Election Congress 6

UPDATED 8/19/2012 Candidates on the November ballot:

Michele Bachmann (Republican) - incumbent

Jim Graves (DFL)

 

GOP's Tom Emmer announces run for Michele Bachmann seat

By Staff, The Uptake

Failed Minnesota Republican candidate for governor Tom Emmer announced Wednesday that he will run for the Sixth District congressional seat being vacated by Rep. Michele Bachmann.

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And then there were none…

By Arne Carlson, Governor Arne Carlson's blog

The withdrawal of Jim Graves from the 6th District race for Congress has drawn considerable comment as well as some interesting emotional responses ranging from bitter disappointment from moderates and democrats to relief from the right.

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Governor Arne Carlson's blog

With Graves not running either — should we write off the sixth?

By Bill Prendergast, Minnesota Progressive Project

Oh, boy. Jim Graves is even smarter than I thought he was. No sooner did Michele Bachmann announce that *she’s* dropping out of the next election, than Graves announced that *he’s* dropping out.

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Minnesota Progressive Project

With Bachmann leaving (!), are Graves' chances better or worse?

By Joe Bodell, Minnesota Progressive Project

Hey, did you hear the news? We won’t have Michele Bachmann to kick around anymore, come January 2015. In the face of ever-growing controversy, increasing federal scrutiny of her failed Presidential campaign’s activities, and downright ishy poll numbers, Bachmann has made what might be the first rational decision of her congressional tenure and decided not to run for reelection.

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Minnesota Progressive Project

Bachmann will not seek re-election

By Andy Birkey, TC Daily Planet

Bachmann's announcement was made in a video posted on YouTube and on her website.

Easily one of the most polarizing members of Congress and of Minnesota politics, Rep.

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Michele Bachmann's first debate with opponent Jim Graves in 6th Congressional District race

By Michael McIntee, The Uptake

Representative Michele Bachmann held her first debate since she quit running for President. Her opponent for Congress in next week's election is Democrat Jim Graves. The debate was held Tuesday afternoon in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

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Jim Graves, CEO of Graves Hospitality Corporation, faces U.S. Representative Bachmann in race for Congressional District 6

By Bryna Godar, The Minnesota Daily

As the Congressional race draws on between Republican U.S. Rep.

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Redistricting — who's safe, who's not, who's running against a friend

By Mary Turck, News Day

After redistricting, Michele Bachmann no longer lives in the Sixth Congressional District. No problem: she's going to run for Congress in the Sixth again anyway. The law doesn't say you have to live in the district you represent in Congress. (Who knew?)

Since she spent months claiming and proclaiming her Iowa roots, maybe she could run for Congress there?

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News Day

Bachmann-Clark debate—Live!

By The Uptake

The Uptake offers live streaming video of the Michele Bachmann-Tarryl Clark debate at 12:30 on October 26. Click here to see it!

 

 

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Clark gets nod from St. Cloud Times as Horner gets Strib, Forum endorsements

By Paul Schmelzer, Minnesota Independent

It was a good weekend for Tom Horner, the Indepedence Party candidate for governor. He picked up endorsements from editorial boards in some of Minnesota’s biggest papers, including the dailies in Duluth and Minneapolis. Less surprising is Tarryl Clark’s endorsement over incumbent Republican Michele Bachmann by the St. Cloud Times: that paper endorsed the last Democrat to take on Bachmann, Elwyn Tinklenberg, in 2008. 

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