HeyJaredMatthew Blake
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What makes Demuth run: The unlikely rise of a category-defying politician (opens the original)
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Editor’s note: This is the first of two stories on Lisa Demuth and her rise to candidacy for governor. Lisa Demuth and I sit at school-style desks designed for kindergartners. “Yeah, you can have them,” she says with a smile to a child eyeing the bucket of crayons in front of her. It is another day of gross heat at the Minnesota State Fair. We are stationed in a kids drawing area, between the Lisa Demuth for Governor booth – with its requisite prize wheel, fans and flyers – and an exhibit hawkin
Republicans are deserting League of Women Voters candidate forums (opens the original)
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This post comes from our Capitol Conversations newsletter. Sign up here to get Matthew Blake’s takes on the latest Minnesota state government news, delivered to your inbox Thursday mornings. At a capacity meeting room in the Moorhead Public Library Tuesday night, state Sen. Rob Kupec, DFL-Moorhead, and his Republican challenger Austin Peterson were put to the test. Kupec and Peterson each answered on the spot 29 different questions posed by audience members, each involving a substantive issue. H
Republicans are deserting League of Women Voters candidate forums (opens the original)
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This post comes from our Capitol Conversations newsletter. Sign up here to get Matthew Blake’s takes on the latest Minnesota state government news, delivered to your inbox Thursday mornings. At a capacity meeting room in the Moorhead Public Library Tuesday night, state Sen. Rob Kupec, DFL-Moorhead, and his Republican challenger Austin Peterson were put to the test. Kupec and Peterson each answered on the spot 29 different questions posed by audience members, each involving a substantive issue. H
Car tabs, Cybertrucks and guns: How a rematch in an east metro district could determine control of the Minnesota Senate (opens the original)
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In a 2022 state Senate contest, DFLer Judy Seeberger beat Republican Tom Dippel by a grand total of 321 votes. Dippel was subsequently elected to the Minnesota House in 2024 and is again challenging Seeberger this year. He hopes voters in Cottage Grove, Hastings and other District 41 communities will blame rising prices on the DFL Party and vote for him. “People made a different choice at that time and now they have higher property taxes, car tab fees and food prices,” Dippel said in an intervie
The Republican-endorsed candidate for auditor claimed to be a ‘certified fraud examiner.’ He is not. (opens the original)
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One endorsement that did not erupt in feverish debate at the state Republican convention in Duluth last month was that of state auditor. Nate George, whose many hats include mayor of Braham and licensing investigations director at the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe’s Gambling Regulation Authority, cruised to a first ballot endorsement, garnering 76% of the vote. “Nate George brings the background, judgment, and real-world experience Minnesota needs in the state auditor’s office,” declared Alex Plecha
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