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STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHAT Ron Paul adds mystery to GOP convention
Minnesota Republicans gather in St. Cloud this morning, with the official main event picking a candidate to face Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar. But the main undercurrent may be how Ron Paul supp...
Posted on 5/18/12 at 4:28 AM
Convention Notebook: Paul backers win Minnesota delegate majority 
ST. CLOUD — Ron Paul supporters will dominate the Republican National Convention Minnesota delegation.
By Don Davis , May 21, 2012
Rosemount lawmaker says he’ll ‘take economics 101’ to Senate
Kurt Bills is ready to teach economics to Washington.
Backing his theme of “taking economics 101 to Washington,” Minnesota Republicans Friday handed Bills a second-ballot endorsement for U.S. Senate to run against Democrat U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar.
By Don Davis , May 19, 2012
Longtime Minnesota GOP senator retiring, cites frustration with partisanship
ST. PAUL — A senior Republican state senator says she'll leave the Minnesota Legislature after this term, citing frustration with deepened partisan divides at the Capitol.
By AP wire report, West Central Tribune , April 13, 2012
Willmar's Lee Byberg gets GOP endorsement for 7th Congressional District race
ALEXANDRIA, Minn. - Willmar’s Lee Byberg received the Republican nomination for the 7th Congressional District seat today in Alexandria.
By Tribune News , March 31, 2012
George H.W. Bush to formally back Romney
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Former President George H.W. Bush plans to endorse Mitt Romney at an event Thursday in Houston.
By KASIE HUNT , March 28, 2012
GOP endorses candidates for House District 12A and 12B
STARBUCK — Paul Anderson of Starbuck and Scott Dutcher of Brandon were endorsed March 17 as the Republican candidates for the Minnesota House of Representatives for District 12B and District 12A.
March 24, 2012
Romney defeats Santorum in GOP primary in Illinois
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (AP) — Mitt Romney took a major stride toward the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night, routing Rick Santorum in the Illinois primary for his third big-state win in a row and padding his already-formidable lead in the race for convention delegates.
By David Espo , March 21, 2012
Confident Romney focuses on Obama, looks to Illinois primary
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Looking ahead to the Illinois primary and beyond, an increasingly confident Mitt Romney conceded on Monday that the economy is on the upswing but argued that President Barack Obama's policies slowed the recovery.
By Steve Peoples , March 19, 2012
Candidates spar before key Miss., Ala. primaries
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum on Sunday nudged rival Newt Gingrich to step aside, arguing a head-to-head contest between himself and Mitt Romney should "occur sooner rather than later." A defiant Gingrich predicted victories in Tuesday's primaries in Alabama and Mississippi and called Romney the weakest GOP front-runner in nearly a century.
By BETH FOUHY and PHILIP ELLIOTT , March 11, 2012
Dayton, Republicans differ over plan to repay schools
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota legislative Republicans and Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton are at odds over whether to dip into state rainy-day funds to more swiftly pay schools for IOUs from past budget fixes.
By AP wire report, West Central Tribune , March 08, 2012
Super Tuesday: What we learned
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans in 10 states weighed in on the GOP presidential nomination race in its busiest day yet. Mitt Romney won six states, Rick Santorum clinched three and Newt Gingrich prevailed in one. And along the way, clues were gleaned from the results about the path ahead. A look at what we learned:
By PHILIP ELLIOTT , March 07, 2012
Romney, Santorum share Super Tuesday momentum
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney padded his delegate count on the biggest night of the GOP presidential primary season but Rick Santorum demonstrated enough strength to ensure that there's more convulsion ahead as Republicans struggle to settle on a candidate to take on President Barack Obama.
By LAURIE KELLMAN , March 07, 2012
Super Tuesday could alter, not decide GOP race
ATLANTA (AP) -- Voting across 10 states marks the busiest day of the Republican race for president and is expected to determine whether Mitt Romney solidifies his status as party front-runner or faces further threats from his challengers.
By THOMAS BEAUMONT , March 06, 2012
Victories give Romney pre-Super Tuesday momentum
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Mitt Romney is trying to capitalize on twin victories in Arizona and Michigan as the GOP nomination race expands to the 10 states that vote on Super Tuesday. Rival Rick Santorum, who narrowly lost in Michigan, faces splitting the conservative vote with Newt Gingrich as the former House speaker counts on Southern primaries to revive his campaign.
By KASIE HUNT , February 29, 2012
Former GOP head: Nomination could go to convention
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Republican Party chairman Haley Barbour says the fight for the GOP presidential nomination could go all the way to the convention.
By AP wire report, West Central Tribune , February 27, 2012
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