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Biden rallies for Dayton at Macalester College
Vice President Joe Biden made a stop in Minnesota Tuesday to stump for DFL gubernatorial candidate Mark Dayton and to assure about 1,000 students, politicians and teachers that Democrats are not going to be swept out of Minnesota or Washington after the general election.
GOP’s Demos hits YouTube to boost support for race against Ellison
Joel Demos knows he is a political underdog. He is running as an endorsed-Republican against Democratic U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison in Minnesota's 5th Congressional District - arguably the most liberal district in the entire country.
Madore beats DFL-endorsed candidate in CD 2 primary
Former state Rep. Shelley Madore will challenge Republican U.S. Rep. John Kline for Minnesota's Second Congressional District in November.
Entenza has spent over $4 million building campaign operation
Matt Entenza's lawn signs break a cardinal rule of electoral politics. The thousands of placards dotting yards across the state contain a verboten detail: the date of this year's primary election.
Near-record number of candidates vie to win the DFL nomination to replace retiring Moua
When Kathy Lantry’s mom was growing up in the Dayton’s Bluff neighborhood of St. Paul in the 1940s, the Sacred Heart Church held Masses in both English and German. Today the Roman Catholic parish still conducts Mass in a pair of languages, but the non-English service has changed to Spanish.
In the age of social media hype, direct mail still a pivotal part of campaigning
Back in the 1990s, in another political lifetime, political operatives like Mark Penn and Karl Rove made names for themselves by exploiting the advantages of closely defined messages to specific groups of voters via direct mail.
Power forward – Scott Johnson’s Power Line blog may be losing impact, but not its punch
Johnson, 59, a Highland Park native, is a corporate attorney by trade, but that’s not where he made his name: Johnson is a conservative blogger — arguably one of the nation’s most influential.
Ellison honored by housing coalition
U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., has received the 2010 Edward W. Brooke III Housing Leadership Award from the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
DFL campaigns for governor next week at convention in Duluth
The party’s main task at its 2010 state convention will be anointing its official candidate for governor. Eight candidates who might conceivably be considered viable remain in the hunt; two besides Dayton have said that they will run in the primary, no matter what happens in an endorsement battle next Saturday that’s bound to be long and punishing.
Congressional contests take shape
Jim Meffert earned the DFL endorsement on Saturday to take on U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen in the Third Congressional District. It took six ballots for the chief executive of the Minnesota Optometric Association to triumph over Maureen Hackett in the endorsement battle.
Bachmann, Paulsen raised over $1 million in 2009
More than $2 million was raised by candidates in the 6th Congressional District in 2009. That makes it easily the most expensive U.S. House contest in Minnesota so far this election cycle.
Bachmann contest draws the most political cash
More than $2 million was raised by candidates in the 6th Congressional District in 2009. That makes it easily the most expensive U.S. House contest in Minnesota so far this election cycle.
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