Can you smell what Congress is cooking? Tater-tots and more, washed down with Jell-O. Not to mention Rep. Michele Bachmann’s volcanic “Metro” dish with a whole can of sweet corn, or Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s hold-the-SPAM (not to be confused with e-mail) pepperoni...
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Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., right, check on judges former Rep. Vin Weber, R-Minn., left, and House Chaplain Patrick Conroy during the second annual 'hotdish' competition in the Capitol Visitor Center, featuring casserole-like dishes from members of the Minnesota Congressional Delegation, on March 7, 2012. The dishes of Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., and Rep. Chip Cravaack, R-Minn., tied for first place in the competition.
Tater Tots and Pepperoni (Hold the SPAM) — What Congress is Cooking
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Voters fill the booths on Nov. 6, 2012, at the Stockton Community Center in Stockton, Minn.
Minnesota Tops in Voter Turnout (Again) — Obama Carried Top-Five
Minnesota is the nation’s undisputed champion when it comes to voter turnout. About 76 percent of Minnesota residents who were eligible to vote in the 2012 election cast a ballot, leading the nation for the eighth time in the past...
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Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., speaks at a rally for Elizabeth Warren (D), in Worcester, Mass. on Oct. 19, 2012.
Franken, Party Friends to Gain from Minnesota Democratic Super-PAC
A Democratic-aligned advocacy group in Minnesota is adding a super-political action committee to prepare for 2014 federal elections in the state. WIN Minnesota, a 501c4 nonprofit, is adding the super-PAC “to explore the option of doing work in federal races,”...
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Rick and Mary Nolan celebrate on Nov. 7, 2012 after winning the 8th District. Photograph by Steve Kohls/Brainerd Dispatch/AP Photo
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 32
That’s the number of years since Rep.-elect Rick Nolan, a Minnesota Democrat, ended his previous tenure in the House. Nolan, who unseated Republican incumbent Chip Cravaack on Nov. 6, served in the House from 1975 to 1981, when he retired....
Read more »Bachmann Ad: “Independent Voice” for Minnesota — as Election Nears
Michele Bachmann, the Minnesota Republican who leads the Tea Party Caucus in Congress and referred to President Barack Obama’s health-care law as “the crown jewel of socialism” during a short-lived presidential run, is adopting a bipartisan tone as she fights...
Read more »Bachmann Uses MSNBC to Attack Opponent Graves on Health Care
Michele Bachmann, the Minnesota congresswoman who heads the Tea Party Caucus, citing MSNBC host Ed Schultz in a campaign commercial? Bachmann’s newest TV spot uses footage from Schultz’s “The Ed Show” on Aug. 17 to tie Jim Graves, a Democratic...
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President Ronald Reagan on his way to a campaign stop in 1984.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 28
That’s how many years since the last victory by a Republican presidential nominee in Wisconsin. Following Republican Ronald Reagan’s Wisconsin win amid his landslide re-election in 1984, Democratic presidential nominees have won six elections in a row there, including President...
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Connecticut Republican Senate candidates, former wrestling executive Linda McMahon and former Rep. Christopher Shays before their Senate debate on the University of Connecticut campus on June 14, 2012.
McMahon vs. Shays: Can You Smell What Connecticut’s Cooking?
Written by Leslie Hoffecker and Derek Wallbank for BGov’s Congress Tracker A wrestling entrepreneur seeking a second go-round in the senatorial ring, a four-term governor hoping for a political comeback and two House incumbents — one a powerful committee chairman...
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Mitt Romney leaving a fundraising event in Manhattan on August 9, 2012 in New York City.
Who’s Romney Talking About Here?
Updated at 7:30 and 8:15 pm EDT As he works to stir publicity about his pick of a running mate, Mitt Romney sat for NBC News. Chuck Todd, political director and chief White House correspondent for NBC, asked the Republican...
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Mitt Romney, right, and Sen. Rob Portman call eligible voters from his campaign headquarters in Charleston, S.C.
Romney’s Running Mate from Ohio? — Record of Benefit Not Great
If the betting on Intrade.com gives Rob Portman the advantage over Tim Pawlenty in getting picked as Mitt Romney’s running mate, this could have something to do with the fact that Portman is from Ohio, a must-win state for the...
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