Super PAC backs Hegseth in Klobuchar challenge
Hegseth gained the backing of a Washington-based Super PAC named "Reclaiming Freedom," an organization that's committed itself to unseating Senate Democrats this fall.
View ArticleRick Perry, GOP lamakers Daudt and Brown back Pete Hegseth in Senate bid
The Hegseth campaign also announced the support state lawmakers Rep. Kurt Daudt and Sen. Dave Brown and former state GOP Chair Ron Eibensteiner.
View ArticleZellers backs Bills in GOP Senate contest
The Zellers endorsement comes on top of nearly three dozen House GOP caucus members who've backed Bills thus far.
View ArticleMNGOP debt shrinks, but turmoil persists
The wounds had started to heal by the time Minnesota Republicans faced each other at an annual activist gathering in Blaine over the weekend. Many Republicans had already come to terms with the...
View ArticleGOP ’14: Who’ll stop the DFL’s reign?
Republicans are mired in an extended losing streak in statewide political contests. Since 2006, when Gov. Tim Pawlenty won re-election with 47 percent of the vote, Republicans have been shut out. That...
View ArticleBachmann’s surprise retirement spurs speculation about GOP field
**UPDATED** U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann's surprise decision to not seek re-election has produced a frenzy of speculation about who might seek the GOP nomination in Minnesota's most conservative...
View ArticleJim Graves suspends Congressional campaign
It's been just six weeks since Graves, who lost to Republican U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann by just 1 percent last year, had announced his intention to earn a rematch with Bachmann in 2014
View ArticleBachmann exits stage right
In mid-May, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s campaign bought roughly $80,000 worth of television advertising in the Twin Cities market. But just two weeks later, Bachmann stunned seemingly everyone by...
View ArticleThe Capitol Note: U.S. Senate hopeful McFadden doesn’t vote in primary elections
Mike McFadden, who hopes to challenge sitting Democrat Al Franken, hasn't cast a ballot in a primary for the last 20 years. Other GOP candidates for the seat, including Rep. Jim Abeler, Sen. Julianne...
View ArticleFranken, McFadden stake positions on Islamic State terrorist group
Even before Franken went public with his letter of concern, the Republican Party of Minnesota was targeting the Democratic incumbent for what it called "broken promises."
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