Last week I wrote about a meeting at which Representative Steve Gottwalt lied right into my camera about his voting record on recent Green Acres changes and fixes. Mr. Gottwalt contended that he had opposed all efforts by the “DFL majority” to make these changes. Yet, when I checked into the voting record it was [...]

I attended a Republican event last week which was advertised as a “town-hall meeting” on changes made to the program known as Green Acres. The event was well attended as local farmers and property owners have legitimate concerns about changes to the program which will take effect in 2013. The biggest concern being that their [...]

A video put out by Senate Democrats demonstrating how Republicans have continued to block every job growth bill going through the Senate.

Congressman Tim Walz speaks to the MN Farmers Union as its endorsed candidate for the 1st Congressional District.

Full video from The Uptake of Farmfest debate between Minnesota Congressional candidates.

Did you hear? 71% of Missouri voters rejected the individual mandate contained within the cleverly named Obamacare legislation.

A few days ago I reported that Tim Tingelstad, Republican endorsed judge for the Minnesota Supreme Court, is holding a fundraising event at a church in Bemidji, Minnesota.

In another literature piece from the Entenza for Governor Campaign, Tom Emmer is portrayed alongside Sarah Palin with “Seriously?” prominently displayed above their pictures. Emmer is quoted as saying that Palin is the “gold standard” and Entenza hopes that this connection to the 1/2 term Alaska Governor will be as toxic in Minnesota as it [...]

Matt Entenza, in his quest to win the DFL endorsement, is hitting Republican endorsed candidate Tom Emmer hard in a mailer received today. Rather than hit his DFL opponents directly, Entenza takes shots at Emmer and explains that he is the only candidate who can stand up to the Republican. Entenza quotes Emmer from a [...]

One of the candidates vying for a position on the Minnesota Supreme Court may be defying laws that prohibit churches from intervening in political campaigns. Tim Tingelstad, an extremely conservative court candidate who appears to have connections with groups who deny all existence of the separation of church and state is planning to have a [...]

The Minnesota Campaign Finance Board has released the pre-primary fundraising data for candidates across Minnesota. Here are the reports from some of the Central Minnesota races that I have been following or keeping an eye on…

Talking Points Memo interviews Tarryl Clark at Netroots Nation Convention.

The Entenza for Governor Campaign is out with a new television ad touting his opposition to “No Child Left Behind” and promising to end Minnesota participation in the program.

Al Franken talks about the importance of the internet and citizen journalism during his ’08 election recount.

Tarryl Clark speaks at the Netroots Convention held in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Earlier this morning I posted a story about Republican candidate, Scott Newman, who responded to a question about protecting special education funding by wondering out loud if we can really afford to teach special needs children in the first place. In the process, I emailed both campaigns in order to get comment. The Kimball Campaign [...]

Tarryl Clark, the Democratic candidate challenging Michele Bachmann in the 6th District of Minnesota, spoke to The Uptake at the annual Netroots Conference.

President Obama describes the steps his administration has taken to improve the long term outlook of the economy. He also compares his agenda to the just say no agenda of the Republican Party.

In 2008, Lisa Fobbe (DFL) was able to win the open state senate seat vacated by Betsy Wergin. Her win was due in no small part to the write in candidacy of conservative wife abuser, Mark Olson, that split the Republican vote. This year, however, she is going to have to win a one on [...]

The local college radio station, KVSC 88.1 FM, is doing a set of interviews with DFL and Republican candidates ahead of the primary elections on August 10th.

A letter to the editor fawning over the candidacy of Dan Severson for Secretary of State appeared in the St. Cloud Times today. The crux of the argument made by the writer is to claim that Dan Severson is honest and he believes in God so we should vote for him to run elections in [...]

During the recent kerfuffle over slashing wages and tip credits and all the other less than brilliant things Tom Emmer was trying to get across to Minnesota voters, I had the opportunity to sit down and have a drink with Nathan Hansen (R), the Republican endorsed candidate running against Leon Lillie (DFL) in House District [...]

Earlier tonight I received an interesting Twitter Direct Message from Ryan Lyk whose twitter page describes him as the Co-Chair of the University of Minnesota Duluth College Republicans. In the message he asked who I would be voting for in the upcoming DFL Primary. After asking why he wanted to know, Lyk appears to indicate [...]

Earlier this month I received my first piece of campaign literature from Education Minnesota about endorsed gubernatorial candidate, Margaret Anderson Kelliher. The piece was part biography to introduce educators to Kelliher and part legislative record showing how she has been a supporter of education in Minnesota. Within the last week, a new piece by Education [...]

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid suggests that the GOP, through their political strategy in the Senate of blocking all legislation, are hoping to keep the economy in turmoil to increase their chances of success in the 2010 election.

Part of the problem with the tip credit issue is that it is hard for Emmer to find actual wait staff to come forward and express support for the idea of their wages being potentially lowered by several dollars. For most other issues Emmer need only find supporters in the profession to support his particular [...]