Ron Carey

Speaking to reporters in the hallway of the State Office Building near the Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., after a meeting at which the state’s canvassing board approved a plan to start a recount Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman’s attorney, Fritz Knaak, said he foresees the U.S. Senate making the ultimate decision on the winner in the race between Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken. Citing actions and potential actions by the Franken campaign, Knaak said, “We’re being set up for a Senate decision in the U.S. Senate. That’s my perception.”

Update: GOP chair Ron Carey made this same argument at a press conference. Watch The UpTake’s videos of Carey’s and Knaak’s comments after the jump.

On Nov. 4, Minnesota Republican Party Chair Ron Carey introduced U.S. Rep. John Kline at the Republican election night party with praise for Kline’s support of “real Americans.” This comes just two weeks after Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin praised “these wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America” and U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann postulated the [...]

Inspired by a new Pioneer Press article and Minnesota GOP chair Ron Carey’s mastery of basic math, I decided to try again to understand why Ramsey County officials consider their oversupply of election judges remarkable. Wouldn’t they expect to have more willing judges than they need after they cut the number of available positions in half?
Here’s MPR’s [...]

Is the Republican Party of Minnesota unaware of current demographics in the West Metro congressional district it has held for 50 years? U.S. Census data suggests that the suburban-identity politics that Republicans advanced last week writes off a third or more of the 3rd district’s residents.

Here’s five minutes of video from a press conference held today by Ashwin Madia, DFL candidate for U.S. Congress in Minnesota’s 3rd district. In this clip, Madia addresses the economy; Republican characterizations of his background as less well suited to the district than that of his opponent, state Rep. Erik Paulsen; ads by outside groups attacking Paulsen that have been called inaccurate; and an incident in which a Madia campaign volunteer removed Paulsen signs from a public right-of-way. Also: six-minute clip of GOP response.

The Republican Party of Minnesota promised a “leading conservative” to headline the state convention in Rochester this weekend and got one: former top Bush adviser Karl Rove.

Party chairman Ron Carey told the party’s leadership team last weekend that the planning would work to “further motivate [John McCain's supporters] to be in Rochester early” — a [...]

Since 2000, the Republican Party of Minnesota has had problems complying with the Federal Election Commission’s requirements for reporting, a fact made painfully clear over the last month as the party has amended virtually every report it has made since 2002. The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is responsible for enforcing election laws pertaining to contributions [...]

The Republican Party of Minnesota is concerned that Ron Paul supporters could take control of the Republican state convention in Rochester this weekend. Paul supporters are touting the likelihood of a Ron Paul appearance during the convention, while party officials are asking delegates and alternates supportive of Sen. John McCain to show up early to [...]

The Republican Party of Minnesota expressed its concerns to its supporters today about a possible Senate run by former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura. The e-mail, sent by Minnesota GOP party chair Ron Carey, captions a picture of Ventura in a pink blazer, sporting a yellow feather boa and holding a WWF microphone with the words [...]

Something or other is going on in New Hampshire today. Plenty of coverage of primary results, as well as analysis and reaction from the blogs, to come later in the day.

In the meantime, we have money numbers in the Senate race! Let’s chew on some.

Senate:  DFL contender Al Franken announced yesterday that he raised a [...]