Campaigns

Americans United for Change is launching a one-minute radio ad attacking Rep. Michele Bachmann’s recent statements about wanting to “wean” Americans off Social Security. The ads will play on Thursday and Friday in St. Cloud on stations WWJO-FM, KZPK-FM and WJON-AM.

Sen. David Hann, R-Eden Prairie, announced Tuesday that he’s bowing out of the governor’s race due to low support among activists and will campaign to keep his seat in the Minnesota Senate.

Gov. Tim Pawlenty will be heading to a Georgetown bar on Friday night for a fundraiser hosted by Reps. John Kline, Michele Bachmann and Erik Paulsen. Also, hosting? Lobbyists. The event is part of a flurry of activities in Washington, D.C., where Bachmann and Pawlenty are featured speakers at the Conservative Political Action Committee conference [...]

Jack Tomczak, Rep. Michele Bachmann’s political director, is leaving her campaign after two years to join state Rep. Tom Emmer’s campaign for governor, Tomczak announced on Facebook Friday.

Rep. Michele Bachmann responded to critics who have taken issue with a statement she made about “weaning” Americans off of Social Security and Medicare. The DFL, and candidates Dr. Maureen Reed and Sen. Tarryl Clark blasted Bachmann’s comments earlier this week.
“Now is not the time for political grandstanding,” Bachmann shot back on Wednesday. “My political [...]

Mahamoud Wardere, a former staffer for Sen. Norm Coleman and Muslim immigrant from Somalia, is running on an anti-war platform in hopes of defeating Republican Rep. John Kline. Wardere is seeking the Republican endorsement and joins DFLers Dan Powers and Shelley Madore in looking to unseat Kline. Wardere’s name also popped up during the 2008 [...]

Rep. Tom Emmer’s gubernatorial campaign says the Delano Republican hasn’t decided yet whether he’s running for reelection in the Minnesota House of Representatives. But his campaign finance report indicates that the conservative known for fiery floor speeches may very well be retiring this year.

Rep. Michele Bachmann is taking heat from her opponents over a statement saying she would like to end two major social programs. “But basically what we have to do is wean everybody else off” Social Security and Medicare, Bachmann said at the Constitutional Coalition meeting in St. Louis this weekend.
That statement raised the ire of [...]

Two DFLers vying to run against Republican Rep. Erik Paulsen announced endorsement this week. Dr. Maureen Hackett garnered the support of the LGBT group Stonewall DFL while PTA president Jim Meffert announced a number of endorsements from elected officials in the district.

When Rae Hart Anderson last ran for Minnesota Senate, she ended up conceding the race to Sen. Satveer Chaudhary, the state’s first Hindu legislator, by urging him to convert to Christianity. When she faces off with Chaudhary this November, she’ll again be bringing religious fervor — both pro-Christian and anti-Muslim — to the table. But she’s adding a noteworthy new belief: the insistence that President Barack Obama isn’t the legitimate president of the United States.