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Gov. Pawlenty announced the team that will help him run his federal PAC, Freedom First.
Gov. Pawlenty told Greta Van Susteran with Fox News that details about his federal Political Action Committee, the Freedom First PAC, will be official Thursday morning. The Wall St. Journal also reports that the official paperwork will be filed Thursday. Here’s the rough transcript from Pawlenty’s Fox News appearance. VAN SUSTERAN: i know tomorrow there…
DFL state Rep. Jeremy Kalin of North Branch announced that the White House has selected him to lead a White House working group of state legislators around the country on energy and climate change. In a news release, Kalin says he’ll be “leading the working group over the next several months, working with White House…
Several unions, including the SEIU, the Minnesota Building and Construction Trades Council and the AFL-CIO announced this week that they’re backing DFL state Sen. Tarryl Clark’s bid for Congress. AFSCME Council 5, the Carpenter’s Union and the Teamsters announced in the past that they’re also backing Clark. Clark is seeking the DFL endorsement against Dr.…