Minnesota Independent

New ads target Cravaack on Medicare

By Andy Birkey | 04.25.11 | 7:57 am

The ad wars in the 8th Congressional District continued this weekend with the announcement that Americans United for Change plans to spend “five figures” on a television ad campaign targeting four members of the House who voted for Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget proposal. The ad buy targets Rep. Chip Cravaack for backing the measure, which includes drastic changes to Medicare through a voucher system for private insurance. Cravaack is also being targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, but he’s got defenders: The conservative 60 Plus Association has bought ads of its own.

National GOP to reality TV candidate: Act like Franken

By Andy Birkey | 07.14.10 | 8:45 am

The National Republican Congressional Committee told Wisconsin congressional candidate and former reality television actor Sean Duffy that he could take a page from Sen. Al Franken’s campaign playbook. Duffy starred on MTV’s The Real World: Boston in 1997…

Wisconsin Dems rally around Lassa to fill Obey’s seat

By Paul Schmelzer | 05.11.10 | 7:46 am

Five days after long-serving Wisconsin Rep. Dave Obey announced he’d be retiring after 21 terms in the U.S. House, state Democrats have their replacement candidate: Julie Lassa, a state senator from Stevens Point, threw her hat into…

Pawlenty’s PAC picks Wisconsin’s Duffy

By Andy Birkey | 05.04.10 | 7:48 am

Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s Freedom First PAC announced the winner of its crowdsourcing endorsement: Congressional candidate Sean Duffy, who is running against Rep. David Obey, D-Wis. Duffy will…

GOP challenger to Wisconsin’s Obey raises $140,000

By David Weigel | 10.14.09 | 1:08 pm

Sean Duffy, the leading Republican candidate challenging Rep. David Obey (D-Wis.), will report a fundraising total of $140,000, with $120,000 cash on hand, for the third quarter of 2009. I talked with the candidate today, keying off NRCC Chairman and…