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Ron Paul backers to pose ‘serious challenge’ at convention

By Andy Birkey | 05.27.08 | 10:55 am

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,…

Possible Ventura Senate run worries MN GOP

By Andy Birkey | 04.09.08 | 1:29 pm

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…

Campaign Notebook: Senate Q4 money numbers

By Joe Bodell | 01.08.08 | 7:15 am

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…

Andy Aplikowski Interview Transcript

By Jeff Fecke | 05.08.07 | 9:46 pm

The following is a transcript of an interview conducted by Jeff Fecke of Minnesota Monitor of Andy A. Aplikowski.

MM: First of all, 2006 was a difficult year for the Republican party, both in Minnesota and nationally.  What do you

Conservative Republican Insider: ‘Hacktacular’ New Start on Way for GOP

By Jeff Fecke | 05.08.07 | 7:56 pm

[Update]:  Per the comments on this post, Mr. Aplikowski appears to have backed away from the comments he made to Jeff Fecke.  Minnesota Monitor strives for fairness in all our work, but truth, according to the code of ethics to

The State of the State Legislature

By Matt Martin | 04.16.07 | 10:13 am

Editor’s Note: Minnesota Monitor is happy to welcome back Matt Martin of MNpublius, who will be writing twice monthly columns on the first and 15th.  This article is cross-posted at MNpublius

If you’ve opened a newspaper in the…