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Parry lives down tweets, saves District 26 Senate seat for GOP

By Chris Steller | 01.26.10 | 11:07 pm

Mike Parry kept Minnesota’s Senate District 26 in the Republican column Tuesday, winning a plurality of the vote in a special election that pitted him against DFLer Jason Engbrecht and Roy Srp of the Independence Party.

Official predicts 16 percent turnout for rare winter election in SD26

By Chris Steller | 01.26.10 | 5:15 pm

sd26 collageCounty Auditor Laura Ihrke tells MnIndy she can’t recall another winter election in Steele County over the last 30 years. But based on midday reports she guesstimated a turnout percentage of 16 — or twice the high temperature, since…

Three campaigns battle four winds in SD26 special election

By Chris Steller | 01.26.10 | 11:49 am

A classic Minnesota three-way election is underway today in Senate District 26, with DFLer Jason Engbrecht, Republican Mike Parry and Independence Party candidate Roy Srp vying to replace Dick Day. And classic Minnesota January weather returned just in time for the vote.

AM.MN: Unemployed, unsure what to do? Elect Parry, says Parry

By Chris Steller | 01.21.10 | 8:00 am

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In Minnesota’s special state Senate election next Tuesday, DFLer Jason Engbrecht has the most money, the Independence Party’s Roy Srp has the most experience, but Republican Mike Parry has the most moxie: “I was…

AM.MN: Pat Anderson bolts from guv race to seek old state-auditor job

By Chris Steller | 01.12.10 | 8:30 am

am.mn logoFormer state auditor Pat Anderson, a top-tier candidate for governor, now wants her old job back. If Anderson overtakes the three Republicans already in the race, there could be an ’06 rematch: DFL incumbent auditor Rebecca Otto

AM.MN: Fox News leads (not follows) Pawlenty to Minneapolis

By Chris Steller | 12.30.09 | 8:30 am

am.mn logoOn Tuesday Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer promised Gov. Pawlenty, “We’ll be following your travels, OK? Whether it’s Minneapolis or New Hampshire or Iowa or Washington, D.C.” (T-Paw had just made national news by saying he has…

AM.MN: DFL, GOP pick hopefuls to succeed Day

By Chris Steller | 12.29.09 | 8:00 am

am.mn logoSt. Olaf College physics professor Jason Engbrecht has seen what antimatter can do at the atomic level. DFLers decided Monday to see what Engbrecht, also a Faribault school board member, can do at the next level, endorsing…

AM.MN: DFL ‘Wizard of Oz’ lovers won’t pay for Vikings’ purple palace

By Chris Steller | 12.22.09 | 8:30 am

am.mn logoThe only DFL gubernatorial candidates to give a flat “no” to public funding for a new Minnesota Vikings stadium — state Sen. John Marty and House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher — also love the movie “The Wizard