Presidential candidate Ron Paul, Minnesota House Speaker Kurt Zellers, Rep. Joyce Peppin, Sen. Warren Limmer and Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek were among those that spoke before hundreds at the Feb. 7 Minnesota Senate District 32 Republican Caucus.
More than 1,000 attendees turned out for the Senate District 32 Republican Caucus at Maple Grove Junior High Tuesday, Feb. 7, completely filling the seats in the school's auditorium. The turnout was close to 2008 numbers, according to GOP Senate District 32 Co-Chair Chuck Poulet, stating the visit by presidential candidate Ron Paul helped bring in a larger crowd. Twenty-four precincts gathered at the school during the caucus. “A lot of people think of politics as an insider game, but this [caucus] is the first way to become involved,” Poulet said. “It’s not that hard to become involved and you give back to the community.” GOP Senate District 32 Treasurer Jennifer DeJournett was pleased with the results of the evening. “I feel like we …
The presidential candidate spoke at the Minnesota Senate District 32 Republican caucus at Maple Grove Junior High Feb. 7, promoting his platform of less government and telling voters here that now was their chance to take their country back.
(Update: 9 p.m. Feb. 7) - Republican presidential hopeful Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas) stumped for nearly 15 minutes to a packed auditorium at the Senate District 32 Minnesota Republican Presidential Caucus at Maple Grove Junior High School tonight, urging Republican voters to consider his platform of less government, lower taxes and a stronger protection of civil liberties. More than 1,000 Republican voters packed into the junior high school auditorium to hear Paul speak before dispersing to school classrooms to vote in their precincts for the caucus poll. Paul was the last to speak before the caucus broke into precincts to vote. Paul followed representatives for Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney. Paul took to the stage at 7:…
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Jackson Baer
11:30 am on Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Ron Paul did well in Minnesota and underperformed in the other two yesterday. It's frustrating to see the Republicans reject freedom & liberty while voting for more government control. Can Ron Paul win Maine this weekend? I hope so. I hope he keeps running as a Republican, building a base and then runs third party. Some say that will ensure Obama gets re-elected but we don't know what will happen… more ›