Bachmann to hold election night party outside her district

Rep. Michele Bachmann is hosting an election night party at the Sheraton in Bloomington tonight, according to an invitation for the party. For a candidate repeatedly criticized for her many appearances at Tea Party rallies and conservative media outlets outside the district, Bachmann’s choice for her victory party may be telling: Bloomington is not in Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District.

In the 1990s, Bloomington successfully waded into the murky constitutional waters that swirl around questions of free speech in privately owned places that receive public funds. In the 1999 landmark ruling 





