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GOP’s Demmer to challenge Walz

By Paul Schmelzer | 11.30.09 | 10:44 am

Randy DemmerState Rep. Randy Demmer (R-Hayfield) will be challenging U.S. Rep. Tim Walz in the First Congressional District, according to an email obtained over the weekend by Bluestem Prairie.

Campaign Notebook: Don’t get buried

By Joe Bodell | 01.03.08 | 8:22 am

News cycles are funny things — an item can be news right up until the point that something bigger comes along and makes it passe.

In today’s case, that Something Bigger is the Iowa Caucuses, set for this evening, which…

Campaign Notebook: Republican Field Shrinks in CD1

By Joe Bodell | 12.12.07 | 5:00 pm

Mark Meyer, the Republican school board member seen in many quarters as engaging in a quixotic quest for the Republican nomination in Minnesota’s First congressional district, withdrew from the race Tuesday and endorsed Randy Demmer, one of three remaining candidates. …

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…

Third Challenger Steps Into Ring Against Walz

By Leigh Pomeroy | 03.13.07 | 1:43 pm

According to the Rochester Post-Bulletin, Randy Demmer, a four-year member of the Minnesota House, has indicated he will run for Congress in Minnesota’s 1st District. Two other…