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Candidates and Legislators

Legislators and Candidates for all public offices are to be found on the Candidates/Legislators Page.

DFL

Minnesota DFL Party
Stonewall Caucus
DFL Feminist Caucus
Senate DFL Caucus
House DFL Caucus
House DFL Caucus
Senate DFL Caucus
MYDFL (MN Young DFL)
Minnesota College Democrats
DFL Feminist Caucus
DFL Progressive Caucus
Stonewall DFL Caucus

    Democratic Party Home
    Democrats Listen!
    Business Democrats
    Senator Mark Dayton
    MN 1st CD
    MN 2nd CD
    MN CD3
    3rd CD Demographics U.S. Census Bureau
    DFL 3rd CD Yahoo Group and Chat Room
    MN 4th CD
    MN 5th CD
    MN 6th CD
    MN 7th CD
    MN Senate District 32
    MN Senate District 33
    MN Senate District 41
    MN Senate District 42
    MN Senate District 43
    MN Senate District 49
    DFL Technology Project

    DFL Candidates
    Al Franken for MN Senate

    National Democratic Party


    DNC
    Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
    Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
    U.S. House Democratic Leader, Nancy Pelosi

    State Government

    North Star: MN portal to State Government.
    MN State Legislature
    MN Secretary of State
    Campaign Finance Board: A portal for information regarding campaigns, parties and lobbying.

    Federal Government

    FirstGov: The official portal for the U.S. Government.
    Government Guide: A door into the Federal Government.
    FedWorld: One more portal for the Federal Government.
    Thomas: U.S. Congress on the Web.

    Legislative

    Congressional Budget Office
    General Accounting Office
    Library of Congress
    U.S. House of Representatives
    Senate

    Executive Agencies

    Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
    U.S. Department of Agriculture
    Department of Commerce
    U.S. Department of Defense
    Department of Education
    Department of Energy
    Department of Health and Human Services
    Department of Justice
    Department of Labor
    U.S. Department of State
    Department of Veteran Affairs
    Department of the Air Force
    Department of the Army
    Department of the Interior
    Department of the Navy
    Department of the Treasury
    U.S. Marine Corps
    The White House

    Independent Agencies

    Commission of Civil Rights
    Environmental Protection Agency
    Export - Import Bank
    Federal Communications Commission
    Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
    Federal Election Commission
    Overseas Private Investment Corporation
    Peace Corps
    United States Postal Service
    Central Intelligence Agency
    Federal Reserve Bank of New York
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    National Archives and Records Administration
    Securities and Exchange Commission
    Agency for International Development
    United States Supreme Court

    News and Blogs

    MinnPost (external link), a Daily online Minnesota Newspaper.











            MN Progressive Project

            Daily Kos

            http://feeds.dailykos.com/dailykos/index.xml (external link)

            Huffington Post

            http://www.huffingtonpost.com/syndication/ (external link)


            Public Policy Forums, Podcasts

            DFL Education Foundation

            Hubert Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs

            Citizens League

            DFL Links Community Forums


            Keeping Track of Elected Officials

            Vote Smart

            http://www.votesmart.org/services_rss.php (external link)

            Progressive Punch

            OpenSecrets.org

            Open Congress

            RSS Feeds: http://www.opencongress.org (external link)

            Roll Call


            Minnesota Research and Policy

            Institute for Local Self Reliance

            http://www.ilsr.org/feeds.html (external link)

            Center for Rural Policy and Development

            Minnesota Legislative Reference Library

            http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/rss/rss_just.asp (external link)

            Growth and Justice

            http://www.growthandjustice.org/G_J_News.rss (external link)

            Minnesota 2020

            Fresh Energy

            Minnesota Universal Health Care Coalition

            Minnesota Budget Project


            National Research and Analysis

            Library of Congress

            Brookings Institute

            http://www.brookings.edu/rss.aspx (external link)

            Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

            http://www.cbpp.org/rss.htm (external link)

            Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

            http://www.iatp.org/ (external link) - Multiple RSS feeds on Home page

            Economic Policy Institute

            http://feeds.feedburner.com/epi (external link)

            Good Jobs First

            http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/gjrss.xml (external link)

            Center for American Progress

            http://www.americanprogress.org/rss/ (external link)

            National Institute of Health







            Fraudcasting

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              Organizational Info

              Minnesota Council of Non=Profits

              Research


              See whose really editing Wikipedia entries at ESER (external link).
              GovTrack.us Choose a bill and track it's progress from introduction to Bush Veto! Very handy way to monitor a bills progress and includes sponsor, the text of the bill, committee assignments and more.
              Congress.org's Megavote Congressional vote tracking sends you an e-mail detailing how your congressional district's Senators and Representatives have voted on bills and what votes/bills are upcoming. Links are provided to e-mail each legislator.
              Maplight.org compares legislative votes and campaign contributions for the US Congress (and California).
              Open Secrets.org provides similar campaign/voting info.
              The Memory Hole The source of documents that have been found, taken off websites or been FOE requests.
              Center for Media and Democracy Home to the Congresspedia and Sourcewatch wikis.

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              CD3 Newspapers

              COUNTY LEGAL NAME OF NEWSPAPER MAILING ADDRESS STREET ADDRESS CITY ST ZIP PHONE
              Anoka Coon Rapids Herald 4101 Coon Rapids Blvd NW Coon Rapids MN 55433 763-712-3532
              Hennepin Apple Valley/Rosemount Sun-Cur 10917 Valley View Rd Eden Prairie MN 55344 952-392-6829
              Hennepin ? ">Bloomington Sun-Current 10917 Valley View Rd Eden Prairie MN 55344 952-392-6829
              Hennepin ? ">Brooklyn Center Sun-Post 4080 W Broadway #113 Robbinsdale MN 55422 952-392-6829
              Hennepin ? ">Brooklyn Park Sun-Post 4080 W Broadway #113 Robbinsdale MN 55422 952-392-6829
              Hennepin ? ">Burnsville Sun-Current 10917 Valley View Rd Eden Prairie MN 55344 952-392-6829
              Hennepin Champlin Dayton Press 33 2nd Str NE Osseo MN 55369 952-392-6829
              Hennepin China Insight 4635 Shenandoah Ln N Plymouth MN 55446 612-987-6540
              Hennepin City Pages LLC 401 N 3rd Str Mpls MN 55401 612-372-3780
              Hennepin ? ">Crystal/Robbinsdale Sun-Post 4080 W Broadway #113 Robbinsdale MN 55422 952-392-6829
              Hennepin Downtown Journal 1115 Hennepin Ave Mpls MN 55403 612-436-4376
              Hennepin ? ">Eagan Sun-Current 10917 Valley View Rd Eden Prairie MN 55344 952-392-6829
              Hennepin Eden Prairie News 250 Prairie Ctr Drv #200 Eden Prairie MN 55344 952-445-3333
              Hennepin ? ">Eden Prairie Sun-Current 10917 Valley View Rd Eden Prairie MN 55344 952-392-6829
              Hennepin ? ">Edina Sun-Current 10917 Valley View Rd Eden Prairie MN 55344 952-392-6829
              Hennepin Excelsior/Shorewood Sun-Sailor 10917 Valley View Rd Eden Prairie MN 55344 952-392-6829
              Hennepin Finance and Commerce 730 2nd Ave S 100 Peavey Bldg Mpls MN 55402 612-333-4244
              Hennepin ? ">Hopkins Sun-Sailor 10917 Valley View Rd Eden Prairie MN 55344 952-392-6829
              Hennepin Huaxia Times 11677 Ridgemount Ave W Mtka MN 55305-1457 612-998-8080
              Hennepin Insight News 1815 Bryant Ave N Mpls MN 55411 612-588-1313
              Hennepin Inver Grove Heights/South St P 10917 Valley View Rd Eden Prairie MN 55344 952-392-6829
              Hennepin The Laker PO Box 82 2365 Commerce Blvd Mound MN 55364 952-472-1140
              Hennepin Lakeshore Weekly News 1001 Twelve Oaks Ctr Drv #1017 Wayzata MN 55391 952-843-4612
              Hennepin Lakeville Sun-Current 10917 Valley View Rd Eden Prairie MN 55344 952-392-6829
              Hennepin Mendota Heights/West St Paul S 10917 Valley View Rd Eden Prairie MN 55344 952-392-6829
              Hennepin ? ">Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder 3744 4th Ave S Mpls MN 55408 612-827-4021
              Hennepin Minnetonka Sun-Sailor 10917 Valley View Rd Eden Prairie MN 55344 952-392-6829
              Hennepin New Hope/Golden Valley Sun-Pos 4080 W Broadway #113 Robbinsdale MN 55422 952-392-6829
              Hennepin North Crow River News Box 204 11 E Central Ave St Michael MN 55369 952-392-6829
              Hennepin One Nation News 3010 Hennepin Ave S #121 Mpls MN 55408 612-861-9006
              Hennepin Osseo-Maple Grove Press Box 280 33 2nd Str NE Osseo MN 55369 952-392-6829
              Hennepin The Pioneer PO Box 82 2365 Commerce Blvd Mound MN 55364 952-472-1140
              Hennepin ? ">Plymouth Sun-Sailor 10917 Valley View Rd Eden Prairie MN 55344 952-392-6829
              Hennepin Richfield Sun-Current 10917 Valley View Rd Eden Prairie MN 55344 952-392-6829
              Hennepin South Crow River News Box 280 33 2nd Str NE Osseo MN 55369 952-392-6829
              Hennepin Star Tribune 425 Portland Ave S Mpls MN 55488 612-673-7000
              Hennepin St Louis Park Sun-Sailor 10917 Valley View Rd Eden Prairie MN 55344 952-392-6822
              Hennepin Wayzata/Orono/Long Lake Sun-Sa 10917 Valley View Rd Eden Prairie MN 55344 952-392-6829


              Minnesota Media

              E-mail addresses for local media contacts.txt (4.57 Kb)
              Listings of Minnesota and national News Orgs
              Democratic Underground comprehensive page of MN Media Contacts
              Air America
              The Ed Schultz Show
              AM950 Radio Minnesota
              Bemidji Pioneer
              City Pages
              Duluth News Tribune
              Fargo Forum
              Forest Lake Times
              Minneapolis Star Tribune
              MPR
              Rochester Post Bulletin
              St. Cloud Times
              St. Paul Pioneer Press

              National Media

              Los Angeles Times
              New York Times
              Salon
              Slate
              Washington Post

              Minnesota Blogs

              Aurora Alert
              MNBlue (Grace Kelley and The Big E's site)
              Minnesota Young DFL
              Al Franken's Midwest Values Blog/PAC
              Backbone Minnesota
              Blog of the Moderate Left
              Centrisity
              Dan Weinand
              Dump John Kline
              Inside Minnesota Politics
              Minnesota Campaign Report
              Minvolved
              MN Publius
              MN Republican Watch
              Minnesota Politics
              North Star Politics
              Pawlenty Unplugged
              New Patriot
              The Power Liberal
              Truth Surfer
              U-DFL Blog

              National Blogs

              Progresive News

                Progresive Views




                      Defcon -Site that debunks the religious right. Cool bumper stickers.
                      No Quarter
                      Eschaton
                      From the Roots
                      Kicking Ass
                      LiberalOasis
                      MyDD
                      Political Animal
                      PolState
                      MN
                      Political Wire
                      Smart Ass
                      The Stakeholder
                      Swing State Project
                      MN
                      Talking Points Memo
                      Juan Cole
                      Atrios
                      Joe Conason
                      Daily Howler
                      David Corn
                      Democratic Underground
                      MyDD
                      Liberal Oasis
                      Altercation
                      AmericaBlog
                      Blogometer
                      BoldPrint
                      Burnt Orange
                      Buzzflash
                      Chris Mooney
                      CommonCause
                      CrooksandLiars
                      DailyHowler
                      DailyKos
                      DemBloggers
                      DemocracyArsenal
                      Digby
                      DonkeyRising
                      DoubleSpeak
                      Eschaton
                      Ezra Klein
                      FireDogLake
                      Gadflyer
                      HuffingtonPost
                      Joe Conason
                      Juan Cole
                      Left Coaster
                      Liberal Oasis
                      Matt Yglesias
                      MaxSpeak
                      MyDD
                      NateNewman
                      Off The Kuff
                      OliverWillis
                      Pandagon
                      Perrspectives
                      PoliticalWire
                      PoorMan
                      ProgressReport
                      Skippy
                      Stakeholder
                      Steve Gilliard
                      SwingStateProject
                      TalkLeft
                      Tapped
                      TBogg
                      The Bluestem Prairie
                      ThinkProgress
                      TomDispatch
                      TPMCafe
                      WarandPiece
                      Wolcott
                      Wonkette

                      Bonehead Blogs and Sites

                      Project for a New American Century Neocon Central! THE official Neocon site! This is where the famous doctrine of US domination of the Middle East came from -a good decade before they cynically used 911 as an excuse to put the plan in place!
                      MN Democrats Exposed -Watch a GOP shill pretend to be a volunteer while he dishes the GOP's famous slime soup on Democrats.
                      Conservapedia -Conservatism's answer to the "biased" Wikipedia! Fun Hint -look up "cactus". Many entries are actually ones non-conservatives have entered in Steven Colbert type stealth. "The joke entries tend to use better English than the true ones."

                      Other Progressive Links


                      MN Prog -extensive calendar of peace events, speakers and vigils in the Metro area.
                      Wellstone Action The best campaign, candidate and advocacy training you can get!
                      Minnesota Council of NonProfitsThe Minnesota Council of Nonprofits informs, promotes, connects and strengthens individual nonprofits and the nonprofit sector.
                      Grassroots Solutions Training and help for candidates and campaigns and non profits. They also work closely with Wellstone Action in putting on Wellstone Camp.
                      Center for American Progress
                      Media Matters
                      MoveOn.org
                      Mainstreet Moms Operation Blue

                      ACT
                      Interfaith Alliance
                      Michael Moore
                      Democracy Matters
                      Emily's List
                      Buy Blue



                      Created by: George Greene. Last Modification: Thursday January 29, 2009 CST 02:34:48 PM by CarolWoehrer.

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