Election Legislature Suburban

This column is a compilation of all of our articles relating to the upcoming state and municipal elections, and their respective issues, in the seven-county metro area, except for Minneapolis and St. Paul. Click here to go to a grid of legislative districts and positions on the ballot in 2012, their respective incumbents (if applicable), candidates (as they become available), and related notes. 

FREE SPEECH ZONE | A suburban senate race gets tough for right winger

By Jeff Strate, Free Speech Zone

Cyndy Brucato over at MinnPost wrote on 10/30/2012 that conservative Republican Senator David Hann (SD 48 - Eden Prairie, Minntonka) is avoiding questions about his employment.

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Labor 2012: Minnesota unions eye legislative seats in suburban areas

By Michael Moore, St. Paul Union Advocate

On a sunny Saturday morning Oct. 20, dozens of union volunteers trickled into a coffee shop downtown Burnsville. They paired up, gathered routes and handbills, and fanned out across the suburb, knocking on fellow union members’ doors and talking about their labor-endorsed candidate for Minnesota House, Will Morgan. Similar campaign activities have been taking place in Stillwater, Woodbury and other East Metro suburbs this fall, and they reveal a key strategy behind Minnesota unions’ Labor 2012 campaign: Building a better Legislature means winning in the suburbs.

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Suburban senate race: Goodwin vs. Bauman in District 41

By Kerry Ashmore, Northeaster

Minnesota Senate District 41 includes Columbia Heights, St. Anthony and Hilltop, plus communities to the north that are outside the Northeaster coverage area. Republican challenger Gina Bauman is running against DFL incumbent Barbara Goodwin.

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Three candidates on the ballot for State Representative in 41B

By Kerry Ashmore, Northeaster

The new Minnesota House of Representatives District 41B includes Columbia Heights, St. Anthony and Hilltop. DFL incumbent Carolyn Laine is running for re-election against Republican Laura Palmer and Constitution Party member Timothy Utz.

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Both sides fared well at the October 9 Senate District 53 candidate forum in Woodbury

By Dick Bernard, Outside the Walls

Last evening we attended the candidate forum for Senate District 53 at City Council Chambers in Woodbury.

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The Afton Parade, July 4, 2012

By Dick Bernard, Outside the Walls

We always go to the Afton parade. It is nearby, and it is the only parade I know that you can watch twice – the units double back down the same street, and pass each other.

Today I went by myself. It was just too hot.

This is a major election year, and this day I was mostly aware of the politics of the parade.

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Election 2012: I'm in…

By Dick Bernard, Outside the Walls

I don’t consider myself a political junkie. I am liberal Democrat but I am not, nor have I ever been, heavily immersed in party decision making.

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Election 2012: Talking politics at the DFL Senate District 53 convention

By Dick Bernard, Outside the Walls

If you aren’t normally involved in politics, or even if you are, you might be interested in this recap of last weekends local district political convention.

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Occupy Rybak office? / Weekend of conventions yields candidates

By Mary Turck, News Day

April 1 - Occupy Minnesota announced  "an invitation from Mayor Rybak’s office to use their space as the site of the social movement.

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New legislative maps slice through communities: Como Avenue is boundary for the new District 66A and 64A

By Judy Woodward, Park Bugle

Como Avenue was used as a border to divide the new legislative districts 66A and 64A, dividing the St. Paul neighborhood of St. Anthony Park into two districts. If State Reps. Alice Hausman (left) and Erin Murphy both win election in the fall, Murphy would represent St. Anthony Park residents living south of Como and Hausman would represent those north of the avenue. (Photo by Lori Hamilton)

Until recently, north and south St.

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