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Minnesota Senate Race in Near Dead Heat, According to SurveyUSA

By Robin Marty | 11.05.07 | 11:07 am

From SurveyUSA:
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In a SurveyUSA poll conducted exclusively for Roll Call, the newspaper of Capitol Hill, two of U.S. Senator Norm Coleman’s possible Democratic challengers run even with Coleman in head-to-head matchups today.

In an election today,…

Campaign Notebook: Iraq and the Senate Race

By Joe Bodell | 10.25.07 | 7:34 am

Iraq rhetoric in Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race has heated up in recent days, with DFL candidate Mike Ciresi repeating that he is the only candidate who opposed the war from the beginning and incumbent Norm Coleman changing the subject to…

Campaign Notebook: Q3 Fund-raising Totals Rolling In

By Joe Bodell | 10.14.07 | 10:41 am

The impressive:

Although she wouldn’t confirm it at the time, Terri Bonoff’s Q3 total (10 days of it, at least) of $88,500 is both impressive and pretty darned close to the number MN Publius reported several days before the…

Q3 Fund Raising Deadline Sunday

By Joe Bodell | 09.30.07 | 2:36 pm

Midnight Sunday marked the end of the third quarter of 2007, at which point federal campaigns were required to submit reports on their fund-raising progress to the Federal Election Commission. 

This deadline may be a make-or-break point…

Rasmussen Poll: Coleman’s Lead Shrinking

By Joe Bodell | 09.11.07 | 12:04 pm

Rasmussen Reports has issued a new poll on the 2008 Senate race in Minnesota, showing incumbent Norm Coleman with a small lead over his leading DFL rivals.

Coleman 46% Coleman 46%

Franken 41% Ciresi  42%

The Modern Campaign: on the Bleeding Edge?

By Joe Bodell | 08.20.07 | 6:00 pm

Is the American political process ready for Web 2.0?

Depends on who you talk to.  Social networking, easy-to-upload video, and rich internet applications have become buzzwords in the 21st-century internet technology field.  So which Minnesota candidates are doing what with…

Franken, Ciresi Ask Coleman to Change Course in Iraq

By Jeff Fecke | 07.10.07 | 11:33 am

Democrats Mike Ciresi and Al Franken called on their Republican opponent, Sen. Norm Coleman, to support a change of direction in Iraq.

In an open letter posted on his website and delivered to Coleman’s office, Franken challenged Coleman, saying, “Several…

Campaign Notebook 7/2: Fundraise-a-Palooza

By Joe Bodell | 07.02.07 | 8:50 am

The second quarter of 2007 is in the fund-raising books, and the presidential boat continues to be rocked by fund-raising totals that would have been considered ludicrous just four years ago.

Although Republican numbers have not been released, the Democratic…

Fact Check: Was Ciresi Talking about Terrorism in 2000?

By Joe Bodell | 06.27.07 | 8:31 pm

Sometimes the facts tell only part of the story.  In many circumstances, we need a dose of context to make sure those facts are seen for what they really represent.

In a recent interview published here, Mike Ciresi claimed a…

Ciresi Talks Shop: Iraq, Health Care, and How to Beat Norm Coleman

By Joe Bodell | 06.27.07 | 7:52 am

Attorney Mike Ciresi was a major player in Minnesota’s historic $6.1 billion tobacco settlement in the late 1990s.  He then ran for the U.S. Senate in 2000, eventually losing in the DFL primary to eventual victor Mark Dayton. …