Tag: Tim Pawlenty
Former Pawlenty staffer’s firm helps group advocating for assisted suicide
Advocates and opponents of an assisted suicide bill set for a hearing in the state House on Thursday will hold dueling press conferences on the DFL-sponsored legislation.
At 11 a.m., Compassion & Choices Action Network,...
DFL will soon have monopoly of appointees on Minnesota Supreme Court
Justice G. Barry Anderson, the lone remaining Republican appointee on the Minnesota Supreme Court, announced his retirement last week after serving nearly 20 years as one...
Minnesota man pardoned after impregnating 14-year-old now accused of molesting 13-year-old
A Minnesota man who was once pardoned after fathering a child with a 14-year-old girl is now accused of molesting a 13-year-old girl.
Jeremy Giefer,...
Planet Pawlenty Pouts
I was hoping I wouldn’t have to write this column but events have conspired to leave me no choice. All during the Minnesota Republican...
Johnson’s Victory: The Grassroots Divorces The Establishment
Jeff Johnson’s sweeping victory over former Governor Tim Pawlenty last night marked a sea change in Minnesota Republican party politics, the fallout from which...
Jeff Johnson For Governor
Tuesday's Republican primary for governor will in large part determine the future of the Republican Party in Minnesota: one whose establishment has given us...
Johnson Forces Pawlenty To Debate Twice, Wins Twice
It wasn’t supposed to be like this. For a time, Tim Pawlenty’s campaign thought that by simply holding most of the donor money hostage,...
Primary Questions: Will Pawlenty’s Donors Support Johnson? Will Johnson’s Voters Support...
The Minnesota Republican gubernatorial primary is three weeks out, yet it is not too early to talk about two issues that are important regardless...
Minnesota Politicians React To Trump SCOTUS Pick
WASHINGTON - On Monday night, President Donald Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court created by the pending...
Democratic Gubernatorial Candidates March To Abolish ICE
MINNEAPOLIS - Democratic gubernatorial candidates Tim Walz and Erin Murphy joined in a protest in Minneapolis weekend, calling for no borders and to “abolish...