Minnesota
Otremba Retirement Inches GOP Closer Towards Goal of House Takeover
Republican presidential and gubernatorial candidates have won the conservative House District 11B by double-digit margins since 2002
Read MoreMinnesota-U.S. Unemployment Gap Reaches Historic Level
April’s 2.7-point unemployment rate difference in Minnesota’s favor vis-à-vis the national average is the largest in decades
Read MoreHow Does Tim Pawlenty Rank in the Gubernatorial Class of 2002 on Jobs?
Minnesota Governor has presided over 64.4 percent increase in unemployment, slightly better than his gubernatorial Class of ’02 as well as the national average
Read MoreRetirements from Minnesota State House in 2010 Currently Down from ’06 and ’08
Republicans account for 63 percent of open seats over the last four election cycles; percentage of open GOP seats is more than twice that of DFL seats since 2004
Read MoreIs Representative Ryan Winkler the DFL’s New Attack Dog?
Partisan attacks by Winkler against GOP have more than quadrupled in press releases from 1st to 2nd term in office
Read MoreIs the ‘S’ Word Scaring People Away from the ‘L’ Word? (The Vanishing Liberal in Minnesota)
Ratio of self-identified conservatives to liberals is at a five-year high in the Gopher State while charges of socialism are hurled at D.C. Democrats
Read MoreRepublicans Outnumber Democrats in Minnesota for First Time Since 2005
Study of nearly 70 SurveyUSA polls finds GOP holding first party ID advantage since October 2005; percentage of Minnesotans identifying as Republicans at highest level ever recorded by polling organization
Read MoreLong Legislative Service Not a Prescription for Gubernatorial Electoral Success in Minnesota
Only one Minnesota Governor since statehood has spent as much time in the legislature as 2010 DFL candidates Margaret Anderson Kelliher and Matt Entenza
Read MoreCan Pawlenty Launch a Sam’s Club Presidential Campaign from a Target State?
Minnesota ranks #33 in the nation in Sam’s Club & Wal-Mart stores per capita, and ranks #1 for Target
Read MoreWill Voter ID Issue Turn Conservative Democrats Into ‘Emmercrats’ in MN Gubernatorial Race?
Emmer continues to highlight voter ID as core issue to 2010 campaign; popular issue may be the lure to get conservative Democrats onto his coalition’s hook
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