Minnesota Democrats Exposed © (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
I’m not sure which mail piece is thougher - this mailer above from Ed Matthews’ campaign about Congresswoman Betty McCollum, or this mailing from Dave Carlson’s campaign hitting Representative Sheldon Johnson. Please check back to Minnesota Democrats Exposed for more information on this developing story.
A Bluestem Prairie (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
... Tim Walz, DFL-1st District, John Kline, R-2nd District, Keith Ellison, DFL-5th District, and Betty McCollum, DFL-4th District. Readers can readily ascertain which of Minnesota's representatives are left off that list. Former Congressman Tim Penny writes the Mankato Free Press to say Area is ready for energy push . The reitred dean of engineering at MSU-M says A bold energy plan is...
A Bluestem Prairie (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
... raised $82330 by the same date, to get 31.31 percent of the vote in the Fourth. DFL incumbent Betty McCollum had raised $684,485 . Glen Menze raised under $2000.00 in the 7th to get 27.67 percent of the vote. Powerful House ag chair Collin Peterson had netted $1,100,084 for the cycle up to October 15. Michael Cummins raised $15,805 in the 8th to 32.21 percent of the vote, providing...
kare11.com - Business News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... Keith Ellison easily beat Republican Barbara Davis White in the 5th District. And Democratic Rep. Betty McCollum beat Republican Edward Matthews in the 4th District.OTHER DISTRICTS: District U.S. House District 1 172 of 749 precincts - 23 percent x-Tim Walz, Dem (i) 46,283 - 63 percent Brian Davis, GOP 23,531 - 32 percent Gregory Mikkelson, Inp 3,197 - 4 percentU.S. House District...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
WASHINGTON - Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison easily beat Republican Barbara Davis White in the 5th District. on Tuesday. And Democratic Rep. Betty McCollum beat Republican Edward Matthews in the 4th District. Tim Walz also won re-election.Meanwhile, Rep. Michele Bachmann has a slight lead over Democratic challenger Elwyn Tinklenberg in early returns in the 6th Congressional District race.With...
DoughStreet.com (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
... to Upton, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that Upton writes back. Upton’s seat appears safe. Betty McCollum (D-MN) is running for re-election. In the past McCollum has stood with Dr. David Walsh of the National Institute on Media and the Family as Walsh presented his group’s Annual Video Game Report Card. In 2007 McCollum criticized the video game industry , urging...
Shot In The Dark (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
... LIBERTARIAN JAMES NIEMACKL CONSTITUTION US Fourth Congressional District ED MATTHEWS REPUBLICAN BETTY MCCOLLUM DEMOCRATIC-FARMER-LABOR Minnesota House District 66B MARK A. ROOSEVELT REPUBLICAN ALICE HAUSMAN DEMOCRATIC-FARMER-LABOR Soil and Water, Districts 2, 3 and 5 I will follow Saint Paul’s endorsements to the letter. Whatever it was . Judicial Elections Well, I won’t be voting...
kare11.com - Business News (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
... his way to Horace Mann's pint-sized political ceremony. Also at Monday's event, U.S. Congresswoman Betty McCollum and a handful of other candidates running in state and local elections."And all of you tell your parents to vote. It's very important," Barkley, the endorsed Independence Party candidate for U.S. Senate, said to the students.Vote. That's the one thing that everyone agreed...
DealBook (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
Congresswoman Betty McCollum, a Democrat from Minnesota, used her time at Thursday’s House Oversight and Government Reform hearing to attack former Treasury Secretary John Snow and his apparent contradictory view on regulation in the financial system. “Mr. Snow, this morning you talked about the importance of regulation and gave examples of regulatory measures you wish Congress [...]
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
... of Minnesota's Senate and Twin Cities Metro Congressional delegation whose domicile was spared was Betty McCollum --and that's probably because she lives in a high-rise. It's no wonder that a prominent local Republican blogger, the Wright County Republican , loves Mary LaHammer to bits: "Mary's energy and overall spunkiness lead me to believe that she has possibly more objectivity...
The Nation Blogs (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
The six Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) members of Minnesota's congressional delegation – Senator Amy Klobuchar, and Representatives Keith Ellison, Betty McCollum, James Oberstar, Collin Peterson, and Tim Walz – issued a joint statement: "... All Members of Congress – Democrats and Republicans – swear an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and...
mnblue - (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
Cross-posted from Daily Kos. In Minnesota , voters are finding a particularly nasty attack flier in their mail from a candidate in the Fourth Congressional District. The mailer bashes Rep. Betty McCollum for her support of the Employee Free Choice Act . McCollum, a four-term representative, is under attack by Ed Matthews. Like other candidates not offering solutions on issues...
The Nation: Editor's Cut (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
The six Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) members of Minnesota's congressional delegation – Senator Amy Klobuchar, and Representatives Keith Ellison, Betty McCollum, James Oberstar, Collin Peterson, and Tim Walz – issued a joint statement: "... All Members of Congress – Democrats and Republicans – swear an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and...
Blog of the Moderate Left (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
... were that they live a long way away from Minneapolis; I assume the vandals just forgot about Betty McCollum. No, an attack on Democrats and Republicans does not equal the Wellstone Rallemorial, which blew up precisely because it was a totally one-sided partisan affair with a clear “bad guy” in Rick Kahn (who never should have been allowed to speak without the DFL reading his speech...
Israel Commentary (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
By Morrie Amitay Founder, Washington Political Action Committee The current election cycle witnessed the creation of J Street and the...
