PRESS RELEASE: Kurt Bills Wins Big in MN Senate Primary

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Kurt Bills Wins Big in MN Senate Primary

Posted on Tuesday, August 14th, 2012 at 11:21 pm.
Written by Kurt Bills for US Senate

Kurt Bills Wins Big in MN Senate Primary

Tea Party, Ron Paul, and “Paul Ryan” Republicans Unite Behind Bills​

BLOOMINGTON, MN—High School economics teacher Kurt Bills soundly trounced his Republican primary opponents, setting up a contest between Bills and incumbent Senator Amy Klobuchar.

It was a contest between the Tea Party/Ron Paul wing of the Minnesota Republican Party and their establishment opponents. Bills, a political newcomer, is a high school economics teacher who first ran for office only 4 years ago; he won a city council seat in 2008, defeated a Democrat incumbent for a state legislative seat in 2010, and won the Republican endorsement to run against Klobuchar in 2012.

Bills has run unapologetically standing up for free enterprise, for a common sense foreign policy, and against monopolies and crony capitalist ventures such as bailing out wall street banks.

Bills’ meteoric rise in the Republican Party coincides with the growth of the Tea Party and Ron Paul movements in Minnesota. As an economic teacher, Bills has run as an unapologetic proponent of ending government intervention in the economy, and scaling back US military interventions. He is a strong opponent of the Federal Reserve. Bills’ campaign theme is “Econ101.”

It’s a message that resonates in populist Minnesota. One of his opponents, David Carlson, ran a harsh television advertisement directly taking on Bills’ ties to Ron Paul; it backfired.

“Don’t underestimate the Tea Party energy out there,” said Bills.

“Grassroots Republicans aren’t just angry at Democrats for mortgaging their future; they’re angry at Washington DC.,” argued Bills.

“There is a prairie fire of populism in the Midwest. Romney’s pick of Paul Ryan for VP is feeding that fire. Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa are now all in play in the presidential race. That same energy will carry my own campaign across the finish line,” Bills concluded.

http://kurtbills.com/kurt-bills-wins-big-mn-senate-primary/

 

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Results here : http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/ENR/Results/FederalResults/2?id=office&officeInElectionId=2

How much of the Carlson vote do you think he will get in the GE?

 

[LibertyEagle]

The general is going to be really tough to win. He's going to need lots of money to have any chance at all.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

good to see that the ad that made up all kinds of disgusting lies backfired

 

[FSP-Rebel]

Here's hoping that he can get some of Rand's contingent to campaign for him up there.

 

[tsai3904]

How much of the Carlson vote do you think he will get in the GE?

I doubt statements like these will help him win over those votes:

It was a contest between the Tea Party/Ron Paul wing of the Minnesota Republican Party and their establishment opponents.

I think something like what Kerry Bentivolio said below after his primary would have been more appropriate:

After a hard-fought race, I ask Nancy Cassis' supporters to join with me. I also ask for my supporters to welcome them. We must become united so that we can keep the 11th District in the Republican column by promoting free markets and individual freedom. Together, we can defeat the Democrats in November.

 

[trey4sports]

The general is going to be really tough to win. He's going to need lots of money to have any chance at all.

No doubt. If LFA has enough money in the bank left to impact another race i would hope they choose this one. MN is a state that we could ACTUALLY win. Yes they lean left but not so far left that a R is not competitive. We can send a message throughout the country that Liberty-Republicans can win in blue states.