It is an honor to address you today, once again as Minnesota’s Secretary of State. I want to begin by thanking my husband, for his support and sacrifice (we’ve been married for 35 years as of today, by the way), my children for understanding the importance of being...
Rep. Nora Slawik (DFL-55B, Maplewood) is entertaining the notion of vying for Secretary of State in 2006. Slawik a suburban legislator who has played in the political school of hard knocks after losing reelection following her first term, but showed true grit and...
The Tim Pawlenty (R) inauguration is the start of a new Administration facing a steep budget deficit, but ripe with promise. In his speech, Pawlenty laid out a broad set of principles and goals long on rhetoric and short on specifics. The even only had one hitch and...
We attended the Independence Party Convention in St. Cloud. Unlike the DFL and Republican Party Conventions, which were held in Convention Centers, this one was staged in an auditorium on the St. Cloud State College Campus. It had the size and feel of a local State...
Publicly the DFL party seems on a roll and the Republican Party back on its heels with the recent defections of the State Auditor Judy Dutcher (DFL-MN) and state Senator Dean Johnson (DFL-15, Willmar). The departures of two people, who were clearly at odds with the...
