Tim Wilkin

Nov 30, 2012

Meet the Freshmen: House DFL (part 4)

JoAnn Ward decided to run when Rep. Nora Slawik, DFL-Maplewood, decided to retire. Redistricting pushed the new House District 53A farther to the east and across I-494 into Washington County. Even though partisan voter indices still pegged the new district as DFL-leaning, the race caught the attention of Republicans.

Oct 7, 2011

Eagan DFLers already jostling for 2012

Gary Hansen doesn’t currently live in Eagan’s House District 38A, where he recently registered to run for the Legislature in 2012. He’s banking on the district coming to him.

Dec 13, 2010

Tim Wilkin is it for MN Beverage Association

Former Republican legislator and Pawlenty administration official Tim Wilkin has been tapped to run the Minnesota Beverage Association (MBA).

Nov 10, 2010

Committee buzz: House GOP tries to juggle geography, seniority

When members of the new House Republican majority met last weekend to pick their top two leaders, they selected a slate dominated by the party's suburban strongholds: Speaker-designate Kurt Zellers of Maple Grove and soon-to-be Majority Leader Matt Dean of Dellwood.

Sep 10, 2010

Dayton taxes nerves of swing-district House DFLers

DFL gubernatorial candidate Mark Dayton met with about 20 DFL House caucus members at the Minneapolis Club just before Labor Day weekend. Many in the group, which included a number of House DFL rank-and-file supporters of vanquished DFL endorsee Margaret Anderson Kelliher, had yet to sit down with their party's standard-bearer, and treated the event like a meet-and-greet.

Jan 18, 2010