Resume claims like Julianne Ortman’s can trip up a campaign
A training video by the National Association of Personnel Services, a trade organization for employment recruiters, asks a group of recruiters how many believe the resumes they handle contain false...
View ArticleTim Pawlenty again on campaign trail — for financial services group
Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty is a acting like he's on the campaign trail again with a recent surge of videos, media interviews and Twitter posts.But Pawlenty isn't selling himself. As president and CEO of...
View ArticleGOP governor candidate forum at State Fair will be missing one voice
The University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs is sponsoring what would seem a must-attend event at the Minnesota State Fair for the four Republican candidates for governor — but it...
View ArticleHibbing teacher enters GOP race for governor
A Hibbing, Minn., teacher has joined the race for the Republican endorsement for governor.Robert Farnsworth announced in a news release that he is running because “I have three children under the age...
View ArticleGOP candidates for governor tackle Dayton, heat at State Fair forum
Gov. Mark Dayton should be prepared for a bill to repeal the new warehousing tax during the upcoming special legislative session.Republican candidate for governor and state Rep. Kurt Zellers promised...
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Co-author of tell-all book on Bachmann: It’s primer on how not to run a campaign
MinnPost file photo by Bill KelleyJohn Gilmore"I just broke the top 10 in political books on Amazon,” John Gilmore, co-author of the just-released and insider depiction of Michele Bachmann’s...
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Former state chair Pat Shortridge says GOP turned into a ‘hunt for heretics’
MinnPost file photo by Brian HallidayPat ShortridgeThe Republican Party has become a “hunt for heretics,” a game for people playing, “I’m the most conservative,” a breeder of “craziest sound bites.”The...
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GOP straw poll for governor: Marty Seifert surprises everyone — including...
MinnPost photo by Brian HallidayMarty SeifertThere was only one unknown in the gubernatorial straw ballot taken at the Minnesota Republican party’s state central committee Saturday in Blaine. How...
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Minnesota GOP gets some good news for a change
Overshadowed at the state Republican Party’s central committee meeting last weekend was the report on the party’s finances.Just before the straw poll of delegates that placed Jeff Johnson and Julianne...
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Jeff Johnson’s campaign aide targeted for ‘extremely sexist’ posts
The Jeff Johnson campaign for governor could take it as a compliment. Just 48 hours after the Hennepin County commissioner won a straw poll of Republicans at the party’s central committee meeting,...
View ArticleRybak nixes idea of running as Dayton’s lieutenant governor
With his new job as executive director of an education group, outgoing Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak has muzzled any suggestion he would be Gov. Mark Dayton's new running mate next year.Rybak announced...
View ArticleMinnesota GOP getting new digs to be ‘closer to the people’
At a meeting of the Republican Party of Minnesota’s state central committee in October, party leadership promised a new brand and a new attitude. Implementing that agenda also involves a new...
View ArticleDavid Gaither, former Pawlenty aide, lobbying for immigration reform
Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s chief of staff, David Gaither, took part in a major Capitol Hill lobbying effort in Washington last week to push for immigration-reform legislation.Gaither is executive...
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Possible challenger to Paulsen surfaces
UnileverJames A. LawrenceA possible Democratic challenger to Third District Republican Rep. Erik Paulsen has surfaced. He is Minneapolis and New York businessman James A. Lawrence.In a poll conducted...
View ArticleNguyen, GOP candidate for secretary of state, acknowledges party’s image problem
At a meeting of the Republican Party's State Central Committee last month, party leadership pledged more aggressive outreach to the state’s minority population.There was tangible proof of that outreach...
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Marty Seifert will seek GOP endorsement for governor
MinnPost photo by Brian HallidayMarty SeifertMarty Seifert, a Republican candidate for governor in 2010, will give it another try: He plans to announce Nov. 21 that will seek the GOP endorsement for...
View ArticleRepublicans say Legislature alone can’t deal with key insurance complaint
The 140,000 Minnesotans who’ve been told their health insurance policies have been discontinued for failing to meet new standards of coverage required by the Affordable Care Act shouldn’t expect relief...
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Controversial GOP posts prompt party to draft social-media guidelines
A controversy over the use of social media has broken out and helped prompt the state GOP to draft social-media best-practices guidelines.“It is important for Republicans to realize the power and risk...
View ArticleRepublican Seifert running for governor, but not as a conservative purist
Marty Seifert, the sixth Republican to announce that he’s running for governor in 2014, holds his own on conservative principles. In response to questions at his formal announcement Thursday, the...
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DFL, Minnesotans United join forces in key legislative races
The state’s new law legalizing same-sex marriage has offered a marriage of convenience for DFL state representatives and Minnesotans United for All Families, the group that lobbied for the law’s...
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