2022 Pre-primary Campaign Finance Reports

Minnesota Report   Governor Tim Walz (DFL) & Peggy Flanagan Beginning Cash 3,626,393.33 Total Receipts 2,668,489.21 Total Expenditures and Disbursements 1,314,101.61 Ending Cash Balance 4,980,780.93 Total Debt of Committee 0.00 Walz campaign has opted out of...

Wardlow in Deep Kimchi

Minnesota Report Attorney General Candidate Doug Wardlow (R-MN) is facing a significant problem with the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board in a complaint from former Deputy Secretary of State Kent Kaiser. H/T Michael Brodkorb. Here is the complaint...

Abortion Politics Revisited

Minnesota Report Why is it mostly men, who make decisions on women’s rights? In the 1990’s the DFL Party had to make a significant decision, which is whether or not they wanted to be a party of pockets of pro-choice places across the state, or if they were going...

DFL House Primary Contests

Minnesota Report There are only two DFL Primary contests which pit incumbent Houses members against their colleagues and one where the incumbent is trying to recapture the label of DFL, when he has been clearly rejected by the DFL House Caucus. Rep John Thompson...

Professor Tad Johnson Becomes a Regent

Minnesota Report On Wednesday, Governor Tim Walz (DFL-MN) appointed Tad Johnson to the University of Minnesota Board of Regents. He is filing out the term of David McMillan, who resigned to become the interim Chancellor for the University of Minnesota-Duluth....

Need for a Robust Recycling Program for Electronic Devices

Minnesota Report Yesterday, Congressman Pete Stauber (R-MN08), who we have taken to calling the Toxic Avenger, once again, put out a press release criticizing the House Democratic Majority for seeking to prevent significant environmental degradation....

Organizing Around Roe

Minnesota Report We received the following message from the Diversity Council out of Rochester, MN, which we are sharing so that people know there is shared concern in all areas of the state for the radical action by the US Supreme Court and not just in the...

Special Session Update: Possibility of a Cash Bonding Bill

Minnesota Report   The term is odd, Cash Bonding Bill actually is just an appropriation from the General Fund, but this is legislative parlance. We have had discussions with members of the Republican Senate Majority Caucus about the idea a $2-3 billion dollar...