Mar 21, 2001
Former Governor Elmer L Anderson (R) spoke to members of the state Senate on Monday. He returned to the body where he had served for nine years. He challenged the Senators not to be shortsighted; aspire to think about the state of Minnesota of tomorrow, and not just...
Mar 21, 2001
Checks & Balances’ Publisher Shawn Towle sat down with Congressman Martin Sabo to discuss the state of politics in Washington, D.C., Minnesota and other political issues. The conversation ran the full gamut. The clear result of the discussion is if anyone is...
Mar 21, 2001
It is clear Governor Jesse Ventura (IP-MN) has a fairly large ego, as do most politicians. It is not very often that people come up to a person and say, “You know you should run for office.” It is usually the person considering who first broaches the topic....
Mar 21, 2001
The most frequent question asked when people start discussing the field of candidates or other issues in the 2002 election, is will Governor Jesse Ventura (IP-MN) run for re-election? We asked him that question when we interviewed him earlier this year and the...
Mar 16, 2001
The state teachers union has dusted off some of the survey forms they used during the last election cycle to remind people what their legislators committed to while running for election. The item in question is whether they had answered, yes, to the question of...
Mar 16, 2001
The Minnesota Multi-Housing Association has lost Ryan Kaess to a politics. Kaess is now the Campaign Coordinator for the Norm Coleman gubernatorial effort. In that capacity, he will facilitate the day-to-day operations of Coleman and orchestrate his political...
Mar 16, 2001
The Minneapolis Central Labor Union (CLU) endorsed Sharon Sayles-Belton for Mayor of Minneapolis, Paul Ostrow for City Council in Ward 1, Joan Campbell City Council in Ward 2, Brad Johnson City Council in Ward 4, Jackie Cherryhomes for City Council in Ward 5, Brian...
Mar 16, 2001
Here’s one we didn’t see get much play. Trade Laborers endorsed Councilmember Jay Benanav (DFL-Ward4, St Paul) in a nomination from the floor on Monday night. Also as expected the St. Paul Firefighters endorsed Sen Randy Kelly (DFL-67, St Paul)…. This content...
Mar 16, 2001
We have simplified the election contest in the city of St. Paul down to a simple calculation: the first two candidates to achieve 8000 votes in the primary will be the likely candidates on the general election ballot. We come to this assessment based on the results...
Mar 16, 2001
We didn’t know the conflict over Peter Wattson of the Senate Counsel and Research had been resolved last week when we published. Of course, the resolve of an issue isn’t something worth informing people about, only the conflict is. The Senate Redistricting Committee...
