Sutton admits signing recount debt agreement
Amid internal controversies over the Republican Party of Minnesota’s debt after state Chairman Tony Sutton’s resignation, party officers and insiders initially maintained that the state GOP was not...
View ArticleWith the state GOP mired in debt, candidates for the party’s vacant top post...
Who wants to run the Republican Party of Minnesota? That’s the question that has been generating a steady stream of rumors and trial balloons since state party Chairman Tony Sutton suddenly resigned...
View ArticleSenate majority leader to play crucial role on gaming proposals
When Republican state senators gather on Tuesday to elect a new majority leader, their top-of-mind priority will be to choose someone who can bail out a sinking boat and set it sailing in the right...
View ArticleSomething old, something new: Veteran Howes, freshman Kriesel are PIM’s...
Rep. Larry Howes helped broker the end of a three-week government shutdown and Rep. John Kriesel took political risks and emerged as an important new presence at the Capitol.
View ArticleRepairing the Republican brand
The Republican Party of Minnesota faces numerous lingering questions about the state of its finances heading into the 2012 election season. Last month GOP officials announced that an internal financial...
View ArticleState GOP campaign ops: Just the basics
Leaders and activists in the Republican Party of Minnesota haven’t had much time to think about elections lately. In a whirlwind series of events, the party lost its chairman, deputy chairman and...
View ArticleShortridge appoints activists to lead 2012 election efforts
In one of his first moves as chairman of the Republican Party of Minnesota, Pat Shortridge has appointed a slew of activists to lead efforts like photo ID, finances and fundraising ahead of the 2012...
View ArticleGaming politics drive tight RNC race
The race for Republican National Committeewoman at the state Republican Party convention this weekend is not exactly the most-watched political contest of the year.
View ArticleMinnesota GOP becomes the party of Paul
Near the close of a fractious two-day Republican Party of Minnesota state convention in St. Cloud, Jeff Johnson took the dais to address the elephant in the room: the tensions between supporters of Ron...
View ArticleVoter ID ballot campaigns struggle
As adversaries in the battle over a proposed same-sex marriage ban continue to raise and move around six-figure sums on a regular basis, the forces arrayed on both sides of the voter photo ID ballot...
View ArticleGOP 2014: No endorsement, no problem?
The first Republican to launch a campaign for Minnesota governor in 2014 immediately changed the dynamics for all other candidates who would follow him. In April, Orono businessman Scott Honour became...
View ArticleOtto eyes third term as state auditor
Former Long Lake Mayor Randy Gilbert is the only announced Republican challenger
View ArticleGOP chooses Gilbert and Newman for auditor, attorney general
Delegates in Rochester selected Sen. Scott Newman, R-Hutchinson, to compete for state attorney general and former Long Lake Mayor Randy Gilbert to run for state auditor in the first endorsements of the...
View ArticleSupreme mess: complaints abound in MacDonald bid
Liberal activist fires first salvo, conservative candidate to follow suit.
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