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House 5B Primary Election Night Coverage: LIVE BLOG
As of this moment the voters in the House District 5B DFL primary have spoken, selecting one of five candidates for nomination in the special election to replace Rep. Tony Sertich (DFL-Chisholm) on Feb. 15. We simply await their decision as results pour in from this large Iron Range district in northern Minnesota. I will…
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MinnesotaBrown debuts on MPR’s Morning Edition
I made my first appearance on MPR’s Morning Edition with Cathy Wurzer this morning. The topic was Iron Range politics and today’s House 5B DFL primary. You can listen below. We talked trends and what to watch for as results come in tonight. If you live in 5B, remember you can vote until 8 p.m.…
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The mighty din of the mining meeting
I neglected to bring up the results of last Friday’s joint hearing of the Minnesota State Senate Commerce and Environmental committees at Hibbing Community College. The topic was, first and foremost, mining — specifically nonferrous mineral mining within the Iron Range’s eastern environs. It could be fairly said that much of the proceeding included the…
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Polls open in House 5B special DFL primary
Ballots are being cast now in the DFL primary for the House District 5B Special Election. The polls opened at 7 a.m. and will close at 8 p.m. If you live in 5B and want to vote in this primary you can find your polling place here and read a commentary written by each candidate…
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Range DFL prepares for historic House 5B primary vote
I don’t have any predictions or endorsements to offer in the House 5B DFL primary. As a resident of 3A, just over the line, I can’t vote in this. But this race matters greatly to the whole Iron Range. So here’s the dynamic of the race as I see it. I’ll begin by saying that…
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House 5B update: DFL primary eve promises Tuesday intrigue
Pictured at right is what a January special election primary looks like on the Iron Range. Signs for two of the DFL candidates for House 5B perch atop a huge snow bank, just as they do in most of the snow banks around Hibbing. Republican Paul Jacobson, who first ran just last November, also has…
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COLUMN: The cold we know
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. The cold we knowBy Aaron J. Brown Well, look at the bright side. It is warmer here than it is in space, for instance, or in some of the experimental chambers found in your high end chemical laboratories.…
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Winter Frolic 2011 means another medallion mystery in Hibbing
The annual Winter Frolic Jubilee kicks off this weekend in the Iron Range city of Hibbing. It’s loads of typical frozen small town fun. You can read about it at the Hibbing Daily Tribune, in a story that includes this nugget: This year, local author Aaron Brown will pen the return of private detective Sal…
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DFL endorses Carly Melin in House 5B special election; primary is Tuesday
Carly Melin won the DFL endorsement in the House 5B special election primary at a convention held today in Hibbing. The primary will be held this upcoming Tuesday and the winner advances to the Feb. 15 general election against Republican Paul Jacobson and Independent Cynthia Kafut Hagen. Related posts: No related posts.
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Nuance, nuance, nuance!
Since the dailies on the Iron Range went behind an online pay wall last year I’ve not read my region’s largest paper, the Mesabi Daily News, as often as I once did. I live on the other side of the Range where I subscribe to the Hibbing and Grand Rapids papers. It is telling, however,…
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Looking back at ‘Bobby Die-lan’s’ Hibbing
In 1969, writer Toby Thompson drove from New York to Hibbing, Minnesota, to learn about Bob Dylan’s hometown for the Village Voice. These articles went on to become the landmark “Dylan book” of that era, “Positively Main Street.” This article, describing the world of the Iron Range in 1969, is a fun read regardless of…
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Brown on the Air: COMMUNITY MEDIA!
I’ve been talking lots and lots and lots of 5B politics around here. Sorry about that. It will all be over soon. If you’re looking for a respite, tune in to “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE, the Saturday morning call-in and music show sharing the voices of northern Minnesota. The show’s topic this…
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State Senate committees to tour Iron Range, talk jobs today
The GOP-controlled Senate committees on commerce and the environment will hold a 2 p.m. hearing today at Hibbing Community College to talk about jobs, the economy and environmental permitting, a hot topic in local politics these days. Heard a rumor Rep. Chip Cravaack (R-MN8) might be in town. Checking on that. UPDATE: No Cravaack, but…
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Some video clips from House 5B primary forum
Kathryn Kohlhase of the Hibbing Daily Tribune covered Wednesday’s House 5B DFL Primary Forum sponsored by HCC Student Senate. Today she has a story detailing the candidates’ answers to the questions. She also posted a YouTube video containing snippets from each candidate’s closing statement. It’s just a distillation of 90 minutes of debate and discussion,…
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House 5B Candidate Commentary: John Spanish
MinnesotaBrown offered a 600-word guest post to all the candidates in the House District 5B Special Election. The final entry in the series runs today with John Spanish. (Note: Mr. Spanish hand wrote a statement for the Hibbing Daily Tribune which graciously shared the resulting item with permission). HIBBING — A former state legislator has…