Not Surprising New Democratic Millstone is Keith Ellison

It didn’t take Republicans very long, Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN05) is now being used as a millstone around the necks of Minnesota’s DFL candidates. The Congressional Leadership Fund, a Republican PAC run by House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI01) began airing ads...

Campaign Finance Reports for MN Federal Races

Today, the actual campaign finance numbers for the various federal campaigns are being posted on the FEC.gov site. The numbers started rolling out slowly, but we stepped behind the scenes found information from the raw reports, and we will be updating as any new...

The MSM is Getting the Message are the Politico’s in the 8th CD?

We will reemphasize our previous point made after the DFL failed to endorse a candidate to replace Congressman Rick Nolan (D-MN08). What No Endorsement in the CD08 Means. In the last two elections, the 8th CD had more money spent in it than any other Congressional...

Live From CD08

7:12 pm There is a motion for no endorsement pre-Primary, this is a simple majority motion. It passed. Candidate 1st Ballot % 2nd Ball0t % 3rd Ballot % 4th Ballot % 5th Ballot % 6th Ballot % 7th Ballot % 8th Ballot % 9th Ballot 1oth Ballot % Phifer 73.5 44.28% 78...

Metsa Makes if Official

Rep Jason Metsa (DFL-06B, Virginia) has confirmed our earlier expectation Metsa Joining the Field in the 8th CD. He joins former federal agent Leah Phifer (DFL-MN), Mayor Kirsten Kennedy (DFL-North Branch), long-time KBJR anchor Michelle Lee and former colleague Joe...