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Freeborn County Republican Picnic
Join us for a great night of fun and politics on August 17th at Edgewater Park. The event starts at 5:30 pm for your chance to meet the candidates and catch up on current events.
Hope to see you at the Main Pavilion!!
Demmer Fundraiser a Huge Success
The Freeborn County Republican Party along with the Demmer for Congress committee held a fund raising event June 24th at Wedgewood Cove Golf Club. More than 100 people attended this event. Keynote Speaker for the event was State Senator Julie Rosen from Fairmont. The theme for the evening was “Leadership in Greater Minnesota” Also speaking during the evening was Rich Murray, State House of Representative candidate for House District 27 A, Jason Baskin campaign chairman for Kathy Green candidate for State Senate District 27, and Jennifer Gumbel candidate for State House District 27B, Greg Wersal candidate for Supreme Court Judge.
Faces and Places
Meet the Candidates

Rich Murray for State Representative
For More Information About Rich’s Campaign, Visit his website at: http://murrayforhouse.com/index.html
Albert Lea resident and financial advisor, Rich Murray is seeking election for District 27A State Representative. “We seem to keep pushing everything down to our kids and grandkids — all the problems — and we need to stop that,” he said. “We need to take a look at things now and get some of the problems solved. We can’t just keep delaying the inevitable.” As explained in the Austin Post-Bulletin headline, “Murray seeks to bring financial background to legislature.”

Kathy Green for State Senate
Learn More About Kathy’s Campaign by visiting her website at: http://www.kathygreenmn.com/index.php
Kathy Green announced her candidacy for State Senate, District 27A on Wednesday, May 19. According to Green, “We need a senator who can solve tough problems and get results” Green has served on the Austin School Board since 2000 and twice has been appointed to the Public Employee Retirement Association Board of Trustees. The self-proclaimed “professional volunteer” also serves on numerous boards and committees.

Randy Demmer for Congress
Farmer, business owner and State Representative Randy Demmer seeks to bring a better fit to the First District Congressional seat. According to Demmer, “Since Congressman Walz took office four years ago, the total debt held by the American public has more than doubled from $4.8 trillion to an estimated $9.9 trillion. He has supported Nancy Pelosi’s government-control agenda and voted in line with her San Francisco values every time she has asked him to. He has approved government takeovers and voted for stimulus spending that have saddled our children and grand children with more debt in his four years of service than had previously been accumulated in the entire history of our nation.” Read Randy’s editorial explaining his concerns of his opponents record.
Current Discussions
Recent poll confirms that Minnesotans want better government. “There is a political volcano that’s gone off in Minnesota. We’ve got more than three-quarters who say that they never, or only some of the time, trust government,” Jacobs said. “We’ve got 55 percent who say that the federal government’s power is too much. We’ve got 61 percent who said they’d rather have smaller government with fewer services, and about half believe that President Barack Obama is moving the country towards socialism.”