The possibility of a DFL endorsement in St. Paul is less likely today than it was last week. There is a discussion about the wisdom of allowing any person to carry the DFL mantle through the summer and provide a single place for “good DFLers” to show their...
The idea of Rebecca Yanisch being a candidate to fill the vacancy at Department of Trade and Economic Development was not an unfamiliar idea to us at Checks & Balances. In fact, we discussed it with a number of sources close to and in the administration, but our...
Every day, it seems a new name is circulated as a candidate for the various Constitutional offices. We thought we would try to compile a list of the names we have heard so far and encouraged anyone who is interested in floating their name for a position (either DFL...
The DFL State Convention moved ahead today in a fairly normal fashion. The candidates spoke to the delegates in the following order: Steve Kelley, Michael Ciresi, Ole Savior, Steve Miles, David Lillehaug, Rebecca Yanisch and Jerry Janezich. The speeches didn’t differ...
So with all that being said, here is what we learned. Of the 1200+ delegates, 379 answered the phone and 97 declined to answer the poll in the beginning. From the remaining respondents when asked who do you support on the first ballot the responses were Jerry Janezich...
