Rabbi’s shout-out to visiting Michele Bachmann riles some
By Manya A. Brachear, Chicago Tribune reporterSeptember 29, 2012

For some members of a Conservative Jewish synagogue in Lakeview, this year’s overlap of election season with the season of forgiveness presented a challenge.

During a worship service Tuesday on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, Rabbi Michael Siegel of Anshe Emet Synagogue offered what he called a customary greeting to a public official in the audience — U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R.-Minn. The greeting follows a …

“Rep. Bachmann is using falsehoods to distract voters from her record of reckless spending in Congress and her failure to represent the people of her district. On Rep. Bachmann’s watch—during her three straight terms in office—our nation suffered unprecedented government growth and a deepening national debt, under both democratic and republican leadership. Unlike career politicians, such as Rep. Bachmann, Jim Graves is a businessman with real-life experience balancing budgets and creating private sector jobs. And that’s why the people of Minnesota’s 6th District are coming out in support of …

Graves Criticizes Bachmann for Refusing Debates

Rep. Bachmann Participated in 15 Debates While Running For President, Refuses to Do 7 in Minnesota

(St. Cloud, MN.) – Businessman and Democratic Congressional Candidate Jim Graves wrote the following letter to his opponent, Rep. Michele Bachmann, criticizing her for refusing a series of seven debates after participating in 15 during her Presidential campaign. Graves called on Rep. Bachmann to put her constituents first and agree to the debates:

September 20, 2012

The Honorable Michele Bachmann

P.O. Box 25950

Woodbury, MN …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Jim Graves First On Air in Race Against Bachmann

Graves’ first TV spots highlight his business experience, Rep. Bachmann’s disinterest in workers who lost jobs due to devastating mill fire

(St. Cloud, MN.) – With the first television advertisements in the contest against Rep. Michele Bachmann for Minnesota’s Sixth Congressional District, Jim Graves released two spots. The first highlights Jim’s career as a successful businessman and his commitment to strengthening Minnesota’s middle class. The second tells the story of Minnesota workers …

By Alex Seitz-Wald

Despite her national fan base and a massive war chest, Rep. Michele Bachmann may be in more danger than most suspect, with a new poll showing her lead diminished to just 2 points. Independent voters have swung against her by nearly 20 points in just two months, from a 4 percent advantage to a 15 point disadvantage. The internal poll, conducted by Democratic pollsters Greenberg Quinlan Rosner at the behest of Democrat Jim Graves’ campaign and shared with Salon, shows that Bachmann’s favorability rating has …

By Ariel Edwards-Levy

The poll, conducted by the Democratic firm Greenberg Quinlan Rosner and first reported Monday by Salon, showed 48 percent of likely voters supporting Bachmann and 46 percent backing Graves in the race for Minnesota’s 6th district. A previous GQR poll in June had Bachmann ahead by 5 points, 48 to 43 percent.Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) is polling within the margin of error of Democratic challenger Jim Graves, according to an internal poll from the Graves campaign.

Publicly-released internal polls often show results skewed toward their sponsor by several …

By Aaron Rupar

For better or worse, we may only have Our Favorite Congresswoman to kick around for a couple more months.

New polling conducted by Democratic pollsters Greenberg Quinlan Rosner shows that momentum in the 6th Congressional District is solidly behind Jim Graves, who is now basically neck and neck with Bachmann.

From Salon:

Overall, the poll shows Bachmann leading Graves 48 – 46 percent, within the margin of error. The race has moved significantly among independents, with a 20-point net shift toward Graves, from a 41 – …

By U.S. News Staff

Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann may not run away with her congressional election after all.

A new internal poll released by Democratic challenger Jim Graves reveals Bachmann’s barely holding on in Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District. According to the Greenberg Quinlan Rosner poll, Bachmann leads her opponent 48 to 46 percent, within the margin of error, a lead that has narrowed when compared to three months ago.

Graves has also picked up a lead among independent voters in the district.

“I don’t want to say it …

Graves will be joined by students on the Campus of St. Cloud State University

St. Cloud, MN – On Thursday, July 19 at 11:45 a.m., Sixth Congressional District candidate Jim Graves will appear with several St. Cloud State University students to announce his support for a five-year freeze on student loans interest rates when elected to Congress.  The announcement will take place in the Mississippi Room in Atwood Memorial  Student Union.

WHAT:

Jim Graves announcing support for five-year freeze on student loan interest rates

WHERE:

Mississippi Room in …