State Chair Tony Sutton appointed Linda Presthus as Credentials Committee Chair, Margaret Cavanaugh as Nominating Committee Chair, and Steve Perkins as Rules Committee Chair.
The rules committee had met on Wednesday, March 30, and the proposed rules were sent to all delegates and alternateson Friday, April 1.
The Nominating Committee met on the evening of Friday, April 15 to interview all candidates and bring their names forth to the convention floor.
The positions of State Chair, Deputy Chair and Secretary-Treasurer are somewhat self-explanatory. Incumbent State Chair Tony Sutten, Deputy Chair Michael Broadkorb and Secretary-Treasurer David Sturrock were re-elected.
There were many candidates for the positions of National Committeeman and National Committeewoman. But what does a Republican National Committeeman or Committeewoman do? This position serves two official roles: Represents the MN GOP on the Republican National Committee (RNC) and serves on the fourteen-member Minnesota Republic Party's Executive Committee. The RNC oversees administration of the national party, elects party leadership (including the Chairman of the RNC) and approves the RNC budget. The State party's executive committee oversees administration of the State Party, subject to decisions of the State Central Committee and the State Convention.
The specific duties of the Committeeman/woman are few -- but with an aggressive, activist Republican in this position, the potential impact is great for the State of MN.
Those running for National Committeeman and the final votes were:
Jeff Johnson = 186
Tom Emmer = 154
Phil Herwig = 2
Those running for National Committeewoman and the final votes were:
Pat Anderson = 180
Janet Beihoffer = 137
Mary Igo = 17
Pamela Punt = 6
Through-out the day, the delegates and alternates heard from MN and U.S. legislators. For the First 100 Days in the Minnesota House, the following actions were taken by House Republicans:
- Budget cuts income taxes and provides relief to all Minnesotans
- Stopping the tax and spend cycle and focuses the budget on where the problem lies ... state spending.
- Froze state employee salaries, will reduce the state employees 15% by 2015, will improve service and transform government for the 21st century
- Passed school choice, giving students stuck in chronically low-performing schools a chance for a quality education
- Reviewed "integration aid" programs and found money being wasted on kindness retreats, six-step hip-hop programs, art consultants and jobs such as "equity coach" and "newcomers teacher" paying upwards of $100,000 and by eliminating the wasteful program, saved more than $100 million
- Helped refocus education efforts on basic per-pupil funding that benefits all children throughout the state
- Passed legislation that will create a new teacher evaluation system based on student academic achievement and locally determined factors
- Replaced the teacher seniority-based retention process with a new evaluation system that will no longer punish new, innovative teachers in favor of length of service
- Repealed Governor Dayton's enrollment of Minnesota in ObamaCare and took powerful steps to protect our citizens from a government takeover of healthcare
- Passed the Health Care Freedom Act with tax deductions to individuals to purchase their health care, eliminate costly insurance coverage mandates, and allows Minnesotans to purchas health insurance products across state lines
- Supports and will legislate for Voter ID to ensure the integrity of MN elections
- Put the brakes on light rail expansion the state cannot afford to build or operate
- Made MN more business friendly by phasing out the statewide business property tax
- Cut the budget for constitutional officers and the legislature, cut the number of committees by 1/3, cut legislators' per diem and ended out-of-state travel reimbursements
- Eliminated state-funded Medical Assistance for legal "non-citizens"
It was an exciting meeting!
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