Emmer for Governor
To mark Labor Day, Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer on Monday announced his “jobs creation agenda” that would phase out the state's corporate income tax and cut other business taxes to encourage employers to hire more workers.
Right off the bat, Emmer defended his view that next year's projected $5.8 billion state budget deficit is simply a result of government spending run amok.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer received an award for his 100 percent legislative voting record in support of the agenda of National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), but not a formal endorsement … not yet, anyway.
A new MPR News-Humphrey Institute poll shows Democrat Mark Dayton and Republican Tom Emmer running neck and neck in the 2010 race for governor.
Republican candidate for governor Tom Emmer Wednesday said he'd received the nod from the Associated Builders and Contractors.
Republican candidate Tom Emmer said the best way for government to help create jobs is by staying out of the way of local businesses.
Tom Emmer was on WCCO Radio 830 with John Williams this morning to talk about the primary election and the message going forward to the general election in November.
Minnesota’s race for governor is pitting corporate money against money from labor unions and wealthy Democrats.
The delegation met with the governor, legislators and members of the Star Tribune Editorial Board, among others, attempting to generate support for a large underground copper-nickel mine near Ely.
It was Emmer who created the biggest news of the day by saying that any environmental issue that touches on agriculture should be moved from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the Department of Natural Resources and put under the Department of Agriculture.
Republican Tom Emmer says he will move all parts of state government that regulate farming into the Agriculture Department.
WCCO’s Pat Kessler investigates who is donating the money to air negative ads against Tom Emmer.
WCCO featured video of Tom Emmer in their investigation on road closures during construction season.
In early 2009, Emmer co-sponsored a bill that would have prevented implementation of No Child Left Behind.
Republicans candidates Tom Emmer and Chris Barden are taking their low-taxes message across the state today.
Tom Emmer is doing his best to distinguish his message from his three democratic opponents.
State Rep. Tom Emmer, the Republican-endorsed candidate for governor, had a partisan crowd unanimously cheering – with one exception – during a tax rally in Mankato Friday morning.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the Minnesota Department of Health and, especially, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agencies were cited by Republican-endorsed gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer during a Monday visit with supporters in Crookston as examples of bloated, overly aggressive state agencies that he'd rein in if elected.
No rally, no press conference, no crowds. This time Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer came to Bemidji to learn.
Republican candidate Tom Emmer said there’s a pretty simple difference that makes him stand out in the crowded Minnesota governor race – the other candidates’ proposals would simply be “business as usual” when the state really needs a “new direction.”
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