Sutton on His Way Out

Republican Party Executive Director Tony Sutton is leaving his position to run the Brian Sullivan campaign. This is interesting because it helps reinforce the belief that the party hierarchy is trying to grease the way for their handpicked candidate, Sullivan....

Supreme Effect

This week the US Supreme Court ruled that states can limit the amounts made in combined campaign expenditures to candidates for office. It doesn’t appear that Minnesota will be significantly affected by this decision. We queried both the Republican and DFL parties for...

The Art of the Deal

With less than one week to go in the legislative session, the House and Senate finally reached a compromise. The announcement came in the House chambers around 5:20 PM. The threat of a slumber party at the Governor’s residence and being locked in a room with the...