Minnesota’s conservatives are coalescing around Cruz
The senator from Texas drew 500-plus supporters to St. Paul’s Harriet Island Pavilion on Thursday night.
Party Politics
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Why the support? ‘Donald Trump is verbalizing people’s frustration’
“People are scared that the America they knew is disappearing,” said RNC National Committeewoman Janet Beihoffer.
Political newcomer says ‘time is right’ to challenge Rep. Ron Erhardt in DFL primary
Erhardt seems genuinely puzzled by Edelson’s challenge: “I’m doing good things and I’m a good person,” he said.
The significance of the Minnesota GOP straw poll
The poll provides a starting point, helping campaigns decide whether a candidate still has a shot or has settled so far down in the pecking order that it’s even worth campaigning here.
The odd congressional candidacy of David Benson-Staebler
Extreme comments by the Second Congressional District GOP candidate — coupled with his previous work as a Democratic operative — have prompted suspicions that he is not a Republican at all.
GOP debate offers vast differences in style, if not substance, among CD2 candidates
The five candidates five candidates didn’t differ much on their approach to federal policy.
Value of GOP endorsement to be tested in race for Petersen’s old Senate seat
On Saturday, District 35 Republicans endorsed Andy Aplikowski, setting up a January 12 primary between the longtime GOP activist and former state Rep. Jim Abeler.
At the U, Rand Paul sounds off on surveillance, Sanders and pot
The U.S. senator from Kentucky used his speech to about 200 people, mostly students, to stoke concerns about privacy.
Rand Paul targets college-age voters in campaign swing through Minnesota
In an interview, Paul explained his appeal to students in a single phrase: “phone warrants.”
Facing long odds, a DFL lifer gets his shot in Senate District 35
Roger Johnson will almost assuredly get the DFL endorsement in Minnesota Senate District 35. Whether he gets any votes is another matter.
Watching Young Republicans watching the Republican presidential debate
The media was the message for the crowd, which gathered at a Bloomington bar to watch the the third Republican presidential candidate debate.
What it will take for GOP presidential contenders to win Minnesota’s caucuses
Or why several presidential campaigns really want to talk to former House Minority Leader Marty Seifert.
In Twin Cities, Rafael Cruz touts Ted’s record as ‘constitutional conservative’
It was the depiction Ted Cruz’s personality — brash, extremely conservative, and unapologetic — by his father that made an impression Monday.
Republicans are not Libertarians: a Q&A with a leader of the Libertarian Party of Minnesota
‘Liberty’ and ‘libertarian’ are a favorite term of Republicans these days. But do not confuse libertarian Republicans with actual Libertarians.
How the GOP presidential scrum — and new delegate rules — could make Minnesota matter in a nomination fight
Thanks to the GOP’s complex rules for securing the nomination, candidates like Ted Cruz are sending surrogates to Minnesota to lay the groundwork with Republican activists.
Ecklund wins DFL primary in House District 3A
Ecklund now heads to a Dec. 8 special general election against former Democratic Ely Mayor Roger Skraba, who is running as a Republican.
Former state Rep. Abeler to run for state Senate seat
Abeler is seeking to replace state Sen. Branden Petersen, who announced this summer that he would not run for the seat again.
Rand Paul makes a bet on Minnesota
Presidential campaign operations in Minnesota are so embryonic as to be undistinguishable, with one exception, that of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.
Can Trump turn his fans in Minnesota into actual Republican voters?
Sure, the Donald is popular. But it’s an open question whether he can build a campaign organization in Minnesota to turn out voters for the state’s precinct caucuses on March 1.
Clinton needed to improve her standing among Democratic insiders with her Minneapolis speech. She did.
Lori Sellner, one of seven members of the Minnesota contingent to the DNC, said she saw a lot of excitement generated by Clinton’s address to party delegates in Minneapolis last week.
