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VIDEO: Bachmann targets rival GOP candidates for flip-flopping

By | 11.14.11 | 2:06 pm | More from The Minnesota Independent

Michele Bachmann’s presidential campaign released a video this weekend targeting virtually all of the Republican presidential front-runners for flip-flopping.

(Video) Ellison challenger, known as anti-abortionist, releases anti-Muslim ad

By | 11.10.11 | 11:42 am | More from The Minnesota Independent

Gary Boisclair, an anti-abortion activist running in Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District as a Democrat, launched an anti-Islam ad last weekend.

Anti-gay marriage groups urge Minn. campaign finance board to loosen disclosure rules

By | 11.02.11 | 9:23 am | More from The Minnesota Independent

The Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board voted Tuesday to maintain its current policies regarding disclosure for ballot campaigns.

The board’s rulings have come under heightened scrutiny in recent months as the board works to adjust its policies to new laws passed in 2010. The board has been More…

(Video) Rove-led Crossroads lays down cash in Iowa

By | 10.25.11 | 3:46 pm | More from The Minnesota Independent

Crossroads GPS, a conservative policy and advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C., is targeting Iowa voters with TV ads in the state’s largest media market.

Fringe anti-abortion candidate exploits election media law for guaranteed publicity

By | 10.24.11 | 10:05 am | More from The Minnesota Independent

Image by: Matt MahurinAnti-abortion activist Gary Boisclair announced on Saturday that he is challenging Rep. Keith Ellison for the DFL primary. But Boisclair’s campaign isn’t about defeating Ellison, it’s about exploiting a campaign loophole that will force Twin Cities media outlets to air explicit anti-abortion advertising. Boisclair works for Society for Truth and More…

Santorum-linked group releases anti-gay video in Iowa’s special election

By | 10.21.11 | 1:19 pm

Team Iowa PAC, a political action committee connected to presidential candidate Rick Santorum has released a web video in the special election in Iowa’s Senate District 18. The ad warns that gay marriage will remain legal, Planned Parenthood will remain funded, and jobs will be killed if voters pick the More…

Ex-candidate Pawlenty’s campaign is deep in debt

By | 10.18.11 | 4:22 pm | More from The Minnesota Independent

Although he’s no longer in the race, the presidential campaign of former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty disclosed that it’s still mired deep in debt this week.

Norm Coleman will head new Super PAC that aims to ‘counter ACORN style groups’

By | 10.13.11 | 2:50 pm | More from The Minnesota Independent

Former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman will head a new Super PAC called the Congressional Leadership Fund that will be able to avoid all disclosure requirements and accept unlimited donations.

Supporters of same-sex marriage ban in Minnesota have vastly outspent opponents

By | 09.29.11 | 9:02 am | More from The Minnesota Independent

Image by Matt MahurinMinnesota for Marriage, a coalition working to convince Minnesotans to vote for a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, has hit the media saying that their group are “underdogs” in the marriage amendment battle and that they will be greatly outspent.

(VIDEO) Bachmann-aligned super PAC runs ads defending her vaccine stance, attacking Perry

By | 09.22.11 | 9:26 am | More from The Minnesota Independent

Keep Conservatives United, a super PAC supporting Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, is airing ads in Iowa attacking Rick Perry for signing an executive order mandating HPV vaccines in that state. The ad buy mirrors Bachmann’s own stance on the issue—she has stated that HPV vaccines are dangerous despite scientific More…