Aug 15, 2018
The first race on the ballot generally sets the highwater mark for votes cast on a ballot. Except for this year, where more DFLers voted for Governor than did for the first line on the ballot US Senator and more Republicans voted for the 2nd US Senate race down the...
Aug 14, 2018
Attorney General Lori Swanson (DFL-MN) deployed no visible ground game during this Primary Election. Her efforts were direct mail and media ads. Congressman TIm Walz (D-MN01) and Rep Erin Murphy (DFL-64A, St Paul) applied the whole gamut, in addition to mailing,...
Aug 13, 2018
The numbers from the most recent multi-candidate DFL Primaries are listed below. It is important to note, these numbers are from somewhat different districts because of 2012 redistricting, but they are valid ballpark figures. We have broken out the Seven Metro...
Aug 12, 2018
Since we first published the Huffington Post has run a story. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/keith-ellison-denies-abuse-allegations_us_5b708128e4b0ae32af990d26 During the week we have been asked about a number of allegations of abuse by Congressman Keith Ellison...
Aug 12, 2018
At Farmfest former Governor Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) virtually ignored his Primary opponent Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson (R-MN) and made most of his critical comments toward Congressman Tim Walz (D-MN01). Similarly, Attorney General Lori Swanson (DFL-MN) began...
Aug 12, 2018
Rep Ilhan Omar (DFL-60B, Minneapolis) is a constant target for Republican attacks, maybe this is why she spent money from her campaign account for “crisis management.” Recently, there were the charges of inappropriate use of campaign contributions by Re Steve...
Aug 1, 2018
Here are the fundraising figures from the Pre-Primary reports for the Constitutional Office candidates. In the Governor’s race Congressman TIm Walz (DFL-MN) and former Governor TIm Pawlenty (R-MN) lead the field with sizable advantages. Office Candidate Receipts...
Aug 1, 2018
In her first campaign commercial, the election former State House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher House Speaker trains her sights right on Donald J Trump. She compares her work in the Minnesota House to how she will be able to hit the ground running and stand up to...
Jul 30, 2018
Today, Rep Steve Drazkowski (R-21B, Mazeppa) called on fellow Rep Ilhan Omar (DFL-60B, Minneapolis) to respond and take action with regard to allegations of a violation of Minnesota House Rule 9.20. Omar upon release of her Statement of Economic Interest, which was...
Jul 30, 2018
We found it interesting to see former House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher (D-MN05) mounting a That Was Then This Is Now effort. In her literature, she states how she led the State House in taking on Governor Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) and will do the same in Washington...
