Rand Paul targets college-age voters in campaign swing through Minnesota
Republican presidential candidate Paul Rand is taking a swing through Minnesota Monday, delivering what his campaign calls a “unique” message to college students.All three of Paul’s stops are geared to...
View ArticleAt the U, Rand Paul sounds off on surveillance, Sanders and pot
At a Students for Rand rally at the University of Minnesota, Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul led with the one-two punch of his appeal for younger voters.The U.S. senator from Kentucky began...
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Value of GOP endorsement to be tested in race for Petersen's old Senate seat
MinnPost photo by Brian HallidayAndy AplikowskiThe endorsing convention Saturday to replace retired GOP state senator Branden Petersen took a familiar turn. District 35 delegates, from Anoka, Andover...
View ArticleGOP debate offers vast differences in style, if not substance, among CD2...
At the first formal debate of Republicans trying to capture the seat that GOP Rep. John Kline is vacating in the Second Congressional District, there was minimal difference in the five candidates’...
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The odd congressional candidacy of David Benson-Staebler
David Benson-StaeblerDavid Benson-Staebler, Republican candidate for John Kline’s seat in the Second Congressional District, has already made quite an impression among the activists and obsessives...
View ArticleThe significance of the Minnesota GOP straw poll
Minnesota’s most ardent Republican activists have shown a preference for the most conservative Republican candidate for president.In a straw poll taken at the party’s meeting of its central committee...
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Political newcomer says 'time is right' to challenge Rep. Ron Erhardt in DFL...
Rep. Ron ErhardtThe man who gave Democrats their first legislative seat representing Edina in modern history is facing a re-election challenge from within the DFL.Heather Edelson, a former child...
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Why the support? 'Donald Trump is verbalizing people’s frustration'
At a meeting of Republican activists last weekend, where a straw poll was taken on presidential preference, the Donald Trump campaign presence was minimal and, with 10 percent of the vote, so,...
View ArticleMinnesota's conservatives are coalescing around Cruz
The Ted Cruz campaign for president took a chance booking a venue as large as the Harriet Island Pavilion in St. Paul for a rally. Not to worry. Thursday night, 500-plus Cruz supporters packed the...
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Rubio's presidential campaign steps up efforts in Minnesota
Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign efforts in Minnesota are ramping up a notch. The senator’s operation, chaired by former GOP gubernatorial candidate Jeff Johnson, is working to secure a Rubio visit...
View ArticleAt GOP gathering, Speaker casts doubt on special session
Minnesota Speaker of the House Kurt Daudt said that he doubts there will be a special legislative session.“I think it’s probably not real likely were gonna end up having a special session,” he told a...
View ArticleJohn Hinderaker on taking over the Center of the American Experiment: 'I want...
The focus of the Center of the American Experiment will not change under the direction of its new president, John Hinderaker. But the style will. Hinderaker succeeds Mitch Pearlstein, who founded the...
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Abeler wins GOP nomination for state Senate special election
Jim AbelerIn the contest to win the Republican nomination in Senate District 35, the party's endorsement proved to be no advantage against a candidate with more name recognition, experience, and...
View ArticleRubio's visit offers chance to show off support among establishment Republicans
Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio’s visit to the Twin Cities Tuesday wasn’t a lengthy one, but it was long enough to establish that he is the choice of many of the state’s mainstream...
View ArticleWhy more members of the Republican establishment aren't attacking Trump
If Donald Trump becomes the Republican nominee for president, blame Ronald Reagan.Or at least, blame Establishment Republicans – i.e. the people who control the party system, the fundraising, and, once...
View ArticleWhat the Iowa results mean for Minnesota's GOP caucuses
What do the Iowa caucus results mean for Minnesota’s Republican caucuses on March 1?For Sen. Ted Cruz, Tuesday’s winner, it means digging in even deeper with old-fashioned, precinct-to-precinct,...
View ArticleA relatively simple way to improve Minnesota's caucus system
On the day of the New Hampshire primary, it’s time to consider the many problems of a caucus system, like the one Iowa — and Minnesota — employs. Compared to a primary, a caucus is time-consuming, hard...
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Former Rep. Jim Abeler wins state Senate seat
MinnPost photo by Brian HallidaySen.-elect Jim AbelerJim Abeler had to fight for the Republican nomination for the state Senate, but he breezed to victory in Tuesday’s special election for a seat...
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How Republicans scored their big upset in House District 50B
Chad AndersonRepublicans were so pleased with the victory Chad Anderson scored over DFLer Andrew Carlson in House District 50B, in Bloomington, that he was sworn into office Tuesday, just a week after...
View ArticleProvocateur-turned-politician Jason Lewis finding that past comments can...
In the summer of 1996, when Barbara Carlson’s ex-husband, Arne Carlson, was running for re-election, the then-KSTP talk-radio host decided that was the best moment to describe their sexual...
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