law [...]
MN GOP PRESS RELEASE: “NY STATE FILES $25,000 JUDGMENT AGAINST AL FRANKEN INC. FOR NOT PAYING WORKERS’ COMP”
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008St. Paul- Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Ron Carey today issued the following statement regarding public documents in New York that Al Franken has refused to pay a judgment to the state of New York for $25,000 for failure to pay workers' compensation. "Al Franken is at it again. While he demands that others play [...]
I GUESS THE DFL DOESN’T WATCH TELEVISION
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008I have been reading with great amusement the DFL's claims that they can find no record of the GOP's new TV ad running against them. The DFL are actively peddling a false story line to the press that the ad is not running. That's funny because I have already seen the ad running on television [...]
STAR TRIBUNE: “GOP SAYS IT WILL ROLL OUT TV ADS DENOUNCING DFL FOR TAX INCREASES”
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008"A week after the DFL-led state Legislature increased gasoline taxes and other fees over Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty's veto, the Republican Party of Minnesota announced Monday a new round of television commercials attacking Democrats for hiking taxes 'when we have nearly a billion-dollar budget deficit.' GOP chairman Ron Carey declined to say how much the [...]
MN GOP PRESS RELEASE: “STATEMENT ON STATE BUDGET FORECAST”
Thursday, February 28th, 2008St. Paul- Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Ron Carey issued the following statement today regarding the release of new state budget numbers. "Today's state budget estimate again reinforces that the last thing we should be doing is raising taxes on hard working Minnesotans. Governor Pawlenty and Republicans understand that government must live within its means [...]
FOX 9: “GOP CHAIR SUMMONS DFL CHAIR TO DEBATE TRANSPORTATION BILL”
Thursday, February 28th, 2008"ST. PAUL – In a confrontational and provoking letter addressed to DFL Chair Brian Melendez Wednesday, Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Ron Carey called attention to the employment issue and extended an invitation to enter in a series of debates regarding the $6.6 billion transportation bill. In the letter, Carey calls attention to new numbers [...]
MN GOP PRESS RELEASE: “MASSIVE DEMOCRAT TAX INCREASES WILL HURT MINNESOTA FAMILIES”
Monday, February 25th, 2008St. Paul- Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Ron Carey today issued the following statement regarding today’s Democrat vote to raise gasoline taxes, the metro wide sales tax and license tab fees. "By raising the gas tax, the metro wide sales tax and license tab fees by billions of dollars, Democrats hurt Minnesota families and damage [...]
MN GOP MEMO TO PARTY LEADERS ON DEMOCRAT TRANSPORTATION PLAN
Monday, February 25th, 2008After the page break, please read the e-mail sent out minutes ago to party activists detailing the MN GOP's efforts to stop the DFL transit plan.
MN GOP RELEASES POLLING FROM TARGETED LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS ABOUT DFL TRANSIT PLAN
Monday, February 25th, 2008The Republican Party of Minnesota has released polling from targeted legislative districts regarding the DFL transit plan. Please read the memo detailing the poll results after the page break.
MN GOP CHAIRMAN TO GOP LEGISLATORS: YOU VOTE TO OVERRIDE GOVERNOR PAWLENTY, YOU MAY NOT HAVE PARTY SUPPORT
Monday, February 25th, 2008"State Republican Party Chairman Ron Carey is at the Capitol reminding GOP lawmakers who don't uphold the governor's veto that they might not have the party's backing for re-election." Source: Associated Press, February 25, 2008 Click here for the complete story.
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF MINNESOTA WORKING HARD TO PREVENT MASSIVE TAX INCREASES #2
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008As a follow-up to this post, I spoke with staff from the Republican Party of Minnesota (MN GOP) this morning about what the MN GOP is doing to prevent the massive tax increases contained in the DFL's transportation bill from becoming law. I have been informed that radio ads are being run regarding the DFL [...]
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF MINNESOTA WORKING HARD TO PREVENT MASSIVE TAX INCREASES
Thursday, February 21st, 2008I just spoke with Mark Drake, communications director for the Republican Party of Minnesota (MN GOP), regarding their efforts to prevent the massive tax increases contained in the DFL's transportation bill from becoming law. Drake said the MN GOP started making calls into targeted legislative districts (seats held by Republicans and Democrats) last Monday [...]
MN GOP PRESS RELEASE: IN CASE YOU MISSED IT! “FRANKEN DIDN’T EXACTLY LEAVE ‘EM LAUGHING IN NORTHFIELD”
Thursday, January 24th, 2008The Republican Party of Minnesota has e-mailed yesterday's story from the Star Tribune about Al Franken ridiculing a Carleton College student to interested parties. I posted the story last evening. ### This post also appears on Blogs for Norm!, an online community and blog covering the 2008 U.S. Senate campaign in Minnesota. The primary goal [...]
MN GOP PRESS RELEASE: “FRANKEN’S MILLIONS WON’T FOOL MINNESOTANS; SLASH & BURN CANDIDATE BURNS THROUGH $1.2 MILLION TO RAISE $1.9 MILLION!”
Monday, January 7th, 2008St. Paul- Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Ron Carey today issued the following statement regarding Al Franken's release of his latest fundraising totals. "After burning through $1.2 million to raise $1.9 million, Minnesotans shudder to think what kind of senator Franken would make handling other people’s money. Unfortunately for Franken, all the money in the [...]
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