Voter ID foes target business groups' campaign contributions
Voter ID opponents continued their efforts Wednesday to derail the proposal, releasing a report (PDF) that claims Minnesota bankers contributed to state GOP campaigns with the intent of...
View ArticleDayton's veto of four 'tort reform' bills comes with stinging GOP criticism
Gov. Mark Dayton didn't just veto four "tort-reform" bills passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature this morning. He shredded the bills and GOP leadership."These were laughably characterized as...
View ArticleWhat if Tom Emmer had won the governor’s office?
Editor’s note: With all of Minnesota’s political polarization since the 2010 elections, we decided to explore two possible “alternate realities” that could have occurred if relatively few voters had...
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Minnesota business leaders tout legislative agenda at their Capitol day
Minnesota’s business leaders took to the Capitol on Wednesday, tapping traditional Republican support for a number of priorities that are currently moving through the Legislature.Minnesota Business Day...
View ArticleSix reasons why right-to-work bill is going nowhere in Minnesota
Conservative talk radio hosts have criticized the Republican majority for failing to quickly move a right-to-work bill through the Minnesota Legislature.They've decried the lack of action because they...
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GOP legislators see political salvation with ‘strong finish,’ but don’t count...
State Sen. Claire RoblingAs state legislators return for the last lap of the session, it’s hard not to look back to the heady days when Republicans took over leadership of both the House and...
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NFL leaders come to town, and stadium bill comes to life
The National Football League got its money’s worth from a quick flight to Minneapolis this morning.A Vikings’ stadium bill, that appeared to be at death’s door Monday night, is alive and well and...
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Speaker Kurt Zellers wades into already messy GOP House primary
MinnPost photo by James NordSpeaker Kurt ZellersHouse Speaker Kurt Zellers last week waded into an already messy legislative Republican primary, choosing the challenger over the 22-year incumbent in...
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GOP consultant/'new' blogger Michael Brodkorb offers two-party election critique
Michael BrodkorbU.S. Senate candidate Kurt Bills is in trouble. Allen Quist still needs to prove he can win a general election. And Rick Nolan’s victory is a win, too, for the DFL endorsement...
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GOP legislative 'losers' and DFL 'winners' take decidedly different tacks
The losers couldn’t have been more petty; the winners couldn’t have been more gracious.At back-to-back news events Wednesday afternoon, Republican legislative leaders took no responsibility for their...
View ArticleWhile GOP leaders defend amendments, some losing candidates disagree
While Republican legislative leaders choose their words carefully and defensively to explain how they lost their majorities in the Minnesota House and Senate, some of their candidates are not so...
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Who will take on Dayton in 2014? Some GOP names surface
State Rep. Kurt Zellers sends out news releases, independent of his caucus, criticizing the DFL’s tax and spending proposals.State Sen. Dave Thompson appears at three congressional district conventions...
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GOP hopes Keith Downey will stabilize shaky state party
When Keith Downey takes over today as the chair of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he will be several steps ahead of where his predecessor, Pat Shortridge, started when he volunteered for the job in...
View ArticleWhy it’s increasingly likely Michele Bachmann will retire
No one is saying it for quotation yet, but it is increasingly likely that Michele Bachmann will decide not to seek another term in the U.S. House when her seat comes up in 2014.Lots of Republicans say...
View ArticleFormer Speaker Kurt Zellers becomes third Republican to challenge Dayton in 2014
“Smack dab in the middle of the middle class.”With these words Sunday, state Rep. Kurt Zellers described both his family and his campaign theme as he announced his bid to be the Republican nominee for...
View ArticleEconomy's strength poses message challenge for GOP governor candidates
Good news about Minnesota's economy continues to roll in.Minnesota employers keep adding jobs and the state's unemployment rate is 5.3 percent, well below the national level of 7.6 percent.Among major...
View ArticleZellers says calm and consistency under GOP leadership led to economic...
Minnesota’s employment rose in June to pre-recession levels. The state’s 2012-2013 budget ended with a surplus of $463 million. Republican candidate for governor Kurt Zellers was Speaker of the House...
View ArticleHonour campaign headquarters opens and, briefly, so does his Twitter account
Scott Honour, one of four announced Republican candidates for governor, held an old-fashioned campaign rally Tuesday night at his new headquarters, followed Wednesday by a newfangled snag in modern-day...
View ArticleGOP's four gubernatorial candidates agree on just about everything at first...
“I liked what they all said, but they all said pretty much the same thing — except the ones who said they wouldn’t abide by the endorsement.”That observation from Republican activist Leslie Lawrence 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...
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