Former Rep Tom Hackbarth (R-31B, Cedar) has filed to challenge Rep Calvin Bahr (R-31B, East Bethel) to recapture his old seat. Bahr, a Tea Party candidate, defeated Hackbarth by 308 votes with a margin of 56.96% to 43.04%. The question is where will Bahr and...
The Minnesota State Primary on August 9th has a number of interesting contests which include insurgences from the left against DFLers and the right against Republicans. As we saw during the Presidential Primary season, there is a lot of unrest in our politics this...
Last Saturday, during the running of Grandma’s Marathon C&B Publisher Shawn Towle happened upon Republican House Speaker Kurt Daudt (R-31A, Crown) in Canal Park. The Speaker was alone, without an entourage and, when asked about his presence in the Zenith City...
The attempt to override the first of the Governor’s Jesse Ventura (RP-MN) vetos from the last legislative session came in the form of a pro-World War II Veterans issue. The people in support of this group of people sought restoration of the funding for a Veteran’s...
The decision by the Minnesota State College and University (MNSCU) board to close the Anoka-Hennepin Technical College campus is one of the more interesting issues in the bonding bill discussions. The politics of this issue involve freshman Rep Jim Abeler (R-49A,...
