Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The filing period is open until 5 p.m. June 5 for select municipal and county races, including Burnsville City Council and Dakota County Commission.
Election filing for a variety of municipal and county offices—Burnsville City Council and Dakota County Board of Commissioners among them—opens at 8 a.m. today and runs through 5 p.m. June 5. Taking a glance at local candidate filling information: BURNSVILLE CITY COUNCIL The four-year terms of Mayor Elizabeth Kautz and council members Dan Gustafson and Mary Sherry expire on Dec. 31. The following election information is from the city’s website: This fall, Burnsville residents will have the opportunity to vote–or run–for one Mayoral seat and two City Council positions during the 2012 election. Candidates interested in running for one of these three positions can file an affidavit for candidacy beginning Tuesday, May 22 through Tuesday, June…
Saturday, May 19, 2012
The Rosemount High School teacher and former state representative for part of Apple Valley is the GOP nominee to run against U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar.
Former state respresentative and Rosemount resident Kurt Bills has won the Republican endorsement to run for the U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by Sen. Amy Klobuchar. Bills won on the second ballot, competing against former state Rep. Dan "Doc" Severson and war veteran Pete Hegseth. While serving in the Minnesota Legislature, Bills has continued to teach economics at Rosemount High School. His teaching duties over the past 15 years have included advanced courses in micro and macroeconomics and American government and politics. Bills and his wife, Cindy, have been married for 17 years and are parents of four children ranging in age from 5 to 14. The couple also owns and operates a home daycare. In a news release, Bills said, "America …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The fate of the U.S. House of Representatives rests on a few battleground districts, including Minnesota's Second Congressional District, according to the Post.
Follow us on Twitter | Like us on Facebook |Get our newsletter |Write for Local Voices Rep. John Kline's (R) race against Democratic challenger Mike Obermueller has caught the eye of the Washington Post. Minnesota's Second Congressional District may be "surprisingly competitive" this year, according to a May 11 article in the Post highlighting battleground districts across the country. Kline "drew the short straw" in redistricting, the Post said, and faces tighter re-election chances. The Post also cited the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's decision to provide support to Obermueller through its Red to Blue Emerging Races program as a factor. Kline, a five-term incumbent, has for years won re-election by double-digit margins in…
Monday, April 30, 2012
U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann and Patriot personality Dennis Prager will be appearing at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center on April 30.
Recent presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann is back on the political scene: She and radio talk show host Dennis Prager headline an event at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center called "Taking Back America," sponsored by Salem Communications. The two will appear on April 30 at 7:00 p.m. A meet and greet is scheduled for 5:30, but only those with VIP tickets will be admitted. General admission is $25 and VIP tickets cost $100.
Pat Hall, brother of Burnsville's Sen. Dan Hall, is the District 57 Republicans' endorsement for state Senate, while Anna Wills received the endorsement for House District 57B this past Saturday. Tara Mack was already endorsed for House District 57A.
The Senate District 57 Republicans held a second endorsing convention Saturday to name two more candidates to run for election this year. Pat Hall is the District 57 Republicans' endorsement for state Senate, while Anna Wills received the endorsement for House District 57B—which covers all of Rosemount and part of Apple Valley—this past Saturday, according to an email from District 57 Secretary Kevin Ecker. Both are Apple Valley residents. Incumbent Tara Mack of Apple Valley already had received the endorsement for House District 57A, which covers part of Apple Valley and a small portion of Lakeville. Hall received the endorsement over Apple Valley's Tim Gould. He is the brother of state Sen. Dan Hall, who represents Burnsville. "I am …
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Ahead of the fourth ballot, Northfield's Patrick Ganey conceded to Eagan's Mike Obermueller for the DFL endorsement for Minnesota's Second Congressional District. Obermueller will face Lakeville's John Kline, a five-term Republican incumbent.
And then there was one. Eagan's Mike Obermueller, a former state representative, was endorsed as the Second Congressional District's DFL candidate on Saturday at Rosemount High School after Northfield's Patrick Ganey conceded before the fourth ballot. Obermueller, who then received unanimous support, will face Republican John Kline, a five-term incumbent from Lakeville. Kathleen Gaylord, Dakota County commissioner and former mayor of South St. Paul, conceded earlier in the contest. For a full recap of the event, read our live blog above. _________ Second Congressional District DFLers gather at Rosemount High School today to select their nominee to challenge Republican incumbent John Kline in the November elections. Kline received the …
Friday, April 27, 2012
Burnsville's Terry McCall bowed out and gave his personal endorsement to Roz Peterson after four rounds of balloting showed percentages tipping in her favor.
After a lengthy and hard-fought battle, the GOP endorsement for Minnesota House District 56B went to Roz Peterson. A Lakeville School Board member, Peterson came out ahead of Terry McCall of Burnsville in voting at the district’s second endorsing convention Thursday night in Burnsville. Peterson and McCall were deadlocked in balloting for the endorsement during the district’s first convention in March, thus forcing the second round. According to SunThisweek.com, the fight to the finish line lasted four rounds on Thursday night. To qualify, the winning candidate needed 60 percent of the delegates' vote — or 68 votes. Peterson took 57 votes on the first ballot, 62 on the second and 64 on the third. Votes on a fourth round had already been …
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Congressman John Kline, of Lakeville, received the unanimous endorsement of Second District Republicans on Saturday, and now expects a fierce fight in the newly redrawn district he's represented for a decade.
U.S. Congressman John Kline, (R-Second District) of Lakeville, received the unanimous endorsement from Republicans at the GOP convention at Shakopee Junior High School last week, and is now preparing for what could shape up to be his fiercest election battle in years as he seeks a sixth term. Thanks to February's court-panel redistricting, Kline faces a tougher road in a second district which now includes DFL-leaning portions of northern Dakota County, as well as southern Washington County, and doesn't include Republican strongholds such as Carver County. It's also attracted what some consider to be more viable Democratic challengers who would otherwise stay out of the race since the old district leaned so far to the Republican Party. …
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Currently in her third term as Dakota County Commissioner, Kathleen Gaylord served for 10 years as mayor of South St. Paul.
A third DFLer has entered the Second Congressional District race in hopes to unseat Republican Rep. John Kline. Dakota County Commissioner and former South St. Paul Mayor Kathleen Gaylord on Thursday filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission declaring her intention to run as a DFL candidate for Congress in the Second Congressional District. Goylord joins former Eagan State Rep. Mike Obermueller and Northfield City Councilor Patrick Ganey as candidates seeking the DFL endorsement to run against Kline, a five-term incumbent. "It’s time for new representation in the new (Second) Congressional District,” Gaylord said in a statement after filing. “Voters of all political persuasions are fed up with elected officials who put …
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
The two conservatives are onto round two for the GOP endorsement for House District 56B.
Lakeville's Roz Peterson and Burnsville activist Terry McCall will face off in a few short weeks. The Republican Party of Senate District 56 told Thisweek Newspapers that a second endorsing convention for House District 56B is planned for April 26. Peterson and McCall were in a deadlock after the first convention on March 17 failed to produce a clear winner, in spite of four rounds of voting. The victor will run against former DFL Rep. Will Morgan during the upcoming election in November. Burnsville Patch will offer periodic updates on the race. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter or subscribe to our newsletter.
DR. Jack Edward Shepard
8:21 am on Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The only way according to every poll that Kurt can win is if I, Jack Edward Shepard beat Amy Klobuchar in her DFL primary which would remove Amy Klobuchar's name from the Nov.6 General Election ballot. if I don't beat Klobuchar in her DFL U.S. Senate primary she has over 5 million dollars and a popularity of over 61%. and over 25% lead in the polls against Kurt Bills: so here is the plan to … more ›