When: Tuesday, April 22, 2025 6:30 pm Doors Open Social time and a light dinner; 7:00-8:00 pm State Legislators Give Updates; 8:00 to 8:30 pm Q & A
Where: American Legion Post 577, 1129 Arcade St, Saint Paul, MN 55106Map
Cost: Suggested Donation $20
The American Legion Post 577 asks that once you arrive you go straight to the room in the back. If you want to get something from the bar you can but keep the political stuff to yourself in the bar area and be respectful of the Veterans there.
The Minnesota State Legislators Confirmed to be speaking are:
Senator Mark Koran (SD 28 North Branch) Mark grew up in the Frogtown Neighborhood of St Paul.
Senator Eric Lucero (SD 30 St Michael)
Rep Walter Hudson (HD 30A Albertville)
Rep Patricia Mueller (HD 23B Austin)
American Legion Post 577, 1129 Arcade St, St Paul MN 55106
This is an event post. The event is a fundraising event. It is also a chance learn what’s going on from Republican State Legislators that hasn’t been filtered by a news agency. –admin
The Republican Party of Minnesota (MNGOP) had a State Central Committee Convention; BPOU State Central Delegates and Alternates Converged on Saturday December 14th, 2024 and had State Party Leadership Elections.
The Elected Positions were State Party Chair, Deputy Chair, Secretary. The Candidates for each office ran separately and did not run as slates. The Treasurer is an appointed position.
RPM Chair
Alex Plechash, won the Chair position over the last Chair, David Hann on 3 Ballots. chair@mngop.com
Alex Plechash is the New Republican Party of Minnesota Chair
Alex Plechash was elected Chairman of the Republican Party of Minnesota in December 2024. He is a first generation American who was a multi-sport student-athlete before gaining an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy where he graduated with distinction, being the No. 1 Aerospace Engineer and Marine officer in his class after which he served out his military commitment as a Marine Corps fighter pilot.
After his military service, he built a successful career in business and finance while dedicating decades to veterans’ advocacy. He has held top leadership positions in a host of organizations including being Chapter President and a National Trustee of the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, President of the Twin Cities Council of the Navy League, Chairman of the USS Minnesota pre-commissioning task force, Governor-appointed Board Member and Finance Chair of the Perpich Center for the Arts, past President and Chairman of Tee it up for the Troops, and served as a church deacon, leading their largest outreach program.
He has served on the Wayzata City Council as well.
Alex has been involved at every level of the Minnesota Republican Party since attending his first precinct caucus in 2004. He has lived a life of service and continues to do so now for the Republican Party.
RPM Deputy Chair
The State Party Deputy Chair Donna Bergstrom was elected in a very close race by 5 votes on two ballots. deputychair@mngop.com
Donna Bergstrom was re-elected to the Deputy Chair position.
Donna M. Bergstrom was appointed Deputy Chair by Chairman Hann in October of 2021 upon his election to the chair position. She was elected to the position in December of 2021 by the State Central Committee. She lives in Duluth with her husband and son.
Donna graduated from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in 1985 with a degree in Political Science. She obtained her Master of Jurisprudence degree from Loyola University Chicago-School of Law (Civitas Center) in Children’s Law and Policy. She also holds a degree in American and Anishinaabe Education from the Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College.
Donna is a 20 year Veteran of the United States Marine Corps, achieving the grade of Lieutenant Colonel. She was one of the first two American Indian women in the state of Minnesota to run in the general election for Lieutenant Governor on a major party endorsed ticket. Donna is an enrolled member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians.
Joy Orvis was elected as the State Party Secretary. Her office email is secretary@mngop.com
Each Republican State Party Organization in all 50 States and the District of Columbia have a National Committeeman and Committeewoman. This year the Republican Party of Minnesota has 2 new Committee People. The last Committeeman was Alex Plechash who was edged out by the current Committeeman AK Kamara at the 2024 State Central Convention which was held separate from the State Convention. The last Committeewoman was Barbara Sutter. She did not seek another term. The new Committeewoman is Emily Novotny Chance.
AK Kamara creates content in both written and video form discussing political, cultural, and social issues. He’s a regular weekly guest on the Jon Justice radio show heard on AM1130 Twin Cities News Talk. He has gained over 150,000 followers across various social media platforms creating overtly Conservative political content.
Professionally, AK owns and operates a small courier business in the Twin Cities metro area.
Politically, AK was elected State Chairman of the Minnesota College Republicans. He has worked and volunteered with several campaigns for Governor, Senate, Congress, and many local elected offices. He has held various positions with several local Republican basic organizational units and has also worked for several ideologically conservative organizations. He is also member of Project 21, a group of black Americans who advocate for right of center policies. Most recently, he was elected to serve as Minnesota’s National Committeeman, representing our state on a national level at the RNC. He enjoys connecting with Republicans nationally and learning about new ways to help Republicans succeed in Minnesota.
AK is an active member of his community, belonging to both philanthropic and fraternal organizations. He and his wife reside in Forest Lake MN.
Emily Novotny Chance was elected Minnesota’s National Committeewoman in 2024 at 26.
She graduated from Augustana University in Sioux Falls, SD, majoring in political science and communications. As a lifelong Minnesotan, she has been an active volunteer in the MNGOP since the age of 14- creating deep connections and becoming a respected, tenacious worker. Emily’s first job in politics was as an intern on Congressman Tom Emmer’s first congressional campaign in 2014. She traveled the country as an Advance Staffer for President Trump in the 2020 campaign and continued to do events for him following his election.
Emily has been on her local republican board since 2015, served as the State Chair for the South Dakota College Republicans, worked in the Minnesota Legislature, campaigned for hundreds of candidates, and currently also serves as the Minnesota Young Republicans National Committeewoman.
Professionally, she currently works for a public affairs firm in Minneapolis and owns and operates Flamingo Events, her event-planning business. Emily, her husband Kent, and their cattle dog puppy reside in Elk River, MN, and are active church members.
The biographies are from the MNGOP.org/party-leadership page. There were a couple of edits for clarity. — admin
What: League of Women Voters Forum for HD 66A & 66B Candidates
When: Friday October 11th, 7pm (Live); rebroadcast on the MySPNN YouTube Channel. We will repost the video here.
Where: St Paul Neighborhood Network (SPNN) Studios, 550 Vandalia St #170, St Paul MN, 55114Map
Submit Questions; To submit questions for consideration to be asked of all the candidates, they can’t be one candidate specific, uncivil in any manner (LWVSP Candidate Event Rules 2024). Send tolwvstpaul@lwvmn.org
This Forum was Originally scheduled for September 27th, but the League of Women Voters postponed it for no real reason. They did reschedule it for Friday October 11th live at SPNN Studios at 7 pm. We will post the video here after it is posted on the MySPNN YouTube Channel.
The Tampons in Boys Bathrooms in Public Schools bill. Governor Tim Walz unfairly gets blamed and teased for this bill, but he signed it into law.
Making Minnesota into a Sanctuary State for Gender Affirming Care (aka Child Sterilization) without the consent of a parent, nor any informed consent. This is not “Reproductive Freedom” for these poor victims who will never have children of their own.
Ban on counseling for LGBTQ people who want to become “Straight” (It violates Religious Freedom as often Pastors are on the front lines of this issue). It is a confusing title as it’s a ban on Conversion Therapy. The conversion is not related to becoming transgender.
Ban on Assault Weapons
Changing Pedophilia into a sexual orientation
Was the USA Today’s 2022 Woman of the Year. Leigh Finke is really a man named Chris Zumski Finke.
He has written a few books aimed at children, “Queerfully & Wonderfully Made,” and “Welcoming & Affirming.”
If you want more information there’s a video by the Truth Hurts Rumble Channel click here
Author of the Conversion Therapy Ban. This is a First Amendment violation of the Religious Establishment Law as noted above in Rep Finke’s list, pastors tend to be targeted by laws like this.
Tells people she is a Pansexual, as if she thinks people care more about her sexuality than representing the people of the District.
Was for Rep Dave Pinto’s Universal Background Check on private sales and admits it won’t stop gun violence, and she owns a gun
Was for the Red Flag Gun Law. She’s a lawyer and knows that this law would circumvent due process.
Author of the Universal Basic Income legislation that failed to pass. It would give those that qualify for it from $500 to $1200 per month. The money would not be counted as income, yet the title of it indicates it is an income. Everywhere it has been tried it usually increases taxes on income earners and produces a lot of resentment, and in some European Countries it is canceled quickly.
Advocates Ranked Choice Voting, Automatic voter registration, Felons Voting (without getting their other rights back)
If you watch any of these League of Liberal Women Voters Forums you’ll see what not to do if you run a debate.
They mash together 2 Districts in one Debate which makes 4 candidates with 2 views. Often times the weaker candidate in the other district will get talking points from their colleague in the other district
They don’t have great sound quality to their forums. It’s laughable being they are in a building with the equipment to have good sound quality: The SPNN Studios. Sometimes the LLWV will have no microphones for the candidates to use like the Special Election in 2011 for Ward 1, and in Ward 3 in 2023.
They don’t use questions from Conservatives in any of their forums. They use questions that don’t allow their Liberal pals to be either accountable for their actions in office, or be uncomfortable in answering them. They ask questions that prop up Liberal talking points like the legitimacy of Climate Change, Achievement Gap, Equity & Inclusion. None of these ideas can be tested with science and can be proved to true, nor be anything other than issues that no one cares about.
They will also cancel forums without warning to Republican Candidates, but will run them when they can’t attend.
There needs to be standards at the State Level that must be met in order for a host of a Debate to run them. The LWV is not nonpartisan as they claim. They get away with a lot of their schtick because there’s no competition. Look at our Public Schools, there is no competition to teach kids and therefore they can be slack in their efforts, same goes for having forums/debates.
American Legion Post 577, 1129 Arcade St, St Paul MN 55106
What:Legislative Update from Elected Republican Legislators
Hear from our Republican State Legislators regarding what happened at this last legislative session, and have the opportunity to ask them questions.
When:June 11, 2024. 6:30 to 8:00 pm Where: American Legion Post 577, 1129 Arcade St, St Paul MN 55106Map Cost: At Will Donation (Suggested Donation $10) Misc:A light dinner will be served. Bottled water will be provided, but other drinks are available for purchase at the American Legion bar. Featured Speakers Senator Mark Koran, Endorsed CD4 Republican Candidate May Lor Xiong, and others
Hosted by House District 66B Republicans
The last week of the Minnesota Legislative Session brought out all sorts of last minute “gotcha” bills that pass on party line votes usually. There was one “garbage” bill that was 2800 pages long dropped on the legislature about 90 minutes to the End of Session on May 19th. It could have been the last week of the DFL Trifecta, where they control both Bodies of the Legislature, plus the Governor’s Office. Frankly they also control the State Supreme Court as well. The last Republican leaning Justice is Barry Anderson who just retired.
Please honor our event host site by keeping politics out of the bar area outside of the event room. Thank you
This event and this post were not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee, the CD4 Republicans, nor the MN GOP. If you would like to check out who our current endorsed candidates are check out the top menu for our Candidates Page or go directly to it by typing in mnhd66brepublicans.org/candidates. — admin
Minnesota House District 66B Republicans 