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Bill Kuisle

May 22, 2014

Zellers introduces Dean Simpson as gubernatorial running mate

Prior to joining the contest as Zellers' choice for the lieutenant governor, Simpson had been chairman of the campaign.

May 22, 2014

The Capitol Note: Kuisle joins Johnson in race for governor

Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson, a GOP gubernatorial hopeful, announced Wednesday that he's taken on former Rep. Bill Kuisle as his lieutenant governor pick.

May 21, 2014

Jeff Johnson picks former legislator Kuisle as running mate

"If anybody knows me, I’ve never been the type to sit back and be quiet," Kuisle said.

Nov 5, 2010

How the lege was won

In many cases, DFLers simply got caught in an undertow in districts that are fundamentally split in their political allegiances; in some, like rural Senate District 16, they handed back control of districts no one had expected them to win in the first place; in others, it appears, they failed to take steps to protect incumbents who faced discernible pockets of Republican opposition.

Nov 3, 2010

Legislature sees a DFL drubbing for the ages

Republicans pummeled DFLers in the suburbs and greater Minnesota on Tuesday night to take control of both chambers of the Legislature for the first time since the modern partisan era started in the early 1970s.

Jun 6, 2008

Convention: GOP taking aim at DFL lead in the House

Republican lawmaker Kurt Zellers hopes that recruiting a former House colleague as his running mate will give a boost to his gubernatorial campaign. On Thursday afternoon, Zellers held a press conference on the Capitol steps to announce that Dean Simpson, a former three-term legislator from Perham and New York Mills, has agreed to serve as ...

Jun 26, 2006

Rochester rematch

Republican lawmaker Kurt Zellers hopes that recruiting a former House colleague as his running mate will give a boost to his gubernatorial campaign. On Thursday afternoon, Zellers held a press conference on the Capitol steps to announce that Dean Simpson, a former three-term legislator from Perham and New York Mills, has agreed to serve as ...

Nov 4, 2004

MN's DFL party's success at the polls surprises some

Republican lawmaker Kurt Zellers hopes that recruiting a former House colleague as his running mate will give a boost to his gubernatorial campaign. On Thursday afternoon, Zellers held a press conference on the Capitol steps to announce that Dean Simpson, a former three-term legislator from Perham and New York Mills, has agreed to serve as ...

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