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First Generation American gains DFL nod for Congress
Filed Under (Ashwin Madia, MN House Race, *Top Stories, Minnesota) by jfbarnett on April-13-2008

Ashwin Madia’s opening speech at the CD3 DFL Convention:

Madia’s acceptance speech, courtesy of Joe Bodell at Minnesota Campaign Report:

Madia is the Minnesota DFL endorsed candidate for the 3rd congressional district. Too see our CD3 convention coverage via Twitter, go here

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Minnesota Congressional District 3, SD41 DFL Delegate Results
Filed Under (MN House Race, *Top Stories, Minnesota) by jfbarnett on March-15-2008

FINAL UPDATE: Noah here - going in SD 41 looked to be tied up.  Madia’s novice floor staffers did an amazing job in turning this into a big win.  This was particularly noteworthy since Bonoff had Jim Nylund, an experienced floor manger organizing for her.  Ultimately their ability in wooing uncommitted Franken supporters put them over the top.  Ex-Hovland delegates were not a major factor in this Senate District.The UpTake’s Noah Kunin is reporting via Twitter the results of the tight DFL endorsement race in Senate District 41 for the CD3 US House race.Via Twitter:

Final count in sd 41: madia 11 bonoff 7 jnp/unc 1  half a minute ago

first count of dels: madia 8 bonoff 6 unc 1 15 minutes ago from web

Finally election of delegates has begun! about 1 hour ago

Xhovland dels seem to be leaning madia…will it be enough to put madia over the top? about 5 hours ago

SD 41 looks to be close, maybe slight bonoff lead about 6 hours ago

Heading to Senate District Conventions and HHH dinner tonight - perhaps decisive day for CD3 endorsement?

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Bob Olson: “Republicans can’t afford to vote Republican”
Filed Under (Religion, MN House Race, *Top Stories, Minnesota) by Noah S Kunin on February-29-2008


“If you hear (Republican Congresswoman) Michele Bachmann  telling you that a Democrat is going to take your guns away, first thing you do is put your hand over your wallet.” 

That’s Bob Olson’s view of politics. He’s a candidate for Congress in Minnesota’s 6th District and would like to replace Rep. Bachmann. To do that Olson must first win the DFL (Minnesota Democratic Party) endorsement over Elwyn Tinklenberg. Eva Young and Ken Avidor have been following the efforts to defeat Rep. Bachmann and interviewed Olson about his background,and issues ranging from tax law to Rep. Michele Bachmann’s hypocritical stance on moral issues such as homosexuality.  Full interview can be found here.

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Elwyn Tinklenberg Vs. The Ideologue
Filed Under (MN House Race, *Top Stories, Minnesota, Video) by mmcintee on January-11-2008

Partisan, obstructionist, and ideologue are just some of the words DFLer Elwyn Tinklenberg uses to describe Congresswoman Michele Bachmann in his interview with The UpTake’s Ken Avidor. Tinklenberg, who was Transportation Director under Governor Jesse Venutura, is seeking the DFL endorsement to run against Bachmann this year. If this interview is any indication, the Tinklenberg campaign plans to portray Bachmann as a do-nothing delayer who is more concerned about politics than results. Highlights of the interview in text after the jump.

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