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Rudy Takala: Posted on Sunday, January 01, 2012 11:18 PM
 As reported in the media, Pat Shortridgeis the new chairman of the Republican Party of Minnesota (RPM). He was elected with 224 votes, or 66% of the total delegation.Terry McCallreceived 103 votes.Todd McIntyrereceived just nine votes. What I found interesting is that, while legislative leaders and party operatives (paid officials or people who are seeking to become paid officials) supported Shortridge, members of the Republican Party’s State Executive Committee and leaders within the party supported McCall by a slight edge. |
Kurt Zellers, Matt Dean, Minnesota Republican Party, Terry McCall, David Fitzsimmons, Rick Weible, Todd McIntyre, Pat Shortridge, Adam Weigold, Bill Jungbauer, Dan Hall, Dave Senjem, Jim Taylor, Marco Rubio, Margaret Cavanagh, Steve Perkins, Ted Lovdahl
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Rudy Takala: Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2011 11:44 AM
 In order to decrease the gap between budget proposals from the GOP and Governor Dayton, the GOP agreed to raise spending on education and the courts by another $110 million. However, the governor still wants the GOP to raise spending by another $1.7 billion.Unfortunately, the GOP's choice for legislative leadership right now is not very adept at dealing with the media, and they are too fearful of losing their political positions to be effective. They are virtually guaranteed to raise spending by the full $1. |
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Rudy Takala: Posted on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 6:04 PM
P olitics in Minnesota's Charley Shaw did an article recapping the RNC race between Tom Emmer & Jeff Johnson that quoted me very briefly. Text of the article is below. (Otherwise view it on Politics in Minnesota byclicking here.) _____________________________________________________________ When Republicans from around the state flocked to the Ramada Mall of America last Saturday, there appeared to be little question who would win the race to replace Brian Sullivan as Minnesota’s man on the Republican National Committee. |
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Rudy Takala: Posted on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 2:51 PM
 Before State Central took place, I stated that the conservative bloc held a majority of power in the Minnesota GOP right now. That statement was absolutely correct, and unfortunately for Tom Emmer, it was one big reason he lost the campaign for national committeeman. When he won the gubernatorial nomination last year, it was because he represented a break from the traditional paradigm of a candidate who had little to no personality, who voted like a moderate, and who acted only after instructed to act by his party's most out-of-touch leaders. |
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