Can the DFL endorsement — for once — spell election?
Among the many reasons the DFL party establishment wants Margaret Anderson Kelliher to triumph in both next month’s primary and in the November general election is to finally halt the notorious string...
View ArticleEntenza goes after Kelliher in new television spot
Matt Entenza, a DFLer running for Minnesota governor, released a new television advertisement that goes after DFL-endorsed candidate Margaret Anderson Kelliher with just a few days to go before the...
View ArticleMelendez: MN GOP needs to settle on a budget solution
State DFL Chair Brian Melendez says Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty and would-be GOP governor Tom Emmer have different accounts of the state’s budget issues, and the Republican Party of Minnesota needs to...
View ArticleDFL will run pro-Dayton TV ads starting tomorrow
DFL Party Chair Brian Melendez told reporters today that the party would be launching a television ad campaign tomorrow in favor of their nominee for governor, Mark Dayton. The metro area ad buy will...
View ArticleMelendez under fire after DFL election debacle
It didn't take long after the election night DFL bloodletting for the pot to begin stirring in the liberal blogosphere.
View ArticleMN GOP bans 18 Republicans who supported Horner
On a 59 to 55 vote, delegates at the Republican Party State Central Committee Saturday approved a 2-year party ban on 18 prominent Republicans who publicly supported Horner in the election. The vote...
View ArticleOverheard at the Capitol: Messinger’s money won’t back a Melendez-led DFL
Most of the criticism of DFL state party chair Brian Melendez in the wake of Election Day has been confined to the liberal blogosphere. The three-term incumbent could likely survive those barbs. But...
View ArticleMartin announces run for DFL Party chair
Following an announcement Friday that current DFL Chair Brian Melendez will not seek another term, longtime DFL operative Ken Martin announced he is seeking the post.
View ArticleKen Martin sets his sights on being state DFL chair
Martin has officially announced he is seeking the top post in the state's DFL Party.
View ArticleNew DFL Party Chairman Ken Martin tries to pull party out of financial hole
Ken Martin describes his reaction as “shocked” when he began going through the DFL Party’s finances after becoming state chairman in February. The most unnerving discovery: The party was roughly...
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