Saturday, March 31, 2012
Marty prevails over fellow DFL state senator Mary Jo McGuire
Update (3:40 p.m.) Roseville's John Marty Saturday afternoon won DFL endorsement for the new state Senate District 66, defeating fellow DFL senator Mary Jo McGuire. Convention delegates endorsed Marty on the first ballot, casting 66 percent of the votes for him. A prevailing candidate needed 60 percent of the vote for endorsement. The two lawmakers represented separate but neighboring senate districts until a few weeks ago when legislative redistricting put them in the same geographic area. "I wasn't sure how it (the endorsement) would go," said Charlie Quick, a DFL party official and DFL chairman of the former Senate District 54. Marty is a veteran state senator, having represented the former Senate District 54 since 1993. Prior to that, …
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Falcon Heights council member touts McGuire.
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Editor's Note: The following letter is from Beth Mercer-Taylor, a resident of Falcon Heights and a member of the community's City Couuncil. The views expressed here are solely hers. As an involved citizen and city council member in Falcon Heights, I am concerned about the media portrayal of the endorsement "race" between my own State Sen. Mary Jo McGuire and old District 54 State Senator, John Marty. Your coverage of the race suggests to me, as a reader without background, that the new Senate District 66 is John Marty's district. It is his race to lose, perhaps. I don't really think that is fair. Look at the geography and at the demographics. The new SD66 is made up of 47 percent of the area that was in the old SD66, or Mary Jo's …
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Mary Jo McGuire represents Roseville and is on the Local Government and Elections Committee.
The first state Capitol hearing for the Minnesota Vikings stadium legislation is set for Wednesday, 1–2:45 p.m. Tune in here for live streaming video via The UpTake from the state Senate's Local Government and Elections Committee—the debut hearing for a stadium bill this year. Sen. Mary Jo McGuire, (DFL-66), who represents part of Roseville, is a member of the committee.
Scott Carlson
5:58 pm on Saturday, March 31, 2012
Congratulations to Mark. Should be an interesting race. more ›