Gov. Tim Pawlenty told Minnesota Republicans this weekend that voting for Tom Horner, a former Republican running for governor as an Independence Party candidate, would spell disaster for GOP-endorsed Tom Emmer’s chances at the governor’s mansion. The Minnesota GOP has increased its attacks on Horner in recent weeks as Horner picks up the support of moderate Republicans.
The National Rifle Association endorsed Rep. Tim Walz for reelection on Saturday. While the group also gave Walz’s opponent an ‘A’ rating, it applauded Walz supporting Second Amendment rights in Congress. Though the NRA is traditionally seen as backing conservatives in general and Republicans specifically, the group has endorsed as many Minnesota DFLers as Republicans among those vying for Congress.
DFL gubernatorial candidate Mark Dayton got the endorsement of Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota Action Fund on Wednesday, sparking a harsh response from local religious right outfits — including the Minnesota Family Council, which says a Dayton…
OutFront Minnesota Action, the political action committee of the state’s largest LGBT advocacy organization, endorsed DFLer Margaret Anderson Kelliher for governor on Friday. The group interviewed the DFL candidates for governor as well as Independence Party candidate Tom Horner.…
Former State Auditor Pat Anderson got the nod from GOP activists at the state convention to campaign for her old job. She will face off against current State Auditor Rebecca…
Aubrey Immelman, a political psychology professor at St. John’s University, says he’ll challenge Bob Anderson for the Independence Party endorsement to take on Rep. Michele Bachmann in November. Immelman…
Among the Republican candidates endorsed by Gov. Tim Pawlenty and his Freedom First PAC on Wednesday was former Rep. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, who is looking to take on Republican-turned-Democrat Sen.…
The Stonewall DFL, the LGBT caucus within the DFL, voted this weekend to endorse Matt Entenza for governor in 2010. It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise: Stonewall has endorsed Entenza in every campaign he’s run since his first…
State House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher’s gubernatorial campaign landed another labor union endorsement today, from the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 49. The “49ers” credit Kelliher with engineering the 2008 override of Gov. Pawlenty’s veto…
Gubernatorial candidate Margaret Anderson Kelliher picked up an endorsement from Minnesota’s largest union of state professional employees today. MAPE — the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees — announced its support for Anderson Kelliher, who is speaker of the…
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