Minnesota
They Love to Hate Her: The Left-Wing Media’s Love Affair with Michele Bachmann
1 out of 5 Minnesota Independent reports have featured Bachmann over the past 6 months; coverage of the Congresswoman rose to nearly 1 out of 3 this March
Read MoreRob Eastlund’s Open HD 17A Seat to Remain GOP-Favored
GOP loses veteran Representative who staved off DFLers in five consecutive competitive races
Read MoreBachmann, Kline, and Paulsen Respond to U.S. House Health Care Bill Passage
The only three members of Minnesota’s U.S. House delegation to issue press releases in the immediate hours after the 219-212 passage of a landmark overhaul of the nation’s health care system were its three GOP critics
Read MoreCounting One’s Blessings: Minnesota’s New Unemployment Numbers
Minnesota is one of only four states nationwide which has not experienced a rise in unemployment in any month since May 2009
Read MoreHow Competitive Are Minnesota’s Congressional Districts?
Bachmann’s 6th CD is the 11th most competitive in the nation since 2002; seven of the Gopher State’s eight CDs are more competitive than the national average
Read MoreWill Minnesotans Elect Another Lawyer to the Governor’s Mansion in 2010?
Pawlenty was first Gopher State Governor elected with a law degree since 1974; from 1910-1974, 90 percent of elected governors had a legal education
Read MoreMinnesota Has Lowest Rate of Increase in Unemployment in Nation During Obama’s First Year in Office
Gopher State shed the fewest jobs across the country with just a 1.4 percent net rise in its jobless rate from January 2009-January 2010; 50-state average is +25.5 percent
Read MoreWill the DFL Cancel Minnesota’s Membership to the ‘Lonely Republican Governors Club’ in 2010?
Minnesota could emerge from Election 2010 as one of just two states in the nation with a Republican governor and Democratic-led delegations to the U.S. Senate, U.S. House, State Senate, and State House
Read MoreTim Pawlenty Job Approval Rating Hits All-Time Low
Analysis of over 70 polls since 2003 finds Pawlenty’s current job approval rating lowest in 7+ years in office
Read MoreKalin Announcement Opens Up Ripe Opportunity in HD 17B for GOP in 2010
Minnesota HD 17B has had a double-digit tilt for Republican candidates against their statewide average across several offices since 2002
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