DFL gubernatorial candidate Matt Entenza released a new campaign ad targeting GOP-endorsed candidate Tom Emmer. The ad attempts to tie Emmer to Sarah Palin and former President Bush by noting that Emmer was endorsed by Palin earlier this year.…
Using campaign finance and ethics boards to tarnish ideological and electoral opponents is a common practice on both sides of the aisle, but no candidate for governor has used the process more than state Rep. Tom Emmer: Over his six years in the Minnesota Legislature he’s sued, issued formal requests for investigation or filed complaints nearly a dozen times — and each one was dismissed by boards hearing his grievances.
DFL-endorsed gubernatorial candidate Margaret Anderson Kelliher released her 2009 tax return form Tuesday, shortly after primary opponent Mark Dayton disclosed his own records. Kelliher, Minnesota’s House speaker, filed her forms jointly with her…
Tom Emmer, the GOP-endorsed candidate for governor, told reporters at the Eagle Street Grille in St. Paul on Monday that the minimum wage for service workers who earn tips should be cut. Some waiters and bartenders, he noted, can…
Matt Entenza, a gubernatorial candidate who’s running in the DFL primary in August, released a new ad on Wednesday stating that as governor he will scrap No Child Left Behind. So far, Entenza has spent $823,117 on television advertising on…
Former U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton unveiled two new TV ads today, both with the message that as governor, he plans to end “tax loopholes for the rich.” “We’re going to make the rich pay their fair share…
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to descend on Hennepin Avenue in downtown Minneapolis Sunday for the annual Ashley Rukes GLBT Pride Parade. Among them will a large number of politicians, including every Democratic gubernatorial candidate, the Independence Party’s Tom Horner and one GOP-endorsed candidate, state House contender Brian Gruber.
When Ramsey County Attorney Susan Gaertner dropped out of the governors race in April, she said she didn’t want to be the “spoiler” in DFL-endorsed candidate Margaret Anderson Kelliher’s bid to become Minnesota’s first woman governor. But that…
Acknowledging that we’ve “raged at BP” and “felt the pain of all that’s been lost,” Matt Entenza’s new video uses the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to promote his stance on green jobs. Voiced by runningmate Robyne Robinson,…
Same-sex marriage advocates think 2010 is their best chance yet to realize equality for gay and lesbian people. But a key factor will be who ends up occupying the governor’s mansion after Tim Pawlenty moves out — and whether he or she supports Minnesota joining the five other states and Washington, DC., that allow same-sex couples to wed. With the exception of Republican candidate Tom Emmer, all major candidates for governor are strongly in favor of same-sex marriage.
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