Last night I reported that a source told me Mike Cummins is a leading contender for the GOP endorsement and nomination for the Eighth Congressional District seat held by Jim Oberstar. But this is news to some top Republicans in the district, according to another anonymous source. (Incidentally, my proclivity for anonymous sources here is why we still need a vigorous Fourth Estate to follow up on leads like this. Though I love what I do here, it is not my day job and I can’t do background checks on people who contact me electronically).
Indeed, not many in the GOP party structure have any clue who the eventual candidate will be, other than that they’ve all been assured there will be a Republican candidate for Congress in the Eighth. Apparently, though, Duluth and Range Republicans are cautioning that there may not be an unanimous endorsement for this seat as my first source suspected. Stay tuned.
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