WCRW’s GOP Gubenatorial Candidate Forum this Saturday!
Join the WCRW for our next monthly meeting this Saturday! On October 10th, we are welcoming 5 Gubenatorial Candidates including: Tom Emmer, Pat Anderson, Marty Seifert, David Hann and Paul Kohls. During our candidate forum we will be following a question and answer format. There will be a table set in front for the candidates to sit. Each candidate will have five mintes for introduction. We will follow with 5 or 6 questions from our audience. Each will have about 2 minutes to answer. Due to our limited time, we will have a time-keeper.
Our meeting will begin at 9:00am at the Lake Elmo Inn in Lake Elmo, Minnesota. $15 per person, includes a fabulous breakfast!
You MUST RSVP to the meeting by Thursday at 6:00pm so that we have an accurate breakfast count! You can RSVP to Vice President Heidi Schumacher by e-mailing her at [email protected] or you may call her at (651)303-5913.
WCRW meetings are held on the second Saturday of every month September – June. Our next meeting is scheduled for October 10th, 2009, followed by November 14th, and December 12th.
Tom Emmer
Pat Anderson
Paul Kohls
Marty Seifert
David Hann
Yesterday, I attended the MN GOP State Convention at the St. Paul RiverCentre. During the convention, delegates approved and disapproved several amendments to the state party’s constitution and a straw poll of the 2009 gubenatorial candidates was conducted. In fact, two separate straw polls were taken. The first was to determine the delegates first choice for governor, and then delegates also cast ballots for their second choice for governor. Delegates could not vote for the same person in both polls. The results of the straw poll were as follows:
2009 MN GOP State Convention Straw Poll Results:
First Choice:
1. Rep. Marty Seifert: 37%
2. Rep. Tom Emmer: 23%
3. Former State Auditor Pat Anderson: 14%
4. Sen. David Hann: 12%
5. Rep. Paul Kohls: 5%
In the poll for their second choice, delegates chose Sen. David Hann, followed by Rep. Tom Emmer and Pat Anderson finished third. Each candidate was allowed to address the convention for five minutes before the voting. Keep in mind that off-year straw polls are unreliable for predicting the MN GOP endorsement for governor. Previous straw-poll winners often lose the endorsement. However, it does give some candidates bragging rights and it is predicted that several candidates will drop out in the next few weeks, perhaps because of their poor percentage at the straw poll.
Overall, it was a good convention. It had all the trappings of an election-year event with the walls of the convention hall plastered with the candidates posters and teams of volunteers decked out in brightly colored shirts handing out campaign literature. Governor Tim Pawlenty even address the delegates, though he hasn’t endorsed anyone yet. All thougha little more than half of the eligible delegates showed up, MN GOP Chair Tony Sutton said that the turnout for this off-year convention was on of the largest in 20 years.
Ron Paul & Michele Bachmann Student Town Hall
Rep. Ron Paul and Rep. Michele Bachmann joined together for a Student Town Hall hosted by Young Americans for Liberty at Northrop Auditorium at the University of Minnesota on Friday, September 25th.
This event was held on the same day as the just-announced hearings on HR 1207. It was the first opportunity to hear Congressman Paul after the HR 1207 hearings. Congressman Paul and Congresswoman Bachmann discussed monetary reform, limited government, and a free market economy. View each of their speeches below.
Michele Bachmann
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Ron Paul
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Learn more about the Young Americans for Liberty by clicking on their logo below:
