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DNC chair calls on Pawlenty to intervene in U.S. Senate race

By Paul Demko | 05.20.09 | 10:58 am

pawlentyDemocratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine sent a letter to Gov. Tim Pawlenty yesterday urging him to call on Norm Coleman to concede the U.S. Senate contest. “I urge you to…

RNC’s Steele on whether Coleman should concede: ‘Hell no!’

By Paul Demko | 05.11.09 | 3:07 pm

Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele has Norm Coleman’s back. When asked by Hotline On Call recently whether he thinks Coleman should concede the U.S. Senate contest, Steele’s response was emphatic: “No, hell no.”

Bachmann leads Minnesota delegation in anti-tax group’s rankings

By Paul Demko | 04.24.09 | 10:40 am

bachmannThe Club for Growth likes Rep. Michele Bachmann — at least more than the rest of Minnesota’s Congressional delegation. The anti-tax advocacy group ranks Bachmann 37th on its latest assessment

Peterson adds $100,000 to campaign coffers

By Paul Demko | 04.16.09 | 3:59 pm

collin-petersonRep. Collin Peterson raised just over $100,000 in the first three months of this year and now has more than $400,000 in the bank. The 10-term Democrat was the

RNC protesters decry convention police tactics

By Paul Demko | 09.03.08 | 12:37 pm


Protesters blame police for violence that broke out at the conclusion of last night’s protest parade organized by the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign. The group’s national organizer, Cheri Honkala, spoke to reporters this morning at…

City Hall Monitor: Ex-Minneapolis Mayor Don Fraser to buy slice of city land for $1

By Chris Steller | 05.27.08 | 7:54 am

Sandy Colvin Roy, chair of the Minneapolis City Council’s Transportation and Public Works Committee, was rattling off the next agenda item at the committee’s meeting last week, when a familiar name brought her up short: Donald Fraser…