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Terri Bonoff

DEMOCRATS RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT BONOFF MAILING

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

A dedicated reader of Minnesota Democrats Exposed, who happens to be a Democrat, sent me some comments about a new mailing from Senator Terri Bonoff. Democrats I spoke with this afternoon in the 3rd CD raised similar concerns about Bonoff's mailing. ###  Terri mailed out a full color lit piece to delegates.  Issues with the [...]

LTE ASKS BONOFF TO STOP “SWIFT-BOATING” ASHWIN MADIA; BONOFF’S CAMPAIGN CLAIMING MADIA “HAS NEVER HAD A REAL JOB”

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Over 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, 2008

This 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, 2008

I 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, 2008

Last 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 [...]

BONOFF BOMBS ON ALMANAC DEBATE; INTERRUPTS AND ATTACKS MADIA

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

If you wanted an example of why State Senator Terri Bonoff's campaign is struggling to convince people that she should be the DFL-endorsed candidate  for Congress in the 3rd CD in 2008, then I present Friday's DFL candidate debate on Almanac. In simple terms, Bonoff bombed. Please check back to Minnesota Democrats Exposed later tonight [...]

RUMOR MILL BOMBSHELL IN 3RD CD: PAULSEN’S CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN RAISES CLOSE TO $400,000 IN FOURTH QUARTER

Friday, January 11th, 2008

I 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, [...]

DFLER TELLS MDE THAT BONOFF’S FUNDRAISING NUMBERS ARE “HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT”

Friday, January 11th, 2008

I spoke with a prominent DFLer in the 3rd CD this afternoon and they expresses great disappointment with State Senator Terri Bonoff's campaign fundraising numbers.  Bonoff impressed many by raising almost $90,000 during the final 10 days of the third FEC reporting period of 2007.  But according to my source, Bonoff's campaign didn't play the [...]

BONOFF ATTEMPTS TO TOUGH-TALK RAMSTAD; FAILS MISERABLY

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

It would appear that State Senator Terri Bonoff is attempting to tough-talk Congressman Ramstad into following through on his previous announcement about not running for re-election: "DFL State Senator Terri Bonoff said she never would have run for the Congressional seat if Ramstad had not announced his retirement. 'Regardless of what Congressman Ramstad decides about [...]