Early Enrollment into Medicaid Adds to the Deficit
Claim For every dollar the state puts in, Minnesota will receive $7–7.50 back from the federal government for early enrollment. Source Margaret Anderson Kelliher Tom Horner May 26, 2010 Bemidji…
Tom Emmer Does Not Want to Cut Tipped Employee Wages
Claim Tom Emmer introduced a proposal to cut tipped employee wages. Tom Emmer thinks servers in restaurants make $100,000 per year. Source Minneapolis Star Tribune, July 6, 2010“Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom…
Alliance for A Better Minnesota’s New Ad Sets Low Bar for Honesty, Very Low
Claim Tom Emmer’s budget cuts $1.8 billion from education spending. Source Alliance For a Better Minnesota television commercial Fact Once again the Alliance For a Better Minnesota (ABM), a DFL…
Tom Emmer’s “Freedom-loving American” Quote is Taken Out of Context
Claim Tom Emmer said you can’t call yourself a freedom loving American and be a Democrat. Source Twitter postings Liberal blogs Fact In a classic case of truncating a quote…
Awarded for Conservative Service
Tom Emmer Honored by the Legislative Evaluation Assembly of Minnesota Tom Emmer was one of only two gubernatorial candidates to receive this honor for the 2009 legislative session. KTLK radio…
Emmer Campaign Releases Fifth Television Ad
The fifth Emmer for Governor ad “Living Within Our Means” focuses on Tom Emmer’s commitment to balance the state budget without raising taxes, unlike his opponents. “At a time when…
19 Cities, 19 Rallies, 25 Hours
Republican Gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer’s campaign today announced plans for a state-wide swing to bring his message of government living within its means and job creation directly to the voters…
Emmer Campaign Releases Internal Poll Showing a Dead Heat in the Race for Governor
In past election cycles, results from the MPR/Humphrey Institute have been wrong and have given voters across the state bad information. The most recent poll released today by MPR and…
To know Tom Emmer, you have to know his family.
The Emmer family history and the American Dream. In 1907, Tom’s great-grandfather John W. Emmer came to Minneapolis with two of his brothers to found a business that eventually became…
She wrote the book on reinventing government
Tom Emmer selected Annette Meeks as his choice for Lieutenant Governor on April 27, 2010 at a rally at the state Capitol. Meeks brings to the ticket extensive experience in…
