Run Carly Run

When Congressman Rick Nolan (DFL-MN08) announced he was ending his campaign for reelection the first name we thought of was former Rep Carly Melin (DFL-Hibbing). She is currently the Executive Director for Minnesota State Building and Construction Trades Council. She...

Impacts of Different Primary Strategies

Attorney General Lori Swanson (DFL-MN) deployed no visible ground game during this Primary Election. Her efforts were direct mail and media ads. Congressman TIm Walz (D-MN01) and Rep Erin Murphy (DFL-64A, St Paul) applied the whole gamut, in addition to mailing,...

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...

CD08 Adds a Pornographer to the Field

Soren Sorenson (DFL) is not very notable, but he did have stint producing pornography. We have spoken to him about this throughout the years and he is relatively proud of the fact. We will be waiting and be watching for this issue to come to the fore…. This...

Metsa Joining the Field in 8th CD

Another candidate is set to enter the race to replace Congressman Rick Nolan (D-MN). We understand Rep Jason Metsa (DFL-06B, Eveleth) is poised to enter the contest. The 3rd term legislator will face former colleague Joe Radinovich (DFL-Crosby), Mayor Kirsten Kennedy...