We learned of the passage of Rick Stafford as many of us now do, on Facebook. The man who was small in stature had a significant impact on party politics both here in Minnesota DFL and at the DNC. He was the first openly gay DFL Party Chair, DNC National Committeeman,...
For those not familiar with the process on precinct caucus night, all attendees to the DFL Precinct Caucuses will be able to cast a ballot in a binding straw poll for their candidate of choice. This means the resulting percentages will determine the apportionment of...
We have heard from a number of sources that we were right to single out Hubert “Buck” Humphrey IV at the Minneapolis DFL City Convention. In fact, people have informed us there is more to the story. We understand the week prior to the convention Buck was busy making...
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...
The runway is cleared now that DFL Party Chair Dick Senese has declared that he will not seek re-election. This was just a formality he wasn’t expected to vie for the post again. After all of the posturing that has occurred since the November election two...
