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LIVE BLOG: Primary Night in Northern Minnesota
Welcome to MinnesotaBrown.com Primary Election Night coverage for the races in MN-8, House District 6B and more. 11:35 — MinnesotaBrown.com projects Jason Metsa will win State House District 6B DFL primary and Jesse Colangelo will win State House District 6B GOP primary. Metsa and Colangelo will face off in race to succeed retiring Rep. Tom…
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Primary Day in northern Minnesota
Events like the Aug. 14 primary always bring new readers to this site. If this is you, welcome! MinnesotaBrown.com covers politics, but that’s only a part of why I write the blog. We’re here to celebrate, protect, defend, reform and innovate one little corner of the world, so that the story of our people carries…
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MinnesotaBrown wants YOU (to report precinct results) for PRIZES
In my posts about the State House 6B and Congressional MN-8 primary races I talk about several precincts that might give us a clue about the final results as they roll in Tuesday evening. I selected these randomly, with a small bit of strategy. Hence I’m proud to announce a special deal with the MinnesotaBrown.com community,…
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Mesabi Daily News shakes up 6B race with closing editorial
I wrote about the House 6B primary field last Friday, but the anchor leg of that race has some interesting fodder from the Mesabi Daily News. In this case, the MDN is the primary newspaper of the entire district and it’s well read. No election on the Iron Range, particularly the eastern Range, can escape…
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What to watch: MN-8 DFL primary
For more than a year, candidates have jockeyed for position in the MN-8 DFL primary to challenge freshman incumbent U.S. Rep. Chip Cravaack (R-MN8). The race has been devoid of traditional polling and, since the last DFL primary here was in 1974, no one knows exactly how the 21st century electorate will act. I cannot…
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Sturdevant asks big questions about Range demographics
The Star Tribune’s Lori Sturdevant pens a column in Sunday’s edition about the MN-8 race, including the political tradition and waning influence of the Iron Range. It’s worth a read. She echoes a lot of what we talk about here. On the Range, as is true anywhere, demographics is destiny. Shrinking senior classes at our…
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MN-8 analysis pours in; more to come as Tuesday approaches
I’ll have my own analysis of the MN-8 DFL primary tomorrow, but to hold you over there have been some great write-ups around the state so far. Mark Zdechlik at Minnesota Public Radio put together a comprehensive review. I’d recommend reading or listening to that. I was honored to be a part of that story,…
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COLUMN: Tuesday primary a signpost for region’s political future
This is my Sunday column for the Aug. 12, 2012 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Tuesday primary a signpost for region’s political futureBy Aaron J. Brown Another election is approaching. No, not just the big one in November: I’m talking about Tuesday. Yes, this Tuesday! Minnesota’s primary election moved to August. For many in…
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Paul Ryan’s past littered with screeds on flatulence
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has selected U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) as his running mate. Ryan, the author of the “Ryan Plan,” is a widely regarded fiscal hawk, whose controversial budget proposal included deep cuts to Medicare and other popular entitlements. Romney’s selection ensures that this central tenant of the modern GOP will…
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Actual congressional candidate challenges opponents to watch "The Campaign" with him
In a sign that life imitates satire of life imitating art (with all politics being local), MN-8 DFL candidate Jeff Anderson has invited his opponents Rick Nolan and Tarryl Clark to watch “The Campaign” with him tonight in Duluth. “The Campaign” is the Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis comedy spoofing a congressional race between a clueless…
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What to watch: MN House 6B DFL/GOP primaries
I’ve already written about the implications in the House 6B legislative race here on northern Minnesota’s Iron Range. Some big changes are in store for this post-industrial industrial/mining/woodsy region regardless of the outcome. I’ll be watching the DFL and GOP primaries in 6B along with the MN-8 DFL primary on Tuesday night. Meantime, I’m going…
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Celebrating the dashed dreams that make Iron Range life
More Iron Range events this weekend, including Doc “Moonlight” Graham Days in Chisholm and Merritt Days in Mountain Iron. The Graham parade is Saturday at 11 a.m. in Chisholm. The Merritt parade is at 4 p.m. in Mountain Iron. Many other events are scheduled throughout the weekend in both cities. Moonlight Graham days is named…
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Clark, Nolan spar over negative ad in MN-8
I was prepared to say that the MN-8 DFL primary next week was shaping up to be less confrontational than one would have expected. That was before yesterday, when Tarryl Clark went up with a negative ad against perceived front-runner Rick Nolan. Clark attacks Nolan over his business background and involvement in the World Trade…
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The future of the Iron Range is sandwich
So, this week a new Jimmy Johns franchise opened in Grand Rapids. (The old Bixby’s location). That’s a sandwich place. Yesterday I learned that Erbert and Gerbert’s, another sandwich place, will be opening in a Hibbing strip mall. (The old Movie Gallery location). I am delighted and dismayed by this news. I am delighted by…
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On the air talking House 6B primary Thursday morning
I’ll be on KAXE/KBXE Northern Community Radio Thursday morning at 7:20 talking about the House 6B primary in the heart of northern Minnesota’s Iron Range. Every Thursday host Scott Hall and contributors Colleen Nardone, a liberal, and Chuck Marohn, a conservative, discuss Minnesota and local politics on a segment called “Making Sausage.” I’m excited to…