Does Donald Trump really think Minnesota is in play?
Around the same time Donald Trump hired a state campaign director for Minnesota, a Trump sign sprouted up in the neighborhood of my cabin in northern Minnesota. The timing of the sign’s appearance and...
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The race to replace Rep. John Kline is about to get a lot more visible
Jason Lewis won the 2nd Congressional District GOP primary Tuesday in a four-way race that caught the eye of national political observers, even if it didn't make a whole lot of noise over the last few...
View ArticleTrump's Minneapolis fundraiser: long on security, short on Republican...
The Donald Trump fundraiser Friday at the Minneapolis Convention Center will be short on bold-faced names and long on security.Security for the GOP presidential candidate is of such high concern that...
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Trump’s Minneapolis fundraiser helped win over a couple of voters, at least
Donald Trump’s appearance at a Minneapolis fundraiser seemed to do little for his image in the state other than elevating a spat between the state Republican party and Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges...
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Take it from Arne’s former communications chief: Let Trump be Trump
“He has been a confrontational and aggressive figure, a take-no-prisoners warrior for what he believes in. Along the way he has …… infuriated and offended friends and foes alike.”This is not a...
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Minnesota GOP chair Downey: Yes, Trump is a gamble, but he's still good for...
MinnPost photo by Brian HallidayMinnesota GOP chair Keith DowneyKeith Downey thought that Donald Trump had a “good night” compared to Hillary Clinton in a televised national security forum Wednesday...
View ArticleSo far, Johnson is the only presidential candidate to book broadcast ads in...
If Donald Trump is making inroads among Minnesota voters — as his supporters claim — there’s no evidence of that in the form of broadcast political ads.Trump and Hillary Clinton and the PACs that...
View ArticlePrickly, principled and popular: Mark Dayton and Arne Carlson have a lot in...
In the spring of 1994, Arne Carlson’s chief of staff, Ed Stringer, called me into his office to deliver Carlson’s latest job approval rating as measured by a Star Tribune poll. Stringer was beaming....
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Would open primaries have given us better presidential nominees?
minncan.orgTim PennyFormer Congressman Tim Penny, mild-mannered and equable, would seem an unlikely doomsday prophet. But he has a gloomy assessment of this presidential election. “I always thought of...
View ArticleSanders fires up U students for Clinton — in a way Clinton can’t
Hillary Clinton shouldn’t need to do this, the pundits say. The first woman nominee for president shouldn’t need to dispatch her former rival for the nomination, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, to rally...
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Minnesota Republicans on why they're standing by Trump: 'These were words'
A weekend poll by the Wall Street Journal and NBC news shows that Hillary Clinton took an 11-point lead over Donald Trump in the wake of the release of a recording of vulgar remarks Trump made in 2005....
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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...
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...
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...
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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...
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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...
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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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 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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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...
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