Joe Repya to seek Independence Party endorsement for governor
Joe Repya, a veteran of the Vietnam and Iraq wars and a former Republican, has registered with the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board to seek the Independence Party's endorsement...
View ArticleHorner wins IP nod for governor
Tom Horner won the Independence Party's endorsement for governor in convincing fashion on Saturday. An August primary challenge is expected.
View ArticleGOP v. Horner: when elephants attack
The poll released last Monday by Decision Resources Ltd. contained a lot of troubling findings for Republicans. Most notably, the survey found that all three credible DFL candidates would soundly beat...
View ArticleOverheard at the Capitol: GOP/IP primary hijinx?
Minnesota's open primary system has been known to spawn rumors of strategic crossover voting to monkey-wrench some other party's candidate, and this year the buzz concerns a possible move by elements...
View ArticleGubernatorial candidates: the raising and spending figures
This chart shows the totals for five major candidates for governor, in the categories of fundraising and campaign expenditures.
View ArticleFight over Minnesota’s early Medicaid option carries into campaigns
Session 2010's tempest over whether to take a federal deal that would have jump-started Minnesota's entry to a new federal Medicaid expansion hasn't subsided. It simply followed legislators out the...
View ArticleHahn releases low-budget television ad
Independence Party gubernatorial candidate Rob Hahn is the "$6 billion man," or at least that's the message his new campaign ad is trying to get across.
View ArticleThey’re back: Little-known perennial candidates await primary day
The only thing that marks Peter Idusogie's Brooklyn Park office space as a campaign headquarters is a single sign perched in his back window: "Elect Peter Idusogie for governor of Minnesota. People are...
View ArticleDayton wins narrow victory over Kelliher; 23 lege primaries settled
Mark Dayton rode a dominating performance in greater Minnesota to a narrow victory in Tuesday's DFL gubernatorial primary, edging party endorsee Margaret Anderson Kelliher by just over 6,500 votes out...
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