Our inaugural edition of PoliTweeps, an ongoing look at what political figures are saying in and about Minnesota on Twitter, runs the gamut from the meta to the global: State…
At least 10 challengers have announced their intent to run for the state House or Senate. Not surprisingly, given the strong Democratic majorities in both chambers, the bulk of the early contenders are Republicans.
What happened to the “override six” on election day? The half-dozen Republican legislators who crossed party lines to overturn Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s veto of the transportation bill last February were immediately vilified within their own caucus. The Republican apostates were stripped of leadership positions and warned of vengeance at the ballot box.
Rep. Ron Erhardt is a man without a political party. The nine-term Edina legislator was kicked to the curb by the Republican Party after voting to overturn Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s veto of the transportation bill in February.…
The Minnesota House Republican caucus lost more than a dozen seats in the 2004 elections, then again in 2006, losing the majority to the DFL. Now, in the aftermath of transportation legislation spun by the Republican Party as pork-laden, Republican…
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