Margaret Anderson Kelliher is about to attempt a rarely tried feat: serving as Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives during a contentious legislative session while at the same time running for governor in a competitive DFL field.
Tom Horner says Jesse Ventura’s first two years in office are a template for governing, should his Independence Party campaign match Ventura’s 1998 storming of the governor’s mansion. But before that can happen, says 2002 IP guv candidate Tim Penny, the party may have its first real endorsement battle.
Businesses have been so effective with Adopt-A-Highway efforts that Gov. Tim Pawlenty is expanding the program — to Build-A-Highway. T-Paw’s two examples of public-private road projects involve UnitedHealth and Burrill & Co., suggesting a novel reason to…
The 2010 gubernatorial contest will not be a two-party affair. With no clear favorites on either the Democratic or Republican side of the aisle, the political climate is potentially ripe for a third-party candidate to gain a toehold in the race.
Former Congressman Tim Penny, once a gubernatorial candidate, has been named president of the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF).
SMIF, an offshoot of the McKnight Foundation, provides grants and aid to spur development in Southern Minnesota.
Penny…
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Tim Penny responds to President Bush’s State of the Union address. Penny, currently a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, represented Southeastern Minnesota’s First Congressional District from 1982 through 1994 and was the…
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