Like ‘peas in pod’ with Bachmann, Quist to say if he’ll run against Walz

By Chris Steller
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 10:28 am

Rep. Tim Walz and Allen Quist

Republican Allen Quist solicits funds saying he and U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann “are two peas in a pod.” Now he’s set to announce Thursday whether he’ll make a bid to join Bachmann in Congress by running against Democrat Tim Walz in Minnesota’s First District.

Quist’s announcement at 1 p.m. in the Rochester City Council chambers will settle a candidacy question that only a month ago he told the Minnesota Independent was “a big if.”

Quist gained the GOP endorsement in 1994 but failed in a run at becoming governor, losing in the primary to incumbent Arne Carlson, who went on to win re-election. Quist was elected to three terms in the state House in the 1980s.

His wife Julie is Bachmann’s district director.

Walz is a DFLer who has held the southern Minnesota district since unseating Republican Gil Gutknecht in 2006.

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Mill
Comment posted November 18, 2009 @ 1:14 pm

Mr. Quist and Mrs. Bachmann are like two peas in a pod?

So Mr. Quist opposes completing the Census forms. Mr. Quist thinks Congress should be investigated for un-American attitudes. Mr. Quist wants legislation to protect the US currency from changes nobody wants to make. Mr. Quist plans to miss more than 100 opportunities to vote for his District on legislation pending before the House, as Mrs. Bachmann has.

I don’t know that such a platform is all that compelling or attractive to the average Mn 1st District voter. But we’ll find out soon enough!

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