Minn.’s Ellison Wins Democratic Primary

August 14, 2012 8:54 PM

(credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Filed under

Local, News, Politics

Today's Most Popular Video

Are You Ready For Art-A-Whirl?

Zippity Is Our Pet Guest Of The Week!

Viewers' Choice For MN's Best Patio: Psycho Suzi's

How We Got Started: Mike Binkley

How We Got Started: Angela Davis

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Rep. Keith Ellison has easily defeated two opponents to win the Democratic primary for his Minneapolis-area congressional seat.

Ellison beat frequent candidate Gregg Iverson, and Gary Boisclair, whose website describes him as a pro-life and tea party activist.

Ellison advances to face Republican Chris Fields, a retired Marine who was unopposed.

Ellison was first elected to the 5th District seat in 2006. He was Minnesota’s first black member of Congress, and the first Muslim to be elected nationwide.

The 5th District includes Minneapolis and several of its inner-ring suburbs. It is a reliably Democratic district.

http://politicsandpolls.com/players/plyrs-by-state/mn-moc/keith-ellison-minnesota-representative/minn-%e2%80%99s-ellison-wins-democratic-primary/ Minn.’s Ellison Wins Democratic Primary

[...] defeated two opponents to win the Democratic primary for his Minneapolis-area congressional seat. Rep. Keith Ellison – Yahoo! News Search Results Tags: Democratic, ellison, Minn.’s, primary, wins Posted in Keith Ellison Minnesota [...]
http://gunnyg.wordpress.com/2012/09/06/rep-ellison-gop-basically-a-bigoted-party/ Rep. Ellison: GOP ‘basically a bigoted party’ « CITIZEN.BLOGGER.1984+ GUNNY.G BLOG.EMAIL

[...] Minn.’s Ellison Wins Democratic Primary Share this:ShareEmailLike this:LikeBe the first to like this. Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Ellison, Keith Ellison, Kris Kobach, Minnesota, Republican, Sharia, United States Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) Leave a comment Trackback [...]