According to a Gallup survey of 170,000 adults nationwide, Minnesota ranks 13th in the nation for Democratic advantage just behind New Jersey and ahead of Washington state.
Two weeks ago, Republican leadership in the Minnesota Senate introduced a bill to ban state funding for abortion, and on Monday, two more bills with identical language were introduced in the Senate and another in the Minnesota House.
A bill authored by Rep. Betty McCollum to prevent child marriage abroad was defeated in the House late last week by Republicans who said the bill might fund abortion. The International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act passed the Senate unanimously early last week without Republican objection. McCollum called the GOP’s efforts to kill the bill “blatant phony arguments.”
Republicans wooing voters by expressing support for gay marriage? While at the top of the ticket GOP candidates have avoided social issues at all costs — gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer has dodged such questions at every debate — Minnesota House candidate Brian Gruber has championed gay marriage as an issue of personal freedom. He’s among seven GOP candidates endorsed by the Minnesota chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans, an LGBT group that favors marriage equality.
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.
Rep. Michele Bachmann spent Tuesday heavily promoting a new website by the House Republican Conference. “America Speaking Out” was created “to build a new policy agenda for America by engaging Americans…
Rep. Steve Drazkowski, R-Mazeppa, introduced legislation on Thursday modeled after Arizona’s new controversial immigration law. The bill would create a Minnesota Illegal Immigration Enforcement Team and require immigrants to carry…
As the Republican’s April 17 convention to nominate Rep. Tim Walz’s opponent approaches, southern Minnesota Republicans are jockeying for position and throwing some barbs. Jim Hagedorn, who sparked controversy late last year when he scrubbed incendiary posts from…
Rep. Michele Bachmann entered a boxing ring in Duluth Saturday to speak at the Win Back Washington rally, a Tea Party–inspired campaign event. She told the audience that Democrats were fabricating incidents of aggression by anti-health reform protesters and…
Conservative group Minnesota Majority is launching an attack on 15 Republicans who votes for a $1.1 billion bonding bill in the Minnesota Legislature. Calling them the “Forgetful Fifteen,” the group is urging GOP delegates to think twice about…
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