Minnesota Independent

Walz challenger scrubs jokes about Wellstone mourners, Grams’ infidelities from site

By Paul Schmelzer | 12.02.09 | 2:42 pm

Republican Jim Hagedorn removed posts from his “Mr. Conservative” blog prior to announcing his bid Wednesday morning for U.S. Rep. Tim Walz’s seat, but a review of scrubbed posts reveals a brand of humor that might not sell well in southern Minnesota, including jokes about the memorial service for Northfield-professor-turned-U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone just 11 days after he died.

Money for Coleman, Grams, Madia came from Ponzi schemer Stanford’s direction

By Chris Steller | 02.21.09 | 8:37 pm

Three Minnesota politicians — none of them now in office — received political donations from accused Ponzi schemer Sir Allen Stanford or his staff. Stanford’s largest and most recent gift ($2,300) was to Democrat Ashwin Madia, who tried…

‘Ordinary voter’ in New York Times recount story has strong GOP ties

By Chris Steller | 11.14.08 | 6:15 pm

A man presented as an “ordinary voter” in a New York Times article today about the impending recount in Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race has strong ties to the Republican Party and conservative causes that the article does not reveal. Noah Rouen says he told writer Christina Capecchi about his background.

Nine of Forbes’ richest Americans are Minnesotans; who are they supporting?

By Jeff Severns Guntzel | 10.07.08 | 12:25 pm

Nine Minnesotans made Forbes’ richest Americans list this year. Most of them are peeling off small-fractions of their wealth to support political parties and candidates for national office–shoveling a total of $245,000 into the game since Election Day 2006. A little number crunching turns up a few surprises, like conservative broadcasting magnate Stanley Hubbard giving more to Senator Amy Klobuchar than he did to Norm Coleman.