Tag: Tim Pawlenty
Alpha News Convention Recap
Last weekend, the GOP and DFL held their endorsing conventions. Watch our recap and get caught up on convention happenings in less than two...
Johnson’s Master Stroke, Pawlenty’s Sanctuary State Card & Other Thoughts
Proving me wrong that Minnesota politics is boring, Jeff Johnson pulled off a master stroke on Friday. Set for what everyone thought would be...
LGBTQ Group Shuts Down Street To Protest Christian Dinner
MINNEAPOLIS - A small crowd of LGBTQ supporters gathered outside of the annual Minnesota Family Council dinner last Friday to protest the group’s Christian...
Lessons from Dennis Prager to Minnesota Republicans
The Democrats believe that 2018 will be for them what 2010 was for Republicans.
In 2010, two years after the election of President Barack...
Tim Pawlenty Belly Flops Into The Governor’s Race
I had expected a smooth dive from tall heights, something masterful given the buildup over the last several months but instead, watching from Barcelona...
Pawlenty Announces Campaign Committee For Anticipated Run For Governor
LAKEVILLE, Minn. - Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is one step closer to running for his old job, announcing the creation of a campaign...
Team Pawlenty: Kindly Clear The Field
The Pawlenty campaign is applying intense pressure on MNGOP gubernatorial candidates Jeff Johnson and Keith Downey to quit the race. In one sense, this...
Karin Housley Gaining Early Traction In U.S. Senate Race
STILLWATER, Minn. - State Sen. Karin Housley is gaining early traction in the 2018 special election to fill former Sen. Al Franken’s seat.
In...
The Pawlenty Problem
In any chin-stroking, which passes for political analysis in these parts, about the Republican gubernatorial field in 2018, the name of former Governor Tim...
Who Will Fill Vacated MN Supreme Court Seat?
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The recent appointment of Minnesota Supreme Court Associate Justice David Stras to the United States Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals...