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Minnesota

dflprincess

(28,626 posts) Sun Apr 29, 2018, 08:24 PM Apr 2018

Richard Painter will be running as a Democrat in Minnesota Senate race [View all]

http://www.startribune.com/former-george-w-bush-ethics-lawyer-to-run-for-u-s-senate-as-a-democrat/481182291/

Former George W. Bush ethics lawyer ditches GOP, to seek U.S. Senate in Minn. as Democrat

Richard Painter, a longtime Republican who was chief ethics lawyer for George W. Bush's White House, intends to run for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota this year as a Democrat, according to a filing he made recently with federal elections officials.

Painter, a persistent and frequent critic of President Donald Trump on national cable TV news appearances and on Twitter, is expected to announce his candidacy at a Monday news conference.

He's running for Democrat Al Franken's former seat. Franken resigned Jan. 2 in the wake of numerous sexual harassment allegations.

I'm guessing he's skipping the June convention and will be taking this to a primary.

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Richard Painter will be running as a Democrat in Minnesota Senate race [View all] dflprincess Apr 2018 OP

Imagine both he AND Romney after trump. tonyt53 Apr 2018 #1

They may be wishing they'd left Franken in office. Frustratedlady Apr 2018 #2

This wishful thinking has long passed its time question everything Apr 2018 #16

I'm glad to hear this. I was concerned that he was running as an Independent spooky3 Apr 2018 #3

The DFL having to waste time & money on a primary does not help us dflprincess Apr 2018 #4

Agree, but given that he announced maybe a month ago that he was going to run spooky3 Apr 2018 #11

What are his positions on the issues and what is his record? S.E. TN Liberal Apr 2018 #5

True. dflprincess Apr 2018 #6

Indeed. Not only a DINO, but a former member of the Bush administration question everything Apr 2018 #17

Check out his website: spooky3 Apr 2018 #18

Being direct and being disgusted with TraitorTrump are far from being worth having Democrats... S.E. TN Liberal Apr 2018 #19

Why not write and give him that feedback? spooky3 Apr 2018 #23

Interesting. I didn't expect that. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #7

Timmy's running for governor again. dflprincess Apr 2018 #8

Oh, right. I can't keep track of what that snake is up to. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #9

So I looked up Newberger - he's a real prize: The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #10

Sounds like he does fit in with today's Republicans dflprincess Apr 2018 #12

I was wrong - Newberger is running against Klobuchar. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #13

So as dimson bush's ethics lawyer shanny Apr 2018 #14

He worked there from 2005-2007, well after The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #21

This should end his appearances as a commentator on cable news question everything Apr 2018 #15

He will definitely have to explain why he worked for Bush and what he did. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #22

Being Bush's Ethics Lawyer shows he was totally incompetent. S.E. TN Liberal Apr 2018 #20