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...
Jul 27, 2018
The increase participation in Early Voting builds a case for this being the potential for the highest turnout in state history. As the Primary Numbers increase they become less ideological and reflect more of an alignment toward a General Electorate. This is bad news...
Jul 27, 2018
If the Early Voting trend continues as much as 20-25% of the votes cast in the State Primary could be by mailed ballot. We have heard as many as 100,000 mailed ballots have been requested and the report from the Secretary of State Office shows 29.657 ballots have been...
Jul 27, 2018
It was surprising to see State Rep Steve Drazkowski (R-21B, Mazeppa) calling out an ethical lapse against State Rep Ilhan Omar (DFL-60B, Minneapolis) yesterday. Fellow legislator accuses Ilhan Omar of using campaign funds for divorce lawyer His line of attack seems to...
Jul 27, 2018
Because we have seen many last-minute issues crop up in October that played a significant impact on our November Election the term October Surprise has become part of our political lexicon. i.e. John Grunseth’s Pool Incident, the death of Paul Wellstone Now, we...
