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 on: May 17, 2011, 02:21:42 pm 
Started by Jazziette - Last post by Jazziette
It's interesting to note in the above article that out of the 21 Reps. who lost their first House Race and then went on to be elected, only 7
of them were Republican. All the rest were Democrat, Farmer-Labor, DFL and Progressive.

Very very interesting!

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 on: May 17, 2011, 02:19:17 pm 
Started by Jazziette - Last post by Jazziette
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/smartpolitics/



Nearly one out of six Minnesota U.S. Representatives in history did not win their first congressional race (21 of 134)


Tarryl Clark's announcement last week that she was running for Congress again in 2012 was perhaps more noteworthy for her purported decision to take up residency in Chip Cravaack's 8th CD than for her attempting another congressional campaign in the first instance in light of her failed 2010 bid.

Of course, with some U.S. Representatives willing to consider moving half-way across the country to find the right House district, it should come as no surprise that challengers will also consider cherry-picking the most feasible district to win a U.S. House contest, particularly in a redistricting year.

But will Minnesotans back a congressional candidate who already ran and lost?

And just how common is it for a Minnesota U.S. Representative to get elected to Congress after previously failing in a general election campaign?

A Smart Politics review of Minnesota's more than 575 general and special U.S. House elections since the late 1850s finds that 16 percent of the state's U.S. Representatives were not successful in their first general election campaign, or 21 of 134 U.S. Representatives.

Two, of course, are currently serving in the state's congressional delegation.

DFLer Collin Peterson and Republican John Kline each lost not one but two elections to the U.S. House as their party's nominee before eventually claiming victory.

In 1984, Peterson lost to GOPer Arlan Stangeland by 14.1 points and then by just 121 votes two years later in 1986.

Peterson would eventually upend Stangeland in 1990 by 7.1 points.

Kline was the 1998 Republican nominee during his failed attempt to defeat DFL incumbent Bill Luther in the 6th CD.

Kline lost that race by 4.0 points, and then lost again to Luther in 2000 by 1.6 points.

The two candidates would square off for a third consecutive cycle in the newly drawn 2nd CD with Kline emerging this time as an 11.1-point victor.

Kline and Peterson are two of the three Minnesota congressmen to win election to the U.S. House on their third attempt, with the other being Republican Franklin Ellsworth nearly 100 years ago in 1914.

Ellsworth first ran for Congress in 1910, when he lost the state's 2nd CD race to future Democratic Governor Winfield Hammond by 8.4 points.

Ellsworth challenged Hammond again in 1912, losing this time by 5.5 points.

With Hammond running for governor in 1914, Ellsworth took advantage of the open-seat race and finally broke through with a 23.8 victory in a four-candidate field.

But the Kline and Peterson success stories of the last few generations are not aberrations.

Over the last 40 years, a total of five of the 26 newly-elected Minnesotans to the U.S. House, or 19 percent, won their seat after losing on their first try.

In addition to Kline and Peterson, other practice-makes-perfect success stories include those of DFLers Bob Bergland (losing in 1968 and winning in 1970), Richard Nolan (losing in 1972 and winning in 1974), and Gerry Sikorski (losing in 1978 and winning in 1982).

The first congressional candidate to win election on his second attempt from the Gopher State was Republican Cyrus Aldrich before the Civil War.

Aldrich was one of six candidates on the ballot in the state's inaugural 1857 race that elected two Democratic at-large representatives to the House. Aldrich came in fourth place with 16.2 percent of the vote.

Two years later, Aldrich received the most votes of the four candidates in that cycle's two seat at-large U.S. House contest with 27.5 percent.

As for Tarryl Clark not stopping to take a breath and running for Congress again in 2012, it is certainly not without precedent for a congressional candidate to try to win a seat in back-to-back cycles.

In fact, of the 21 U.S. Representatives from Minnesota who won on their second (or third) attempt, the average number of years between their first appearance on the general election ballot and their first U.S. House election victory is just 3.7 years, with 12 notching their victory in the very next cycle.

The longest amount of time between a candidate's first defeat and eventual victory is held by Democrat Winfield Hammond, who lost his 1892 2nd CD race to Republican James McCleary by 18.4 points before knocking off McCleary 14 years later in 1906 by 4.0 points.

Clark, of course, is also no ordinary candidate, having shattered the Gopher State's congressional fundraising record for a challenger in a U.S. House race with $4.7 raised during her 2010 campaign.

However, that gaudy tally had as much to do with Clark's opponent, Michele Bachmann (who raised north of $13.5 million) as her own campaign. A potential matchup against Cravaack would likely not put nearly as much money into her coffers.

In addition to John Kline, two other U.S. House members from Minnesota won in a different congressional district from their first attempt: Thomas Schall (losing in the 5th, winning in the 10th) and Gerry Sikorski (losing in the 1st, winning in the 6th).

Another five representatives toggled between at-large and congressional district races in their various attempts.

Minnesota U.S. Representatives Who Lost the First Time They Appeared on the General Election Ballot

   
Cyrus Aldrich Republican   
1857
1868
   
Morton Wilkinson Republican   
1857
1894
   
Joel Heatwole Republican   
1892
1906
   
Winfield Hammond Democrat   
1892
1914
   
Thomas Schall Progressive   
1912
1914
   
Franklin Ellsworth Republican   
1910, 1912
1922
   
Ole Kvale Farmer-Labor   
1920
1932
   
Francis Shoemaker Farmer-Labor   
1930
1932
   
Henry Arens Farmer-Labor   
1928
1932
   
Einar Hoidale Democrat   
1929
1936
   
Dewey Johnson Farmer-Labor   
1934
1936
   
Henry Teigan Farmer-Labor   
1932
1938
   
H. Carl Andersen Republican   
1936
1940
   
Joseph O'Hara Republican   
1938
1944
   
William Gallagher DFL   
1942*
1948
   
Roy Wier DFL   
1946
1970
   
Bob Bergland DFL   
1968
1974
   
Richard Nolan DFL   
1972
1982
   
Gerry Sikorski DFL   
1978
1990
   
Collin C. Peterson DFL   
1984, 1986
2002
   
John Kline Republican
1998, 2000

 Data compiled by Smart Politics.

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 on: May 17, 2011, 01:53:49 pm 
Started by An American Patriot - Last post by Jazziette
LOL!  Cheesy

I for one am thrilled that Newt has joined the fight! What first appeared to be a long and dull and boring GOP primary is now beginning to
show real promise. My mind is filled with Images of Ron Paul and Newt squaring off in the boxing ring, with Rush as the referee and
Bachmann walking around in between rounds holding up "Jesus Loves Me" signs. Obama has got to be laughing all the way to the
Federal Reserve!
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 on: May 17, 2011, 01:47:39 pm 
Started by An American Patriot - Last post by An American Patriot

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 on: May 16, 2011, 12:53:08 pm 
Started by An American Patriot - Last post by An American Patriot
I ran into a friend of mine over the weekend. She was born and raised in Duluth and is an ardent fan of Tarryl's even though she is a
registered Republican. She told me that she had voted for Tarryl in 2010 and would support her again in 2012.

As we spoke she expressed frustration over the fact that the Republican Party has changed so much over the years.

 "Where has my party gone?" She asked me.

AAP

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 on: May 15, 2011, 06:38:53 pm 
Started by An American Patriot - Last post by Jazziette
I'm not sure there is any other family in the history of America that has sacrificed as much for this country as the Kennedy family has.

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 on: May 15, 2011, 06:36:26 pm 
Started by Jazziette - Last post by Jazziette
I don't think the Republican Party will ever be the same now that they have been infiltrated by the tea party. I know many Republicans who are absolutely horrified by the antics of the tea party and what they are attempting to do to our country.
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 on: May 15, 2011, 06:09:29 pm 
Started by Jazziette - Last post by Jazziette
I was reading that one of the main symptoms of sleep apnea is forgetfulness. I wonder if that's why Cravaack said he
drove a school bus for two years (to make ends meet) when he really only thought of 'applying' to drive one.

It makes you wonder what else he 'forgot'.

Oh yeah....he forgot that not everyone that lives in Minnesota was a Vet and gets the kind of health care and pension that he gets.  I guess that's why he wants to end Medicare and Social Security.



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 on: May 15, 2011, 06:04:34 pm 
Started by Jazziette - Last post by Jazziette
He says his apnea is so bad he can't even fly a kite. I guarantee ya that Tarryl Clark can fly a kite!!!

Anything Cravaack can do Clark can do BETTER!!!

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 on: May 15, 2011, 06:02:38 pm 
Started by Jazziette - Last post by Jazziette
http://mncampaignreport.com/diary/8410/chip-cravaack-knows-socialized-medicine-very-personally-hes-a-vet





Chip Cravaack knows socialized medicine very personally: he's a vet
by: The Big E

Rep. Chip Cravaack (R-MN) campaigned on Tea Party principles like small government, free markets and, especially, repealing health care reform.  Of course, Cravaack didn't really believe in his principles strongly enough to forego his government health care that all Congresscritters get.  No, he signed up.

And he should know full well about socialized medicine -- he's a vet.

All veterans can go to the government-owned Veteran's Administration clinics and hospitals across the country and get whatever ails them treated by government-paid MDs and RNs.  The highly qualified professionals take quite good care of their patients here in MN from what I gather.

BTW, he's also quite familiar with the benefits of being in a union.  He's a retired pilot.  He spent a number of years on disability because of sleep apnea ... all because his pilot's union fought for his rights.

    It was a distant hope just a year ago. Cravaack was living the quiet life of a medically retired Northwest Airlines pilot, grounded at 48 with sleep apnea. "I can't even fly a kite," he said with the gallows humor of an airman who once taught formation flying and aerial acrobatics.

So when Cravaack talks about how awful socialized medicine is and how evil unions are, he's lying.

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