The politeness that has prevailed in the early stages of the CD 6 GOP race may have come to an end this week, when candidate Phil Krinkie fired the first volley aimed directly at a fellow Republican: frontrunner Tom Emmer.

In Minnesota political circles, Phil Krinkie is best known as one of the state’s most prominent fiscal conservatives. But his day job for more than 30 years was in the customer service business. Krinkie said he plans to bring that customer-service mindset to his campaign in the 6th Congressional District, referring repeatedly to himself as ready to be “hired” to represent the district’s constituents.

John Pederson is depending on geography to give him an edge in the competitive Republican field to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann. Pederson hails from St. Cloud, and he says that gives him an edge.

Emmer raised less during the last three months than he did during his opening month of June, but is well ahead of Sen. John Pederson, R-St. Cloud.

Rhonda Sivarajah isn’t typically regarded as the conservative lightning rod in the GOP race to succeed U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann. But Sivarajah, who entered the race in June, has used her role as as chair of the Anoka County Board of Commissioners to push through a series of measures that could burnish her image among activists in the state’s most conservative congressional district.

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann's creation of a "Tea Party Caucus" has put her GOP colleagues in a difficult position. As Politico reports today, they now must decide whether to officially embrace the somewhat unruly movement of libertarian-leaning activists.

News from Rep. Michele Bachmann's office lit up the internet this afternoon on two fronts: Politico reported that Bachmann's finance director, Zandra Wolcott, was leaving the campaign after reporting huge sums of funds raised for the quarter. And John Gilmore, a St. Paul attorney, claimed in a tweet that Bachmann's chief of staff, Ron Carey, has left the office.

Elwyn Tinklenberg announced today the termination of his campaign for U.S. Congress in the Sixth District. In a statement on his site, he said the ...

In last week’s Weekly Report,we wrote that Sixth Congressional District DFL candidate Elwyn Tinklenberg is pro-life, which is what his campaign told us. We quickly ...

In last week’s Weekly Report,we wrote that Sixth Congressional District DFL candidate Elwyn Tinklenberg is pro-life, which is what his campaign told us. We quickly ...