How Do the Two Halves of Senate District 54 Compare?

In 2014, a beneficial year for Republican House candidates, Rep. Dan Schoen (DFL-54A, Cottage Grove) prevailed with 7047 votes or 55.52% over Republican Matt Kowlaski with 5629 votes or44.35%. In 2016, the both House seats sat in the Republican column. In 54A, Keith...

McCollum Joins Calls for Impeachment of Trump

[catlist currenttags=”yes” conditional_title=”Archives on These Topics”] Yesterday, Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN04) notified the public of her signature as a cosponsor of Article of Impeachment against President Donald J Trump (R) the day...

Special Election Results in Districts 54 and 23B

Former State Representative Denny McNamara (R-Hastings) and Jeremy Munson (R-Lake Crystal), both Republican Party endorsed candidates, prevailed in last night in their respective Special Election Primary contests. Each election occurred in response to the resignations...

Swanson’s Email to Past Delegates and Supporters

Attorney General Lori  Swanson (DFL-MN) finally has made her decision to seek reelection public. She sent out an email to an array of DFL political activists yesterday. Since her message current Rep. Deb Hilstrom (DFL-40B, Brooklyn Center) and former Rep. Ryan...

Corroborating Information on the Knoblach Story

Last year, we published a controversial and disturbing piece on House Ways & Means Chairman, Jim Knoblach (R-14B, St Cloud) regarding claims made by his daughter on her Facebook...

Bond Big or Go Home

Wednesday, Governor Mark Dayton (D-MN) released his proposed Bonding Bill, which is standard practice because the even years are the tradition within the biennial session for capital projects. Dayton said, the $1.5 billion proposal accounts for 22,950 new jobs and...

Results Across the Eastern Border

Hudson is often viewed as a suburb of the Twin Cities, it is considered a part of the statistical area, in fact, the current mayor is former state House member Rich O’Connor (D), who represented the eastside 1982-92 until his defeat by now Congresswoman Betty McCollum...

Is Bachmann’s Posturing to Block Pawlenty?

We are hearing an interesting thought, former Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN) is allowing her name to be put in place in order to prevent former Governor Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) from entering the Senate race to oppose US Senator Tina Smith (D-MN). Pawlenty may be...

Pawlenty’s Second Deferral (He called us first with the news.)

Originally posted April 20, 2001 When the Vice-President of the United States calls someone who may believe is the person actually in charge, you stop and take notice.  So seems to have been with the state House Majority Leader Tim Pawlenty (R – 38B,...