Minnesota
Minnesota GOP endorsement convention begins in Rochester
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Hundreds convened in Rochester Friday morning, Might 13, for the Minnesota Republican Get together’s state conference, the place delegates deliberate to endorse candidates for governor and different statewide places of work.
Apart from the six candidates for governor, the roughly 2,200 delegates had been set to vote on occasion endorsements for legal professional common, secretary of state and auditor. There are a complete of 13 candidates within the 4 separate contests, and delegates have till 6 p.m. Saturday to make endorsements.
It is possible the delegates should vote a number of occasions to achieve the 60% assist threshold for an endorsement, however because the conference opened there was some indication that among the delegation might delay the endorsement course of with a combat over the conference’s voting guidelines. Some candidates have criticized the occasion’s use of digital ballots and will attempt to push for a change to paper because the conference convenes, regardless of GOP management’s opposition.
Republican candidates for governor have pledged to honor their occasion’s endorsement, that means the one who will get probably the most votes from delegates on the conference can be the occasion’s candidate on the poll within the major election Aug. 9. That candidate would run in opposition to Democratic-Farmer-Labor Gov. Tim Walz.
Candidates vying for the GOP governor endorsement in 2022 embody former Minnesota Senate Majority Chief Paul Gazelka, Scott Jensen, a household apply doctor and former senator who opposes vaccine and masks mandates and Kendall Qualls, a businessman working as a political outsider.
Different candidates embody former Hennepin County Sheriff Wealthy Stanek, Lexington Mayor Mike Murphy and Neil Shah, a doctor who opposes COVID-19 vaccination mandates. State Sen. Michelle Benson withdrew from the race on the finish of April.
4 of the 5 candidates for legal professional common are looking for the endorsement on the conference: 2018 candidate and MyPillow common counsel Doug Wardlow, legal professional Jim Schultz, former choose Tad Jude and legal professional Lynne Torgerson. Candidate Dennis Smith just isn’t looking for the conference endorsement.
The endorsement course of for state auditor and secretary of state is anticipated to be a extra simple affair. The auditor endorsement is uncontested, and Kim Crockett and Kelly Jahner-Byrne are the one two candidates looking for the Republican endorsement for secretary of state.
On the primary day of the conference delegates are set to debate and approve an agenda for the proceedings for the weekend. They’re more likely to take up endorsements for candidates for auditor, secretary of state and legal professional common on Friday and governor on Saturday.
Main as much as the conference, controversy emerged over whether or not the delegates would use a paper or digital poll voting system, with some throughout the Minnesota GOP suggesting the opportunity of fraud within the endorsement course of. Governor candidate Shah at a current discussion board tied the problem to allegations of fraud within the 2020 elections.
The state occasion management has indicated a powerful desire for digital voting, although because the conference opened there was an opportunity some delegates might push to change the foundations.
For some attending the conference, resembling Gerry Schiller of Detroit Lakes, who has been concerned in state GOP politics for greater than 40 years, digital voting is a matter of rushing up the method.
“If we need to be out of right here earlier than Memorial Day we have to do digital voting,” he mentioned.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Former Minnesota DFL Senate leader Kari Dziedzic passed away Friday after a long battle with caner.
Her family released a statement on Saturday saying Dziedzic “entered eternal life surrounded by her family” and “Kari will be remembered by her family and those she served for her enthusiastic and humble leadership, which inspired all who knew her. She had a heart of gold, willing to go to any measure to help those she loved.”
Dziedzic stepped down as the Minnesota Senate Majority leader in Feb. of this year, after learning her cancer had returned. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in early 2023.
Dziedzic’s personal health struggles prompted a policy proposal: Health insurance should cover wigs for cancer patients. Her bill requires insurance coverage with a doctor’s prescription for wigs up to $1,000 per year. The bill is set to go into effect on Jan. 1.
Dziedzic was tapped to take over the DFL leadership role after they secured a one-seat majority in the senate in 2022. During the 2023 session, under her leadership, legislators swiftly passed laws codifying abortion rights, securing school meals for Minnesota students and expanding voting rights for prior felons.
Dziedzic is survived by her mother, five siblings and their spouses and her nieces and nephews. Her family is requesting privacy at this time.
Note: The above video originally aired in March 2024.
Minnesota
Minnesota Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson says legislative session will have 'a lot going on'
EAST GRAND FORKS — As Minnesota lawmakers head into their legislative session, working to pass the next state budget likely will be the biggest item on their agenda, according to Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson.
“Especially if we start off slow with these court cases, I’m not planning a vacation in June,” said Johnson, a Republican from East Grand Forks. “There are a lot of needs in this state — not just in my district but across the state — but given the issues with the budget right now … there’s going to be a lot going on down in St. Paul.”
The Legislature convenes Jan. 14 for its 94th session. The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor party has a one-seat majority in the Senate, and the House of Representatives is expected to be tied at 67. While a
power-sharing agreement — with both DFL and Republican chairs
on all committees — has been discussed, two ongoing court cases mean unknowns remain on final majorities.
“We don’t know when those are going to be resolved,” Johnson said. “The House might be in a little bit of limbo trying to figure out who’s going to be leading.”
Two cases — one
regarding discarded ballots in a close representative race in Shakopee
and another challenging the residency of a Roseville representative — are working their way through Minnesota court.
If a DFL-Republican tie does end up being the case on Jan. 14, there’s legal and constitutional ambiguity about whether co-speakers of the House could exist. A tie has only happened one other time in Minnesota, in 1979. At that time, the Independent Republican Party gained the speakership and the DFL chaired the rules, taxes and appropriations committees. It created
chaotic final days of the session.
There’s also the case of Sen. Nicole Mitchell, DFL-Woodbury, who has been
accused of burglary in Becker County court and has a jury trial scheduled for the end of January.
There have been calls for her resignation, but others have stressed that she hasn’t yet had her day in court.
“So even before we get into the budget cycle, there are all these dynamics going on behind the scenes,” Johnson said. “That’s triggered some interesting conversations of a few Democrats in the Senate.”
Even disregarding the controversies, the Legislature will be tasked with creating and passing a budget for the next two-year biennium.
The last budget, passed in 2023, was only the
eighth budget in 40 years that was passed before the regular session’s
constitutional end date of the Monday after the third Saturday in May. This year, that date is May 19. If a budget isn’t passed by then, Gov. Tim Walz will have to call a special session; if a budget isn’t passed by June 30, the government will shut down. That last occurred in 2011.
With the Minnesota Management and Budget Office
saying that the state has a structural imbalance
and as costs increase for long-term care and special education, Johnson said the Legislature needs to look at policy fixes.
“There are some policy things that we could be doing going forward that would really help out and fix what the Democrats have been doing over the last two years with that extreme policy,” he said. “Minnesotans are paying for (it) every single day and we can address and make this government more effective and efficient, and we can make it cheaper and better for people in Minnesota to live here.”
Voigt covers government in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks.
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