Jim Ramstad

Keeping a Capitol Promise

Mary Lahammer — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:11:27 -0500

A select few got to see the reality of a promise made to lawmakers at the Capitol many years ago. The promise was to keep one of the most coveted pieces of real estate in public hands: Lake Minnetonka's Big Island.
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Meet Erik Paulsen

tptadmin — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:23:08 -0600

He's the Republican who's running for Congress in the Third District (that's Jim Ramstad's seat).

Third District DFLers

tptadmin — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:31:03 -0600

The three Democrats who want to take Jim Ramstad's seat in Congress are live on the Almanac couch as we bring you a conversational debate. Hopefuls Ashwin Madia, Jim Hovland and Terri Bonoff chat with Cathy and Eric.

DFLers Dive Into 3rd

Mary Lahammer — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:17:51 -0600

So much for the race to replace Congressman Jim Ramstad being a two-person race. The DFL field has gotten complicated. State Senator Terri Bonoff was the frontrunner or the only DFL candidate for a while, but that's no longer true.
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Bonoff Battle

Mary Lahammer — Mon, 5 Nov 2007 13:54:35 -0600

It's just hours after Terri Bonoff officially announced her campaign for the 3rd Congressional District to replace Congressman Jim Ramstad and the war of words has begun. In this district where a Democrat hasn't won in decades, but now appears in play, Bonoff will try to cast herself as a moderate.
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The Panel

tptadmin — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:44:22 -0500

This week's version of the panel talks about politics near and far. Republicans Sarah Janecek and Andy Brehm square off against DFLers Wy Spano and Jane Ranum.

CD 3 Frontrunners

Mary Lahammer — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:05:56 -0500

The field is quickly being formed to replace Congressman Jim Ramstad. On the DFL side, Andy Luger is out and he was seen as a frontrunner. So Luger, Humphrey, Lillehaug, Ruud and Luther are all not running. State Senator Terri Bonoff is running and everyone I talk to sees her as the frontrunner.
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The Monologue

tptadmin — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:44:31 -0500

Dominic Papatola has some advice for two newly unemployed and prominent Twin Citians.

GOP to "Break a Sweat"

Mary Lahammer — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:04:44 -0500

The Republican Party just held a press conference questioning Al Franken's fundraising, but what I'm more interested in is the Ramstad seat. Party Chair Ron Carey said they used to just check off the box, knowing the western suburbs were in safe Republican hands; now he says they'll have to "break a sweat" to keep the seat.
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Ramstad Replacement

Mary Lahammer — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:34:33 -0500

I've known Jim Ramstad my whole life. When he was a state legislator struggling with alcoholism and woke up in trouble after a bad binge, he called my father, longtime AP reporter Gene Lahammer. Ramstad asked my dad's advice; my father told him to be honest, tell the world he had a problem and that he was going to get help.
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