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Joel Demos

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    April 12, 2011

    Everett Jasmer, monster truck pioneer, sells USA-1

    Josh KirscherOne of Everett Jasmer's last car crushes at the wheel of USA-1.​It appears that the USA-1 monster truck will live to crush another day. The last time we told you about Everett Jasmer, one of the godfathers of monster truck racing in the '80s, he had fallen on hard times. Now, Jas ... More >>

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    December 23, 2010

    Target kept on giving to anti-gay politicians after Emmer fiasco

    mmtzjr69out​The dust has settled in the wake of the 2010 elections, and the hot white glare on Target's controversial support for anti-gay Republican Tom Emmer's gubernatorial campaign has faded. But FEC records show that the Target political action committee kept up its donations to anti-ga ... More >>

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    November 2, 2010

    Keith Ellison rolling to re-election

    Ellison swept his opponents off the map​With 95 percent of the precincts reporting, looks like Keith Ellison has won a second term to Congress. The numbers came in fast and decisive: Ellison, 68.5 percent, Joel Demos, 23.6 percent.This race had more than its fair share of bigoted overtones. 

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    November 1, 2010

    Michele Bachmann waives Randy Moss too

    Via yFrogDoh!​Michele Bachmann, ever the clever congressional campaigner, wasted no time in finding herself a Vikings No. 84 jersey to honor the return of wide receiver Randy Moss -- and parading around for the cameras. We assume that the 6th District incumbent is burying that jersey deep in ... More >>

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    August 5, 2010

    Joel Demos hauls in the monster truck against Keith Ellison [VIDEO]

    Image via YouTubeJoe Demos: monster challenge.​The last time a Republican represented the fifth congressional district, John F. Kennedy was president. Walter Judd was replaced by DFLer Donald Fraser in 1963; Fraser was replaced by Martin Sabo in 1979; Ellison won the seat in 2007. That's a mon ... More >>

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    June 2, 2010

    Republican Barb Davis White registers DFL to challenge Keith Ellison

    Image via FacebookDFLer Keith Ellison has a surprise primary challenger​You might think that Republican Barb Davis White would have taken the hint in 2008, when DFLer Keith Ellison drubbed her in the 5th District congressional race by 48 percentage points, that her right-wing routine wasn't p ... More >>

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    April 13, 2010

    Republicans pass secession resolution in 5th district

    ​A peculiar strain of crazy apparently took over the Republicans' fifth congressional district nominating convention on Saturday. The local members of the party of Lincoln passed a secession resolution on a voice vote: "Be it resolved the Republican Party of Minnesota supports nullification o ... More >>

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    April 12, 2010

    Keith Ellison will face GOP-endorsed Joel Demos in November

    Courtesy Joel Demos for Congress​Is a clash of faiths taking shape in the 5th congressional district this fall, now that Pentecostal minister Joel Demos has won the Republican Party of Minnesota's endorsement to try and unseat DFLer Keith Ellison, the first and only Muslim ever elected to Cong ... More >>

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