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Live MPR, Uptake election feeds at MinnesotaBrown
You can read my live blog with northern Minnesota results, but I’m also proud to partner with two extraordinary news organizations, Minnesota Public Radio and The Uptake, to provide additional live coverage of Election Day and vote reports. I’d recommend you keep this post and the live blog in separate browser windows to get the…
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Election Day in the hot, hot North
Henry made a snowman last week and we had some fun enfranchising it. After the most bruising, scorched-earth campaign season in the modern history of northern Minnesota, it brings me great pleasure to report the following: Today is election day. One side may win. One side may lose. An ambiguous mixture of results is more…
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Nolan holds slight lead in final SUSA poll of MN-8
A final Survey USA poll has been released for MN-8 in northern Minnesota. Rick Nolan leads Chip Cravaack 47-45, a statistical tie but one that shows slight momentum for Nolan. It’s also the fourth consecutive media poll showing at lead for Nolan. I wrote a piece of final analysis for MN-8 earlier today. This poll…
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Northern Minnesota’s role in shaping the legislature
Earlier today I shared my final thoughts on the MN-8 race heading into Election Day. Right now I’m going to share some ideas about legislative races in northern Minnesota. Conventional wisdom is that the DFL has “a good chance” to take back the Senate and “a chance” to take back the House. I haven’t seen…
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Decision time in #mn08’s land of ore, woods, waters & ships
The entire Iron Range political class of these last decades grew in the shadow of Rep. Jim Oberstar. This 36-year-veteran of Congress was the chosen successor to Rep. John Blatnik, his boss and fellow Chisholm native who himself served 28 years previously. The two men epitomized the rise of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party after WWII. They…
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LIVE: President Clinton to speak tonight in St. Cloud, Minn.
President Bill Clinton is slated to make his second appearance in Minnesota in less than a week with a rally tonight in St. Cloud. His return is widely attributed to a renewed Democratic interested in helping Jim Graves defeat U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, a conservative lightning rod with a national profile. No doubt his efforts…
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My latest MN-8 analysis on Twin Cities AM950
I’ll be a guest on the Left MN Radio Hour on AM950 in the Twin Cities this afternoon at 2. I’ll talk about the MN-8 race between Rep. Chip Cravaack and former Rep. Rick Nolan. I’ll also add some insight to some of of the northern Minnesota toss-up legislative races. You can listen at AM950…
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Hurricane Bill skitters about Mesabi Daily News endorsements
Based on a scathing editorial against DFLer Jason Metsa written before the primary, I was certain Bill Hanna’s Mesabi Daily News would endorse his Republican opponent in House District 6B before the election. I was proven wrong, as Hanna gave the nod to Metsa today in the race to succeed Rep. Tom Rukavina who retired…
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COLUMN: Wisdom to the victors, comfort to the defeated
This is my Sunday column for the Nov. 4, 2012 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Wisdom to the victors, comfort to the defeatedBy Aaron J. Brown As the old saying goes, “Don’t vote, you’ll only encourage them.” Well, OK. You should vote. It’s more than just a civic duty. Important issues are at stake…
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Scenes from a northern battleground district
Tom Anzelc’s sign on the corner of Itasca 8 and 336. It should be noted that the Balsam Deer Hunter’s Supper does not feature Michelob, though it is on the sign. Lord, give us votes, but thanks for the roast beef. This is the first election in a few cycles where the Minnesota deer hunting…
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V.P. Biden in Superior Friday afternoon
As mentioned earlier this week, Vice President Joe Biden will speak in Superior, Wisconsin — just across the bridge from Duluth, Minnesota — Friday afternoon. Doors open at 1 p.m. at the Superior Middle School. Tickets are free and can be obtained from the Obama campaign. Related posts: No related posts.
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On the MinnesotaBrown interview used in attack ads
It’s interesting to watch Rep. Chip Cravaack’s campaign and the American Action Network use footage from my interview with Cravaack’s challenger and former Rep. Rick Nolan last spring in negative attack ads. I had written a couple weeks ago that I was glad the interview was being viewed and that the quotes were being used…
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Persell, Howes to square off Thursday morning on Northern Community Radio
The final KAXE “Making Sausage” legislative forum between Reps. John Persell (DFL-Bemidji) and Larry Howes (R-Walker) in District 5A will take place Thursday morning from 8:15 to 9 a.m. on 91.7 KAXE Grand Rapids/90.5 KBXE Bemidji/89.9 Brainerd and kaxe.org. Tune in for what has been an interesting series of open format discussions between the candidates…
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Watch Cravaack, Nolan in final MN-8 debate today
Today at noon Rep. Chip Cravaack (R-MN8) will debate challenger and former Rep. Rick Nolan (DFL) in the fourth and final debate. Fittingly, the debate will be held at Mesabi Range Community and Technical College in Virginia, one of the hubs of the Iron Range region. As has been the case throughout the election, The…
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Wisconsin’s 7th District: Who is the *real* fake lumberjack?
My only real knowledge of the race for Congress in Wisconsin’s 7th District comes from what spills over into the Duluth TV market. Rep. Sean Duffy (R) faces Pat Kreitlow (D). The district itself bears a lot of similarity to my home district in MN-8. WI-7 is rustic, northern, was abnormally Democratic for decades before…