Former Rep Tom Hackbarth (R-31B, Cedar) has filed to challenge Rep Calvin Bahr (R-31B, East Bethel) to recapture his old seat. Bahr, a Tea Party candidate, defeated Hackbarth by 308 votes with a margin of 56.96% to 43.04%. The question is where will Bahr and...
Last week, Sen Michele Fischbach (R-13, Paynesville) finally agreed to take the oath of office as Lt Governor. Afterward, she announced she would not be a candidate for reelection to her Senate seat. This quickly led to speculation she would be running for Lt Governor...
If Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson (R-MN) expects to secure the Republican Party for Governor he may need to get closer to Donald J Trump to do succeed. Former Governor Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) will be hard pressed to fully embrace Trump and this could be the...
As the last successful statewide Republican candidate former Governor Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) is like a Viking’s quarterback acquisition of the 1980-90’s. He is akin to Brett Farve, Randall Cunningham, Jeff George, or Warren Moon. Each in their own right had attributes in...
In our article The Two Realities of Tim Pawlenty, we highlighted former Governor Tim Pawlenty’s (R-MN) perpetual deficits and how this could affect him if he were a general election candidate. Now the question is can he get to the ballot in November? As the...
