With help from Trump and the economy, Stauber turns CD8 red
Contributing equally if not more to Stauber’s victory was his local bona fides. “I knew the family,” was the phrase most often used in voter interviews on Election Day.
Cyndy Brucato has a three-decade career as a journalist and political strategist.
Contributing equally if not more to Stauber’s victory was his local bona fides. “I knew the family,” was the phrase most often used in voter interviews on Election Day.
Left out of polls and excluded from some debates, Independence Party candidate Ray “Skip” Sandman insists his campaign is not just a symbolic protest.
The candidates’ irritation with each other hasn’t hampered their cooperation. Three more debates are scheduled — in Hibbing and Brainerd and on Minnesota Public Radio — with a fourth a possibility.
Just a few weeks after President Trump came to Duluth to rally for Republican Eighth Congressonial District candidate Pete Stauber, Vice President Mike Pence followed.
Trump summed up the feelings of many in attendance at Wednesday’s rally with a question midway through his speech: “Is there anything more fun than a Trump rally?”
Republicans walked away from their state convention with a sense of satisfaction that comes from delivering exactly what’s expected.
“This is about the heart and soul of the Republican party,” Johnson said at a post-endorsement news conference. “Are we a party of the political class … Or are we a party of grassroots Republicans?”
In her endorsement speech, Housley called U.S. Sen. Tina Smith a member of the “metro area liberal elite,” and “a senator who has done nothing but stand in the way of President Trump.”
To have a chance in the 8th District’s DFL primary, candidates will need to reach out to more than 50,000 voters stretched across an area roughly the size of the Republic of Ireland.
I know because I’ve seen it done before.
The honeymoon with President Donald Trump isn’t over yet — even it was an arranged marriage from the start.
Jennifer Carnahan believes the party needs to have an evolution — in its message, and in who delivers that message.
Since losing his bid for re-election, Hann has been approached about joining the Trump administration and considered running for chair of the state Republican party.
Despite Republicans’ 2016 successes, any new party chair has to face facts: No Republican has won a statewide office since 2006.
In a recent poll, Putin is still viewed negatively by most Republicans. But he also holds a 37 percent approval rating — a sharp increase from a similar poll taken two years ago.
Downey’s move comes as Republican activists look for more change in response to the election.
Trump’s showing, combined with Republican victories in the Legislature, offers the GOP a reason to believe it can reclaim the governor’s seat after an eight-year drought.
Improving intra-party communication is going to be essential if Republicans want a coherent approach to voters, especially Trump voters.
Could the one-time fringe candidacy of Donald Trump become the campaign template for Minnesota’s next governor?
For some, Trump’s narrow loss to Hillary Clinton here is nothing short of a political realignment.
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Nov. 7, 2018