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Terri Bonoff: What happened?

By Steve Perry | 04.10.08 | 12:40 pm

If Terri Bonoff wants to know where her lavishly anointed campaign for Minnesota’s Third District Congressional seat went all wrong (here’s that list of all-star endorsements again), the answer lies as close as the nearest…

The Schultz Report: Killing her softly with his cash

By Steve Perry | 04.04.08 | 10:39 am

PhotobucketAmid reports that the Clinton campaign faces a mounting volume of unpaid bills — around $9 million by most accounts — David Schultz says the endgame in the Democratic nomination fight is…

Madia widens lead for 3rd District endorsement

By Jeff Fecke | 03.15.08 | 8:05 pm

PhotobucketAttorney Ashwin Madia picked up 32 of 49 delegates up for grabs Saturday, to widen his lead over State Sen. Terri Bonoff, DFL-Minnetonka, in the race for the DFL’s Congressional endorsement in Minnesota’s 3rd District.

Madia now holds…

Edina mayor suspends congressional campaign

By Jeff Fecke | 03.13.08 | 2:31 pm

Edina Mayor Jim Hovland today suspended his campaign for the Democratic endorsement in the 3rd Congressional District.

Hovland, a recent convert to the DFL, had been trailing behind attorney Ashwin Madia and State Sen.…

Bonoff, Madia claim wins in first convention

By Joe Bodell | 03.02.08 | 10:17 am

State Sen. Terri Bonoff and Iraq veteran Ashwin Madia both claimed wins in yesterday’s Senate District 42 DFL convention, which was the first to elect delegates to the CD3 convention in April.

Campaign Notebook: is it March already?

By Joe Bodell | 03.01.08 | 8:07 am

Anyone out there who’s been waiting for a break in the election-season action is going to have to wait a little longer.  2008 is sixty days old, and this cycle isn’t letting up any time soon.

President

Hillary Clinton is…

Third District Democrats debate ahead of conventions

By Joe Bodell | 02.28.08 | 8:00 am

The three Democrats running for the DFL endorsement in the Third Congressional District met last night for their final debate before Senate District conventions start electing delegates to the CD3 DFL convention.

With an exciting and hotly contested race for…

ACORN endorses Bonoff in 3rd District race

By Joe Bodell | 02.05.08 | 7:30 am

The Minnesota chapter of Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) political-action committee (PAC) endorsed Terri Bonoff Monday in her campaign for the DFL endorsement in Minnesota’s 3rd Congressional District race, providing a boost to her field operations ahead…

Teamsters endorse Madia

By Joe Bodell | 02.01.08 | 4:45 pm

Teamsters Local 120 has endorsed Ashwin Madia in his bid for the DFL endorsement in the 3rd congressional district.

Press release inside…

Campaign Notebook: Obama gaining, ahead of MN appearance

By Joe Bodell | 01.31.08 | 7:30 am

With a rout in South Carolina and John Edwards’ withdrawal from the race stealing headlines from Hillary Clinton’s sort-of-a-win in Florida, Barack Obama has surged in the polls, both nationally and state by state. The latest polls in California indicate…