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Fellow Minnesotans Tim Pawlenty and Michele Bachmann directly challenged each other at the GOP debate in Iowa, with Pawlenty calling her a failure and Bachmann likening her Republican competitor to President Barack Obama.
Republican Michele Bachmann isn't ceding ground in her Iowa birthplace to possible presidential rival Rick Perry.
Seven Republican presidential contenders will try to use Thursday's debate in the leadoff caucus state of Iowa to cast themselves as the strongest alternative to one rival: front-runner Mitt Romney.
Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty said Wednesday that President Barack Obama's previous jobs as a community organizer and law professor didn't prepare him for the White House. And, Pawlenty said, Iowa shouldn't repeat the mistake of voting for another charismatic politician who lacks experience.
Republicans are breathing easier following Tuesday's $5 million Wisconsin Senate recall race.
Gov. Mark Dayton has promoted an assistant chief of staff to be his new top lawyer.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker will be delivering a keynote speech in October at a Republican leadership conference in Minnesota.
From her first campaign to her latest, Republican presidential contender Michele Bachmann has used her time as a foster parent to bolster her image as a family-focused Christian driven by compassion and social conviction.
Minnesota's 20-day state government shutdown hurt state revenue collections last month as tax auditors stayed home and lottery sales halted.
Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann says she's not a politician but a real person.
Gov. Mark Dayton has picked 22 members of an Early Learning Council he established earlier this year.
Job creation and taxes were on the minds of constituents attending a town hall meeting with Republican Rep. Chip Cravaack (krah-VAK') in Minnesota's 8th District.
The Wisconsin Democratic Party is standing by its plan to force a recall election against Republican Gov. Scott Walker despite losing four of six recalls targeting GOP state senators.
A stand by Wisconsin Republicans against a massive effort to oust them from power could reverberate across the country as the battle over union rights and the conservative revolution heads toward the 2012 presidential race.
Republicans held onto control of the Wisconsin Senate on Tuesday, beating back four Democratic challengers in a recall election despite an intense political backlash against GOP support for Gov. Scott Walker's effort to curb public employees' union rights.
