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GOP Supreme Court candidate vows to stay in race
Michelle MacDonaldMichelle MacDonald’s tangles with the Republican Party at the State Fair have topped any sideshow along the Midway.The latest controvery for MacDonald, the GOP's endorsed candidate...
View Article'We need to speak to people’s hearts as well as their minds': a Q&A with GOP...
A political candidate connecting with voters at the Minnesota State Fair has a job not dissimilar to the host of an infomercial. First, you have to connect with the customer personally. Next, you must...
View Article'I'm here to listen': A Q&A with Gov. Mark Dayton
The Minnesota State Fair and the governor of the state of Minnesota form a match made in heaven. Fairgoers want to see and be seen with the leader of their state. And even a reticent campaigner like...
View ArticleSurvey finds Republicans' biggest concern is not what you think it is
It’s not a scientific sample, of course, but a Republican Party survey of state fairgoers reveals an interesting top concern: “protecting rights and privacy.”The GOP offered the survey at its State...
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Former candidate Tom Horner likely to join Johnson campaign for governor
MinnPost file photo by Bill KelleyTom HornerAnother leader in the Minnesota Independence Party is gravitating toward support of a Republican statewide candidate. Tom Horner, the Independence Party...
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When is an endorsement not an 'endorsement'?
It may be splitting hairs, but the DFL party’s claim that Republican candidate for governor Jeff Johnson received the Tea Party endorsement is technically incorrect. But only because the Minnesota Tea...
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GOP legislators' surprisingly nuanced response to PreferredOne's decision to...
State Rep. Jim AbelerFrom every corner of the Republican Party of Minnesota, rebuke came quickly on Tuesday after Preferred One announced it was leaving the MNsure health care exchange.“Six out of 10...
View ArticleDayton campaign calls Johnson's MNsure charges a 'smear'
Republican candidate for governor Jeff Johnson has tried to up the ante in making MNsure — and the loss of its most popular insurer — a campaign issue. He called for the state auditor to expand its...
View ArticleVoters at local candidate forums not sticking to the script
The Minnesota House DFL Caucus wants to talk about jobs and education. The House Republican caucus wants to talk about lowering taxes and making government more efficient. But at a pair of League of...
View ArticleDayton holds big cash advantage in governor's race
Gov. Dayton's newest ad, "Darn Good Coach"Gov. Mark Dayton and his Republican challenger in the governor's race, Jeff Johnson, each raised about a million dollars between July 22 and September 16, the...
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What to watch for in Wednesday night's Dayton-Johnson debate
MinnPost file photo by James NordGov. Mark DaytonThe first governor’s debate of the campaign season takes place Wednesday night in Rochester. Truth be told, it could be a rather dull affair. Still,...
View ArticleTame Dayton-Johnson debate focuses on small-bore issues
The first debate between Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican challenger governor Jeff Johnson proved the adage that all politics is local.At the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, Dayton, Johnson, and...
View ArticleDFL and GOP release fundraising totals; both poised to spend big on turning...
Both the Republican Party of Minnesota and the Minnesota DFL have closed out their third quarter of state and federal fundraising with healthy cash balances. The GOP reports that it raised $3.8...
View ArticleGovernor debate preview: why Hannah Nicollet could be Mark Dayton's new best...
Jeff Johnson has some catching up to do. A poll just released by KSTP-TV shows that Gov. Mark Dayton has widened his lead over his Republican challenger, 51 percent to 39 percent, a position...
View ArticleDayton uses debate to propose increasing gas tax
Broadcast live streaming video on UstreamIn the second debate of the 2014 governor’s race, Mark Dayton made news with his very first question, suggesting for the first time that he would seek an...
View ArticleChristie joins Johnson and McFadden at school event; says Johnson can beat...
“What’s your name?”“What are you working on?”“That’s well done.” The politicians crouched on the floor, asking questions of the first- and third-graders and making the most of the photogenic...
View ArticleSharper responses this time in Dayton-Johnson debate
“We’ve been through this before,” Gov. Mark Dayton said early on in this morning’s debate with Republican challenger Jeff Johnson, sponsored by the Duluth Chamber of Commerce and the Duluth News...
View ArticleWhat we haven't heard from Mark Dayton and Jeff Johnson
The debate between Gov. Mark Dayton and Jeff Johnson at Hamline University on Sunday, courtesy of the UpTake.In the penultimate governor’s debate of 2014, we learned that Gov. Mark Dayton smoked...
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Is big business sitting out the governor's race?
Will Minnesota’s business groups supporting Republican Jeff Johnson over Mark Dayton deliver an October surprise in the governor’s race?Only if you’re surprised that those who spent heavily in 2010 to...
View ArticleBoth parties in Minnesota preparing for the possibility of — yes — a recount
After “losing,” the most dreaded word in any Minnesota political operative's vocabulary is probably “recount.”Yet given the the state's recent history of close elections, the Republican and DFL parties...
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