Red meat and reflected glory: In Duluth, Trump crowd gets exactly what it...
Cyndy BrucatoIt’s not easy being an outsider at a Trump rally.It’s not just the protesters, like the two at the rally in Duluth who were circled by Trump supporters chanting the president’s name until...
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Minnesota Republicans look to exploit DFL divisions, even as GOP faces its...
Cyndy BrucatoMinnPost photo by Brian HallidayU.S. Senate candidate Karin HousleyUltimately, the only glitch at the Republican state party convention in Duluth was a faulty electronic ballot system,...
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Johnson wins GOP endorsement, setting up primary against Pawlenty
Cyndy BrucatoThe Minnesota Republican Party state convention in Duluth endorsed its former chair Jeff Johnson for governor Saturday, the same endorsement Johnson won eight years ago.Johnson’s deep...
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GOP endorses Housley, Newberger for U.S. Senate
Cyndy BrucatoThe Minnesota Republican Party has had its share of charged, nail-biting moments at its state conventions. The first day of the 2018 convention in Duluth wasn’t one of them. After a...
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Why money — and miles — are so important in the 8th District DFL primary
Cyndy BrucatoIn the four-way DFL primary to succeed Rep. Rick Nolan in Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District, it comes down to miles and money.Former state Rep. Joe Radinovich, Nolan’s former campaign...
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Yes, a good candidate can bridge the divide in Minnesota's 8th Congressional...
Cyndy BrucatoThe 8th Congressional District in northern Minnesota has a distinct brand of politics.I know because I’ve worked on campaigns here. I also know because I live here now, in the heart of the...
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One month in, Minnesota Republicans have plenty to like (and a few concerns)...
Cyndy BrucatoA random sampling of some longtime Minnesota Republicans shows that after one month, the honeymoon with President Donald Trump isn’t over yet — even it was an arranged marriage from the...
View ArticleMN Republican Party chair candidate: 'We can’t keep putting up the same white...
Cyndy BrucatoJennifer Carnahan, a candidate for chair of the Minnesota Republican Party, is convinced that even in the state’s bluest political pockets there are voters who can be persuaded to vote...
View ArticleWhat's next for former Senate minority leader David Hann?
Cyndy BrucatoLike many a baby boomer, former GOP senate minority leader David Hann isn’t ready to retire, despite the bittersweet results of the November election.Hann, 64, lost his bid for re-election...
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For next Minnesota GOP chair, one goal looms: electing a Republican to...
Cyndy BrucatoRepublican Party finance chair Rick RiceThe chairmanship of the Republican Party of Minnesota is a job that could be described kindly as a headache.Yet it's sought-after enough that the...
View ArticleHow a surge in Putin's approval rating among GOP voters explains political...
Cyndy BrucatoOf the many post-election polls that show a change and division in the American voter, one of strangest findings was in a Economist-YouGov poll taken in mid-December that shows a surge of...
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Downey says he definitely (maybe) won't run again for state Republican Party...
Cyndy BrucatoMinnPost photo by Brian HallidayMinnesota GOP chair Keith DowneyDespite big election victories in November, the Minnesota Republican Party may be heading for a change of leadership.An...
View ArticleDoes the DFL really have an advantage heading into the 2018 governor's race?
Cyndy BrucatoThe Cook Political Report has started handicapping the 2018 governors’ races — and the track in Minnesota isn’t as fast for Democrats as one might expect, given that Mark Dayton is a...
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Can the Minnesota Republican Party hold on to non-Republican voters who voted...
Cyndy BrucatoAgriculture Secretary and former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack believes his Democratic party has a problem. Democrats lost this election cycle, he says, because they neglected the rural voter....
View ArticleA very early look at how the Trump phenomenon could affect the Minnesota...
Cyndy BrucatoFor a political candidate, name recognition is usually an asset. And most of the names of the politicians considering a run for Minnesota governor in 2018 have at least some voter...
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Trump's campaign always knew it could be competitive in Minnesota
Cyndy BrucatoMinnesota was always in play for Donald Trump. So says his state campaign director and other Trump activists, who maintain that Trump’s narrow loss to Hillary Clinton here is nothing short...
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GOP victory party offers a first look at a new, and different, Minnesota...
Cyndy BrucatoIf the face of the Minnesota Republican Party is going to change with the election of Donald Trump, some of those new faces were at the Radisson Blu celebrating Trump’s victory.Aside from...
View ArticleMinnesota's Trump snub: 3rd District Republicans don't include presidential...
Cyndy BrucatoThe Republican Party officers in Minnesota’s 3rd Congressional District have decided not to put presidential candidate Donald Trump on the sample ballot mailed to voters in the western...
View ArticleAs Biden rallies activists, DFL counts on its turnout edge to win 8th District
Cyndy BrucatoThe skimpy crowd that turned out Friday in Duluth to rally for Rep. Rick Nolan and Vice President Joe Biden might have been an indication of Nolan’s struggle to retain his Eighth District...
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Even the people pushing voter ID in Minnesota don't think the election is...
Cyndy BrucatoCount Minnesota Majority President Dan McGrath as one of the doubters of Donald Trump’s claims that the presidential election is going to be rigged.His skepticism is notable. Minnesota...
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