...leadership, fiscal responsibility, accountability and solutions.His entry into the race means there will be an Aug. 14 primary race to narrow that contest down to two candidates. Filing earlier for the post were incumbent Commissioner Phil Trusty...
...District 5 DFLers will choose between Sen. Tom Saxhaug, the DFL-endorsed candidate and Laverne H. Pederson in a primary race. The Republican candidate is Sen. John Carlson, R-Bemidji.Sen. Paul Gazelka, R-Brainerd, and former DFL...
...attention to what he termed as a tight 8th District primary race. He said his particular advantage will be evident in...are headed in the wrong direction," he said.In the primary race, Anderson lacks Clark's fundraising track record...
MORA, Minn. (AP) - Democratic voters in northeastern Minnesota's 8th District find themselves in the unfamiliar position of having choices in a primary election for the first time in two decades. Republican Rep. Chip Cravaack's surprise defeat of long-serving Rep. Jim Oberstar two years ago delivered a real race between three Democrats eager to knock off Cravaack in November. Voters in the Aug. 14 primary will choose between former Duluth City Councilor Jeff Anderson, former state Sen. Tarryl Clark and former Rep. Rick Nolan in what's been a hard-fought campaign.
...Wing and Morrison counties.This year, at least in the Brainerd area, the Democrats have cornered the market in primary races for partisan offices.Three DFLers are vying to unseat Rep. Chip Cravaack - the man who unseated longtime Rep. Jim...
...and he promised to tell Floridians that he wants to raise the Social Security retirement age. But in the Republican primary race, the real risk comes from speaking truth to party orthodoxy, as when Newt Gingrich took issue with House Republicans...
...word that she should not run for president.Consider the alternative of a Palin candidacy: Mayhem.The Republican primary race would have become ridiculous as the media turned its sights on Sarah. They can't help themselves. She is the flame...
...Then there's the political wild card, former Sen. Paul Koering of St. Mathias. He lost to Gazelka in the GOP primary race but decided to run as a write-in candidate in 2012. Write-in candidates face a huge challenge in garnering votes...
It is fashionable among conservative pundits and GOP operatives to bemoan the state of the Republican presidential primary race. But even without a Paul Ryan, Wis., or a New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in the race, there is still a good shot...
The Republican Party will have a primary race for Minnesota Senate District 4 seat and the Reform Party is likely to follow suit. Adam Steele of Bemidji, who is associated...
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