September Campaign Finance Reports 2018

The September Campaign Finance Reports show Gubernatorial candidates Congressman Tim Walz (DFL-MN) and Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson (R-MN) having comparable amounts of money on-hand moving into the last 6 weeks of the campaign; Walz has $1,051,316.76...

Taking a Gander at the Governor’s Race

We will state again as we have before Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson has run for statewide of twice before and never received greater than 44.51%, we expect a similar result and it may be even lower. The MPR News and Star Tribune Minnesota Poll has the race...

Seeking Election Information in 2018 From Past Races

As pundits and prognosticators try to read the tea leaves prior to an election, they call attention to the enthusiasm surrounding a particular political party. Right now nationally, the Democratic Party seems to have the wind at its back and the Republicans appear to...

Questions for Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Johnson

We had the opportunity to ask Hennepin County Commission Jeff Johnson (R-MN) how he planned to beat recent history, his own and every other Republican statewide candidate. As we have pointed out time after time no Republican has won statewide since 2006. C&B: A...

MPR Gubernatorial Debate at the State Fair

We attended today’s MPR Gubernatorial Debate at the State Fair between Congressman Tim Walz (DFL-MN) and Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson (R-MN). Around a third of the crowd were wearing Walz T-shirts, and whenever a response from the crowd occurred it...