Minnesota

In fundraising pitch, Jill Stein campaign updates supporters on progress toward receiving public funding

By Ross Levin on February 20, 2012 11:45 PM

Today Jill Stein’s campaign, aimed at securing the Green Party’s nomination for president, sent out a fundraising email with the pitch of “Double Your Green.” …

Green Minneapolis City Councilor Cam Gordon to face off against fellow incumbent in next election due to redistricting

By Ross Levin on February 19, 2012 10:16 PM

From the Minnesota Daily:

A redistricting map recently submitted to the Minneapolis Charter Commission is drawing concern from members of the Minnesota Green Party.
The Citizens Committee for Fair Redistricting, a group which represents immigrants from Somalia and East Africa, drew the map which would move Minneapolis city Councilman Cam Gordon — the only Green Party member on the Democratic-Farmer-Labor-dominated 13-member City Council — into ward 9 forcing him to face-off against fellow Councilman Gary Schiff in the 2013 elections…
Dave Bicking, a spokesman for the Green Party said he doesn’t question the committee’s motive for drawing the map but is concerned that the DFL is supporting the map in an attempt to remove Gordon, who represents the University of Minnesota area, from the Council…
Besides the Charter Commission, the map was also sent to several DFL members including DFL chairman Ken Martin.

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Jesse Ventura speaks at Occupy Minnesota

By on October 8, 2011 4:00 PM

Minnesota Public Radio (excerpts):

Minneapolis — Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Minneapolis Friday for the opening of the OccupyMN demonstration, patterned after weeks of protest in New York’s financial district.…

Independence Party of Minnesota: We Oppose the Proposed Minnesota Constitutional Amendment to Ban Same-Sex Marriage

By on September 29, 2011 11:21 PM

by Mark Jenkins at independenceminnesota.org:

The Independence Party of Minnesota platform declares that “We support high standards of morality, family values and personal responsibility, but we oppose having the government impose state-sponsored morality or values on people of good conscience with differing views.”…

“DJ” Mikolay:”Former Senator Dean Barkley: Tea Partier Extraordinaire?”

By Gene Berkman on August 5, 2011 2:38 PM

DJ Mikolay, a founder of the New Jersey Reform Party, looks at a Minnesota maverick in this appreciation:

..almost all Tea Party activists are united in the demands for a smaller federal government, lower taxes, Congressional term limits, and a balanced budget.…

With city’s first ranked choice election coming up, St. Paul’s Greens endorse 3 candidates, work for more

By Ross Levin on June 18, 2011 9:37 PM

From the Twin Cities Daily Planet (read the full thing here, there is a lot more information in the article itself):

The Green Party of St.

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Local Green Party Meetings This Week (Feb 7 – 13, 2011)

By on February 10, 2011 12:37 AM

Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch:

Local and State Green Party groups meet throughout the year. Is there a local in your area? Do you want to start one?…

Dennis Mikolay: ‘When politics comes naturally’

By on November 18, 2010 1:39 PM

Emailed to [email protected] by Dennis Mikolay:

THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE ABOUT THE NATURAL LAW PARTY APPEARED IN THE MONMOUTH
UNIVERSITY “OUTLOOK” ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2010.

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WHEN POLITICS COMES NATURALLY
By Dennis “DJ” Mikolay

Whenever the public becomes discontent with government policy, the masses
start to recognize the ineffectiveness of the two-party duopoly.…

Tom Horner And The Minnesota IP After The Election

By on November 18, 2010 11:40 AM

The Independence Party candidate for Governor of Minnesota this cycle hasn’t just disappeared into the woodwork. Instead, he seems to be shifting into the job of party-building.…

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