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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Seeks to Jolt Minnesota Senate Race Against Dem Franken]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Brian Bakst</author>
							<description><![CDATA[STORDEN, Minn. (AP) -- Mike McFadden leaned his sturdy frame over the front counter of the Shady Drive Inn as the owner aired the same frustrations with political gridlock that some of her regular customers grumble about.
Then she asked the Senate candidate point-blank: "What party are...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Embattled Minnesota Health Exchange Chief Resigns]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Brian Bakst</author>
							<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- The chief of Minnesota's health insurance marketplace resigned Tuesday after facing criticism over the troubled rollout and a questionably timed international vacation.
April Todd-Malmlov submitted her resignation during an emergency closed session of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Minn. Independence Party's Role in 2014 Hazy]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Brian Bakst</author>
							<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- No Minnesota governor in almost two decades has won with a majority of the statewide vote, thanks mostly to a plucky third party whose candidates have been difference makers or, in the case of Jesse Ventura, the stunning victor.
With the 2014 campaign approaching,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Mood Toward Romney's Fall Prospects Brightens]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Brian Bakst</author>
							<description><![CDATA[ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) &ndash; Republicans riding high from a string of breaks in their favor are increasingly optimistic about Mitt Romney's chances to claim the White House in November, even among conservatives who had qualms about making him the party's nominee.
The bullish take is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bachmann Book Plays Up Her Past Political Rebounds]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Brian Bakst</author>
							<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Her GOP presidential bid in danger, Michele Bachmann describes in a new memoir two times where she thought a curtain had fallen on her political career, including an early election loss that made her swear off future campaigns.
Both stories end with a sudden...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Small Checks Drive Michele Bachmann's Big Bucks]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Brian Bakst</author>
							<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - New York retiree Phyllis Hornung has never been to Minnesota and has no ties to the state - other than the steady stream of campaign donations she sends to Michele Bachmann.
Almost every other month last year, Hornung sent the conservative Republican congresswoman...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[MN: Democrats Look to Break Losing Streak]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Brian Bakst</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Shut out of the governor's mansion for two decades, Minnesota Democrats hope to choose a streak-stopper Tuesday in a primary election defined by tremendous expense, promises of tax hikes and uncertainty over turnout.Two candidates are looking for a rebirth of their political careers and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Timid on Taxes? Not in Minnesota Governor's Race]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Brian Bakst</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One Minnesota governor hopeful framed his open concession to raise taxes as his "Walter Mondale moment." Another contender is fond of saying "Read my lips: Tax the rich" and makes a pro-tax pledge in TV ads. Two others don't shy either from tax calls.At a time when the tea party and its...]]></description>
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