Ashwin Madia is the MN-3 Congressional nominee.

[Eric J in MN]

He's a lawyer who served as a Marine in the Iraq War.

http://www.madiaforcongress.com/

[trotsky]

1. Good for him.

He will make a fine candidate. Any of the three that pursued the nomination would have been great, but Ashwin's military experience and personal story will be good to have in MN-3.

[PleaseSayItAintSo]

2. It was one hell of a convention!

Ash took it by acclimation after Terri Bonoff graciously conceded.

Let's take back CD-03 after 48-years of Repugs.

[Eric J in MN]

5. How much time was it from the start of the convention to...

...the end of the concession speech?

[PleaseSayItAintSo]

6. Reg started at 9:00 AM. Convened 10. Speech about 5:30 maybe.

[existentialist]

3. Glad to see someone in Minnesota is on top of this

I just pulled an article off of Congressional Quarterly which I was about to post, but I did a search for duplications and found your post.

If you didn't already know, this is one of 15 nationwide House races that Congressional Quarterly rates as a tossup with no clear favorite.


(One of the others is Louisiana's 6th Congressional District where there is a special election May 3 to fill the rest of the term--but on that race I have found nothing on DU, including in the Louisiana forum.)

[PleaseSayItAintSo]

4. Oh yes ...

Some of are watching this race very closely. I know that Repugs are very nervous about holding CD-03 and that gives me great joy.

If you're interested, here's more about today's convention:

http://mnpublius.com/

http://mncampaignreport.com/

I've seen something recently about LA-06, but can't put my finger on it now. I'll keep looking.

[Minnesota Raindog]

7. CQ rates this race "no clear favorite"

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000002702577

That's their most competitive rating...

[trotsky]

8. Have the Republickers endorsed anyone yet? n/t

[PleaseSayItAintSo]

9. Ladies and gentlemen, the Repug nominee for CD-03 ...

http://paulsenforcongress.com/

[trotsky]

10. I see his principal campaign device...

will be to use Ramstad's sign colors. LOL

[dflprincess]

12. Colors Ramstad took from Bill Frenzel

who had the seat before Jimbo.

[Minnesota Raindog]

11. $5 to anyone who can find the word "Iraq" anywhere on Paulsen's website

Here's another howler:

"Erik has a reputation as a consensus builder"

[Union Yes]

13. Introducing USMC Captain Ashwin Madia.

Note to the RePUKEliCON party...

Marines do not like to be called unpatriotic!!!

Shake in your boots bitches!!

Peace