Maureen Reed

As if Michele Bachmann’s 2010 re-election battle wasn’t already going to be a doozy, it’s begun shaping up as a proxy war between the forces of U.S. Sen. Al Franken and the man he bested in Minnesota’s recount, former Sen. Norm Coleman. “The eyes of the nation — and Michele Bachmann’s right-wing allies — will [...]

Michele Bachmann is the most politically vulnerable member of Minnesota’s congressional delegation in 2010, according to the latest analysis from the Cook Political Report. The beltway publication lists the Sixth Congressional District seat as “leaning Republican.”

Democrats blasted Rep. Michele Bachmann’s “House Call” rally against health care reform at the nation’s Capitol on Thursday. Dr. Maureen Reed’s campaign attacked Bachmann for sticking up for the health insurance lobby while the Democratic National Committee tried to paint Bachmann as the voice of the Republican Party.

In what would otherwise have been his last visit to Minnesota as vice president, Joe Biden did not resign (as Arianna Huffington says he should if President Obama further escalates the Afghan war) during a Thursday sojourn to Edina. There, at a $7,500-per-person fundraiser, Biden spent half his speech expressing gratitude to former vice presidents (and [...]

Michele Bachmann raised $345,000 in the the third quarter of 2009 — slightly more than Democratic challenger Tarryl Clark. The Sixth Congressional District incumbent had just over $600,000 in the bank at the end of September, as reported by The St. Cloud Times.
Clark reported earlier this week that she brought in just over $300,000 in [...]

Tarryl Clark raised $308,000 in the two months since announcing her campaign to oust U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, according to a campaign announcement today. The St. Cloud Democrat filed federal papers to run for the office in late July and has since received support from numerous labor unions.

The Minnesota Nurses Association is the latest union to endorse Tarryl Clark in her bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann. The Democratic challenger has picked up support from practically every sector of organized labor in recent weeks.

Jason Isaacson will serve as campaign manager for Maureen Reed as she seeks to defeat U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann. Isaacson previously worked on Al Franken’s U.S. Senate campaign. He’s also done field work for campaigns run by Judi Dutcher, Bill Luther and David Lillehaug.

Tarryl Clark has been rolling up endorsements from labor unions all week. The Minnesota AFL-CIO, the Service Employees International Union’s state council and the Minnesota Building and Construction Trades Council all announced that they’ll be backing the state senator in her campaign to unseat U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann. So it was perhaps fitting that she [...]

Former Vice President Walter Mondale sent out a fundraising appeal Tuesday on behalf of 6th Congressional District challenger Tarryl Clark. An additional money pitch was dispatched by Patty Wetterling, who unsuccessfully ran against Michele Bachmann for an open House seat in 2006.