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Welcome to Minnesota Politics and Government on Twitter!

This is a wiki listing of Minnesota politicians, governments, political reporters, bloggers and others who are involved in politics and have a Twitter presence. Please update and expand on the list.

This collaborative project was initiated by Rachel Stassen-Berger, of the Star Tribune at the urging of Politics in Minnesota on Twitter.

Please list links in each category alphabetically by Twitter username.

NOTE: This is a non-partisan site to which all are welcome.

 

State Politicians and Candidates

  • @colinmlee -- 2010 Legislative Candidate, Colin Lee, Lakeville
  • @davidhann -- Republican Sen. David Hann, a candidate for governor in 2010.
  • @djcarlson_mn -- Repbulican 2010 Senate Candidate David Carlson (SD38)
  • @epmurphy -- DFL Rep. Erin Murphy
  • @johnlesch  --  DFL Rep. John Lesch
  • @JohnMarty -- DFL Minnesota Senator and 2010 gubernatorial candidate John Marty
  • @karlabigham -- DFL Rep. Karla Bigham
  • @kurtzellers -- Republican House Minority Leader Kurt Zellers
  • @LauraBrod -- Republican Rep. Laura Brod
  • @ljhosch -- DFL Rep. Larry Hosch
  • @MAKMinnesota -- Minnesota House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher, DFL
  • @MarkJenkins4MN -- IP 2010 MN Senate Candidate Mark Jenkins (SD55)
  • @MattEntenza -- DFL 2010 gubenatorial candidate Matt Entenza
  • @steve_gottwalt -- Republican Rep. Steve Gottwalt
  • @swailsie -- DFL Rep. Marsha Swails
  • @terrypearson -- Republican Candidate for MN House 2010 (39b - Inver Grove Heights, Sunfish Lake, and South St Paul)
  • @tinaliebling -- DFL Rep. Tina Liebling
  • @tarrylclark -- Asst. Senate Majority Leader Tarryl Clark, DFL
  • @tonysertich -- Minnesota House Majority Leader Tony Sertich, DFL

 

State Government (official)

  • @MDECOM -- Minnesota Department of Education
  • @MinnLRL -- Minnesota Legislative Reference Library
  • @MNagriculture  -- Minnesota Department of Agriculture
  • @MNDot -- Minnesota Department of Transportation
  • @MNHealth -- Minnesota Department of Health
  • @MNHouseInfo -- The Minnesota House of Representatives' Public Information Services
  • @MNHS --Minnesota Historical Society
  • @MnSenateMedia - Minnesota Senate Media Services 
  • @mnsrc -- Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus
  • @PositivelyMN -- Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
  • @UMNews -- University of Minnesota News Service

 

State Government (staffers)

  • @DJWolter -- Daniel Wolter, public relations at the University of Minnesota.
  • @kwatt -- Kevin Watterson, director of public affairs, Minnesota House Republican Caucus
  • @mbrodkorb -- Michael Brodkorb, Senate Republican Caucus Communications Director
  • @bmcclung -- Brian McClung, Director of Communications & spokesman, Governor Tim Pawlenty
  • @swhalenMN -- Sandra Whalen, Communications, Senate Republican Caucus

 

Local Government Politicians and Candidates

 

Local Government

 

School Districts

 

Federal Politicians and Candidates

 

Newspapers, Television, Wire Services and Radio

 

Bloggers, Vloggers and New Media

  • @andygifford -- Local hard-ass who wants local media to survive.
  • @Anokaflash -- "Flash" of Centrisity
  • @brianfalldincom -- Brian Falldin, Blogger/Speechwriter - contributor to MN Progressive Project 
  • @bloisolson -- MinnPost contributor, political commentator
  • @burtldy -- Sarah Burt, contributor to The W.O.M.B
  • @ChrisShields -- Online Communications Manager at Minnesota 2020
  • @chuckumenatary -- Chuck Olsen at The UpTake
  • @DaveEngstrom -- Lobbyist, Project 515, Mn Assn. of Small Cities
  • @dbrauer -- David Brauer, MinnPost media reporter and politics analyst
  • @donreeder -- Don Reeder, public affairs for League of Minnesota Cities
  • @dtilsen -- David Tilsen - The American Idiot (3 posts since February 2009)
  • @DustyTrice -- Blogger/Democratic operative Dusty Trice
  • @jasonbarnett -- Jason Barnett at The UpTake
  • @jkfecke -- Jeff Fecke at Blog of the Moderate Left and MN Progressive Project
  • @lloydletta - Eva Young at Lloydletta's Nooz and Dump Michele Bachmann
  • @LookTrueNorth - True North - center-right Minnesota group blog.
  • @MarkGisleson - Mark Gisleson of Norwegianity
  • @maryturck - Mary Turck and NewsDay blog
  • @MinnPost -- MinnPost.com web editor Corey Anderson
  • @mitchpberg -- Mitch Berg of Shot In The Dark, True North and the Northern Alliance Radio Network.
  • @mmcintee -- Mike McIntee, Executive Producer The UpTake and AM950 "Quick On The UpTake" Radio Host
  • @mncapitolgirl -- Rach Eggert of Rach's Political Report
  • @MNIndy -- Minnesota Independent
  • @MNObserver -- "MN Observer" of The Cucking Stool
  • @MNProgressive -- MN Progressive Project, maintained by Joe Bodell
  • @newtbuster -- Dave Mindeman at mnpACT!
  • @nickcoleman -- Nick Coleman, Twin Cities journalist
  • @NoahKunin -- Noah Kunin at The UpTake
  • @NoraFerrell -- Senior Communications Manager at Minnesota 2020
  • @political_muse -- Eric Austin, St. Cloud area blogger
  • @PoliticsMN -- Politics in Minnesota
  • @Populista -- Karl Singer, contributor to MN Progressive Project
  • @robinmarty -- Robin Marty of Minnesota Independent
  • @RRGOnline -- Chris Walden of rocketsredglareonline.com
  • @s4xton -- Aaron Landry, contributor to MN Publius
  • @sallyjos -- Sally Jo Sorensen at Bluestem Prairie
  • @scsuscholars -- King Banian of scsuscholars.com
  • @SmartPolitics -- from the University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
  • @tcdailyplanet -- Mary Turck at Twin Cities Daily Planet
  • @theuptake -- Citizen journalism at The UpTake
  • @TimothyBurke -- Recovering campaign op, PR guy and Farmington school board member.
  • @tomelko -- Tom Elko at The UpTake
  • @TwoPuttTommy --  Citizen Punditry
  • @uptakemn -- the UpTake's Minnesota-specific feed
  • @wabbitoid -- Erik Hare of Barataria
  • @wbgleason - Bill Gleason - U of M faculty gadfly
  • @weissacre -- Stephanie Weiss, public relations for League of Minnesota Cities
  • @valkry18 -- Zoie Walden conservative grassroots/social media activist
  • @xavierla -- New Media Director at Alliance for a Better Minnesota

 

Other Twitterers of Political Interest in Minnesota

 

Minnesota Political Parties

  • @agsutton -- Republican Party Chair Tony Sutton
  • @ericfought -- DFL Communications Director (Updates both personal and political)

  • @gcountryman -- Republican Party Duputy Executive Director Gina Countyman

  • @jumpthecurve -- Independence Party Chair Jack Uldrich (Updates not political)

  • @IndyMN -- Independence Party of Minnesota

  • @MinnesotaDFL -- Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor party

  • @SD56DFL -- Minnesota Senate District 56 DFL (East Metro: Woodbury, Lake Elmo and more)

 

Hashtags in use among Minnesota's Political Twitterers 

 

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Comments (1)

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Dr. Jack Shepard said

at 1:45 pm on Sep 2, 2009

Great idea to organize Politics in Minnesota's twitters

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