Republican Rep. Erik Paulsen’s new ad, released Wednesday, targets his DFL opponent Jim Meffert. The ad calls Meffert a “big spender” and says that he wants to cut Medicare by $500 million. The ad is similar to one Paulsen released last week and is accompanied by a new website, TheRealMeffert.com.
Rep. Erik Paulsen released a new television ad late last week that attacks DFL opponent Jim Meffert for supporting “high taxes” and health care reform. The ad asks, “Why is Jim Meffert running a negative campaign?” It then goes on…
DFL candidate Jim Meffert filed an ethics complaint with the House Ethics Committee on Tuesday charging that Rep. Erik Paulsen, his Republican opponent, falsified information in an official House communication with district residents. The Meffert campaign is taking issue with a tax-payer funded mailer that shows a graph of the national deficit, claiming that the graph is purposefully distorted.
While most eyes are focused on Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District and the spectacle that is already Rep. Michele Bachmann vs. Sen. Tarryl Clark, some political watchers see a potential battle in Minnesota’s 3rd Congressional District between freshmen Republican Rep. Erik…
Rep. Erik Paulsen released his first television ad of the 2010 campaign cycle on Thursday. The ad, titled “Kids,” highlights Paulsen’s math skills and features his four daughters. “Balancing the budget can be achieved by spending less,” he says.…
Updated, with video: The person dressed as a dog marked “Erik Paulsen, Michele Bachmann’s lap dog” may not have been the most surprising attendee at Paulsen’s town hall meeting in Edina last night. His DFL challenger for the 3rd Congressional…
In today’s survey of Minnesota’s political Twittersphere, conservatives try to stain the Alliance for a Better Minnesota with a spoof Twitter account, a Wellstone Action organizer questions Michele…
As GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer lines up Republican bigshots for an Aug. 23 campaign event — Tim Pawlenty and Reps. Michele Bachmann, Erik Paulsen and John Kline — Democratic…
A bill aimed at helping Native American law enforcement investigate rape and other crimes by non-Indians on tribal lands passed the U.S. House of Representatives last week with overwhelming bipartisan support, and now it heads to President Obama’s desk where it’ll be signed into law. Only one Minnesotan — Rep. Michele Bachmann — voted against it.
Rep. Erik Paulsen is dominating the fundraising game in his reelection campaign, according to FEC records released Thursday. He has out-raised his Democratic opponent Jim Meffert by a nine-to-one margin.
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