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2011 Politician Defined By Migraines, Infidelity and Education … and How 2012 Politician Should Be Defined

2011 was a year that made tabloid journalism feeding Low-Information Constituents the norm, thus the resolution for 2012 needs to be the return of the Well-Informed Voter. The Republican Party is in the midst of determining who their Presidential nominee will be … yet the focus has been misplaced on irrelevant matters. Michele Bachmann (R-MN-06)

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2012 Minnesota Vulnerability Ratings

Steve Quist wrote an interesting piece assessing the suggestion that Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) is vulnerable for defeat in 2012 … thus prompting the discussion : Who is vulnerable ? Considering various polls indicating that Congress holds a positive view at 13% and President Obama’s approval number dipped below 40, the quick answer is EVERYBODY.

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DFL Congressional District 2′s Best Candidates, CD2′s best foot forward

MN CD2 Endorsed Candidates Minnesota’s Congressional District 2 is touting its best (see literature in the image, or here’s the file).  I firmly believe truth is arrived at by consensus, and these candidates were picked by groups deciding what is our best foot forward this 2010 campaign season. Margaret Anderson Kelliher (and John Gunyou), Mark

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Three months…

Three months ago today, I received the DFL endorsement to be the State Senate candidate in District 36.  I was both excited and scared at the same time.  Yesterday, I read this quote on my father-in-law’s Facebook page: “Regardless of your present situation you should proceed immediately to set a goal to achieve something so

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NO BULL with Colin Lee, Steve Quist, Sigrid Iversen, and Dan Powers

First posted here. updated at 12:18 pm on 07/02/2010, added a Colin Lee photo. Thanks for the photo! Colin Lee, SD36A candidate for MN House What fun! We went to the No Bull event at Angler’s Park (Lakeville, MN) tonight. And, zoinks! My two photos of Colin Lee didn’t turn out. (Have one of Colin

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Join Me! I’m hanging with the Had Enough Bull People: Colin Lee, Sigrid Iversen, Steve Quist and Dan Powers has been invited

  Candidate for MN House Colin Lee, SD 36A   Hola! It’s the Had Enough Bull fundraiser and event for Senate District 36. Want to see what your DFL endorsed candidates have to offer? Let’s head out, find a park bench, and talk it up. See you there! Start: Jun 29 2010 – 6:30pm End:

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Steve Quist for Minnesota Senate Meets the Dew Days Crowd

Three Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidates, Steve Quist, Sigrid Iversen, and Dan Powers, were one after the other in Farmington’s Dew Days parade. We who walked with them could drift back and forth between the groups. The crowd was fun and I felt we DFLers enjoyed a lot of support along the way. Candidate for Minnesota Senate (SD36)

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SD-36 : Quist Offers More Than Common Sense

Rainy days provides time for catching up on my reading … and so it is that I am finally read the Farmington Independent story on Steve Quist and his decision to enter the race to represent Senate District 36 ( Dakota County : Empire, Eureka, Farmington, Lakeville, Marshan, Randolph, Ravenna, Vermillion, and other communities; and

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SD 36 Meet and Greet! Steve Quist, Sigrid Iversen, and Colin Lee

Holy Smokes!  It’s a meet and greet.  Here’s the info so you can mark your calendars.  Meet Minnesota Senate 36 Candidate Steve Quist, Minnesota House 36A candidate Colin Lee and Minnesota House 36B candidate Sigrid Iversen on June 16, 2010 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the Rambling River Park Picnic Shelter, 17 Elm Street,

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SD-36 : Durenberger and Kline Get It, It’s Time to Look at Steve Quist

John Kline (R-MN-02) may finally be getting the message that Senator Dave Durenberger already acknowledges … Americans deserve better than partisan rancor. The Rochester Post-Bulletin published an OpEd yesterday by Mr. Kline : “As I travel throughout the 2nd District in Minnesota and visit with constituents, more and more Minnesotans share with me their frustrations

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Candidate for Minnesota Senate District 36: Steve Quist

Steve Quist, Minnesota Senate District 36 Candidate for Minnesota Senate Steve Quist had time for an interview last night.  He’s running against Dave Thompson in Minnesota’s Senate District 36. He’s a great listener and believes the government should be there for us. His family actively works to help the homeless and he teaches others ways

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SD36 Hears Colin Lee, Sigrid Iversen, Dan Powers, and endorses Steve Quist

Minnesota Senate District 36 met in Farmington tonight.  Here’s who stopped by: COLIN LEE 36A candidate for Minnesota House Colin Lee talked about health care cost reduction and how it’s important to be good stewards of the earth. Colin will do something his opponent Mary Liz Holberg probably won’t do:  Doorknock! Here’s how to find

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