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Rudy Takala: Posted on Monday, February 27, 2012 9:39 AM
Parties report caucus results Both Democrats and Republicans turned out on Feb. 7 in Pine County to take part in Minnesota Caucus 2012 Republicans In the race for the Republican nomination for president, Rick Santorum was the nonbinding winner in Pine County. With a total of 277 Republicans voting. Santorum received 126 votes; Ron Paul received 82 votes; Mitt Romney received 40 votes; and Newt Gingrich received 29 votes. The Pine County Republicans reported that there were 52 delegates and 57 |
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Rudy Takala: Posted on Saturday, October 15, 2011 10:49 PM
In an e-mail sent to State Central Committee members last Monday, Minnesota GOP Deputy Chair Michael Brodkorb announced that he was stepping down from his position to help state Sen. Mike Parry run for Congress against Democratic Rep. Tim Walz. Michael Brodkorb was never exceptionally popular with the GOP base. When he ran for his second term for the position earlier this year, he received 255 votes from the committee to 83 votes for his opponent, Sheldon Beilke. Sheldon had never been involved in politics before; in his mid-twenties, he registered to vote only after making the decision to seek the second-highest position in the state party. |
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