ST. PAUL – One day after announcing a recall effort against all 66 DFL House legislators, Republican leaders announced they’ve collected more than 5,000 signatures on recall petitions. Minnesota Republican Chair Alex Plechash says the message is clear from Minnesotans – they want DFL lawmakers to show up for work or face recall elections. Republicans must collect 25 signatures in…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KFGO/WCCO) – The Minnesota GOP announced recall petitions against every House DFL member on Tuesday. The recall petitions come as a weeks-long boycott continues at the state capitol and what is supposed to be the start of the legislative session. Republican Party Chair Alex Plechash says Democrats are ignoring a number of issues like a looming budget…
ST. PAUL (KVRR/FOX) — Minnesota’s Republican Party has tossed its support behind Royce White in his bid to oust Democrat Sen. Amy Klobuchar. White is a former NBA player and Black Lives Matter protest leader. At Saturday’s GOP convention in St. Paul, White received 67 percent of the vote on the first ballot to receive the endorsement. White is one…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump used a day off from his hush money trial Friday to headline a Republican fundraiser in Minnesota, a traditionally Democratic state that he boasts he can carry in November. Trump took the stage late as he headlined the state GOP’s annual Lincoln Reagan dinner in St. Paul after attending his son Barron’s high school graduation…
Former President Donald Trump gestures as he returns to court after a lunch break, at Manhattan criminal court in New York, on Thursday, May 16, 2024. (Angela Weiss/Pool Photo via AP)ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will head to Minnesota on a day off from his hush money trial for a Republican fundraiser Friday night in a traditionally Democratic…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Republican leaders of the Minnesota Legislature called Tuesday on Democrats to drop a proposed state Equal Rights Amendment, better fund rural ambulance services and make other concessions as part of their price for GOP votes on a public works package and an end to filibustering that has slowed the final work of the 2024 session. Senate Minority…
ST. PAUL (KVRR) — A small group of Republican lawmakers are calling on the legislature to take a vote on the final designs for the new state flag and seal, or let the people decide. The new flag is meant to represent Minnesota’s motto: The Star of the North. Some rural county commissions have passed resolutions against the new design….
Steve Boyd, Rep. Michelle FischbachALEXANDRIA, Minn. (KVRR) – A rural Kensington, Minnesota man is running in the Republican primary for the District 7 U.S. House seat held by Rep. Michelle Fischbach. Steve Boyd, who brands himself a “Christian conservative,” says his platform includes “protecting life,” “border security,” “restoring the family” and abolishing the U.S. Dept. of Education. “The federal government…
ST. PAUL (KVRR/KFGO) — Doug Wardlow says he’ll run in the August primary for attorney general after losing the Republican endorsement to Jim Schultz at the convention last weekend. Wardlow, who was the party’s nominee in 2018, is general counsel at MyPillow and an ally of its founder, Mike Lindell. Lindell is a leading proponent of false accusations that the…
Jennifer CarnahanMINNEAPOLIS – Four former top staffers from the Republican Party of Minnesota have accused embattled Chairwoman Jennifer Carnahan of running a “morally bankrupt” operation that’s rife with verbal abuse, intimidation and sexual harassment. All four formerly served as executive director of the state party organization under Carnahan. They issued an open letter calling on her to resign or be…
