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False tweets could result in Senate ethics complaint against GOP’s Hoffman, Brodkorb

By Andy Birkey | 05.19.11 | 10:20 am

Sen. Barb Goodwin, DFL-Columbia Heights, told Senate colleagues on Wednesday night that she is planning to file an ethics complaint against Sen. Gretchen Hoffman, R-Vergas, after Hoffman accused Goodwin of calling people suffering from mental illness “idiots and imbeciles.” In fact, Goodwin was referring the history of the treatment of the mentally ill in Minnesota and progress made since the state referred to them as “idiots and imbeciles.” Hoffman refused to apologize Wednesday night.

Emmer files petition with Supreme Court, Dayton camp calls it delay tactic

By Andy Birkey | 11.18.10 | 10:00 am

The Republican Party of Minnesota and Tom Emmer’s gubernatorial campaign filed a petition Wednesday with the Minnesota Supreme Court alleging that more people voted in the 2010 election than registered. The GOP claims it has information from election judges who “did not witness” other election judges counting precinct sign in sheets and that “tens of thousands”of “phantom votes” exist. The recount team of Mark Dayton said that votes have been reconciled twice in post-election reporting, and that the GOP is engaged in an eleventh-hour “hail mary” to postpone the recount process.

GOP files campaign finance complaint against Horner

By Andy Birkey | 06.09.10 | 8:19 am

The Republican Party of Minnesota filed a complaint with the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board Tuesday alleging that a poll by Decision Resources Ltd., amounted to a campaign contribution to Independence Party candidate Tom Horner.…