Thanks to all who attended and volunteered at our House candidate endorsing convention! Delegates and alternates voted to endorse Jeff Pauley of Plymouth to run for House on the A side, and Reid Johnson of Robbinsdale on the B-side. Special guests included Senator Warren Limmer (R-32), who gave a legislative update and endorsed candidate Pauley.

About our endorsed candidates:

Jeff Pauley was raised in Crystal and a graduate of Armstrong High School, is married with two daughters and resides in Plymouth. He has held senior leadership roles in marketing for health care provider organizations and owned a small business. Pauley is active in the community, serving as board president for the New Hope-Crystal-Plymouth Swim Club, a past member of the Twin West Chamber of Commerce, and a St. Therese Nursing Home volunteer. He has been a guest presenter on effective leadership to business, civic and student groups.

Pauley will be running in District 45-A against Lyndon Carlson (D), who was elected to the Minnesota Legislature when Richard Nixon was President.

Reid Johnson ran for House 45-B in 2010 and is already meeting with neighbors and business owners in the district. A long-time resident of the northwest suburbs, he has served as an Economic Development Advisor member for the City of Crystal, a Golden Valley Rotary member, a youth pastor/assistant, and as a coach for various local sports teams. Residing in Robbinsdale, he is married with 2 sons and currently works as Chief Engineer for a major metro area hotel.

Johnson will be running in District 45-B against Sandra Peterson (D), a former teachers union president who was elected in 2004.

Visit Reid's website, contact him by This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 763-438-7898.

Visit Jeff's website, contact him by This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 612-812-3201.

Congratulations to our endorsed candidates - please join their campaigns and help them win in November!

On March 9, Speaker of the House, Representative Kurt Zellers (MN-32B) talks about a bill that would accelerate the payback of the school shift, implemented last session as part of a budget solution. He also discusses bills to improve our business climate and property tax relief:

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Thank you to all who came, it was wonderful to see so many new people getting involved to help restore common sense to government. The Delegates listed below in the left column are entered alphabetically. The Alternates on the right hand column are listed in rank by highest number of votes earned.

5^th District and State Delegates and Alternates

3^rd District and State Delegates and Alternates

Recap of the Week: Positive Economic Forecast (from the GOP House Caucus):

Good fiscal management by Republicans in the Minnesota Legislature has turned the state's bleak economic outlook from one year ago into positive news. In one year our state went from a $6.2 billion deficit to a $1.2 billion surplus. The Republican plan is working. The state's revenue growth is not attributable to new taxes, but to a recovering economy that allows hard-working jobs creators and families to succeed.

On the day the February forecast was announced, Governor Mark Dayton re-iterated his plan to raise taxes in the 2013 legislative session. Republicans in the Minnesota Legislature remain firmly committed to growing our economy without job-killing tax increases. Investment and private sector jobs must be welcomed, not chased away by excessive taxes, regulations and burdensome government bureaucracy,

To see Speaker Zellers' weekly legislative update on the budget forecast, watch:
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The news release distributed to all statewide media re: the budget forecast can be found here.