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16. This will be great! Let's have a real primary, get people interested.

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #15)

Mon Jun 4, 2018, 07:23 PM

Jun 2018

When we first moved here, and Ramstad ruled the 3rd, I had no idea who was the Democratic candidate until election day and, of course, had no idea who that person was.

Yes, primaries are expensive, but when you appeal to a wider audience you will get more money - I hope.

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Erin Murphy endorsed in the convention [View all] question everything Jun 2018 OP

Tim Walz will be in the Primary.... ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2018 #1

I suspect that the district that Murphy represents is a deep DFL one question everything Jun 2018 #3

Yup. ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2018 #4

Murphy polls and performs well in rural areas across MN. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2018 #12

Not a good year to waste time and money on a primary. dflprincess Jun 2018 #2

Matt Pelikan ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2018 #5

She showed courge by joining othet stated AGs to sue the Trump adminstration question everything Jun 2018 #6

I would feel better about primaries if we had party registration in MN dflprincess Jun 2018 #7

Lori will be running in the Primary..... ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2018 #8

If she was ahead, why did she drop out? dflprincess Jun 2018 #9

I really do not understand her reason......... ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2018 #10

I love Lori Swanson geardaddy Jun 2018 #11

I would have voted for Lori in an AG primary dflprincess Jun 2018 #17

Shit is about to get real this afternoon. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2018 #13

Yup! Swanson - Nolan to compete in the gubernatorial primary. question everything Jun 2018 #14

And more to come! WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2018 #15

This will be great! Let's have a real primary, get people interested. question everything Jun 2018 #16

Ellison is delusional if he thinks he can win a state wide race dflprincess Jun 2018 #18

Minnesota has not had a Republican Attorney General in nearly 50 years dflprincess Jun 2018 #19

Pretty sure some of Pelikan's supporters feel that Swanson was basically a Republican, judging WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2018 #20

She wasn't dflprincess Jun 2018 #21

No, I know. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2018 #22