Race for Minnesota House picks up steam amid busy election year
Democrats have to gain 11 seats to flip control of the Republican-led House.
By Jessie Van Berkel Star Tribune JUNE 16, 2018 — 7:06PM
Ellen Cousins surprised some Minnetonka neighbors on a recent afternoon, greeting the old acquaintances with news that she’s running for the state House. Later that day in Mounds View, Kelly Moller was in the swing of what’s become an evening routine: talking with strangers about gun control, schools and health care.
“The election isn’t until November, but I am out early because there are a lot of people I have to meet,” Moller told Sovady Huston, who lingered at her front door to chat with the first-time candidate about education and her frustration with President Donald Trump.
There are still five months until Election Day, but DFLer Moller, Republican Cousins and other Minnesota House candidates are already fighting for voters’ attention and donors’ money amid a whirlwind of congressional and statewide races. The local competitions for 134 House seats may not be the big-ticket battles of this election year, but the House majority is still extremely valuable to both parties, and it’s swung between the GOP and DFL frequently in the last dozen years.
Republicans used their wide majority in the House to block many pieces of DFL Gov. Mark Dayton’s agenda in recent years. They want to maintain that backstop in case another Democrat takes the governor’s seat — or to reshape state government alongside a GOP governor.
http://www.startribune.com/race-for-minnesota-house-picks-up-steam-amid-busy-election-year/485748012/
Time to send some money to the DFLers........................
Because I don't like right wing fascist, with ties to the trump daughter, with land near the Boundary Water Canoe area and having a mining company, pollute that area...................and go around and blame the DFL party for not creating jobs............and anyone that has experienced that part of the country and those that would like to see it.............would be amazed, when you can look down into a lake and see the bottom because of the crystal clear water, and then see the Northern Lights in the winter and fall
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/boundary-waters-brink
https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/opinion/columns/4422129-national-view-minnesotans-all-politics-uniting-protect-bwcaw
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and very good point about redistricting .........................
