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Aug 9th, 2010

Summary: Support Tom Horner for governor of Minnesota and vote in the Independence Party primary on Tuesday, August 10, 2010. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on August 9, 2009 Aubrey Immelman announced the impending release of the results of a study of the political personality of former U.S. vice president Dick Cheney, conducted at the Unit for the Study of Personality in Politics.


Nov 22nd, 2008

Summary: In the summer of 2008, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann claimed she had a plan to lower the price of gasoline to $2 a gallon by increased drilling, including offshore drilling and drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. However, by fall, the price at the pump dropped to nearly $2 in a matter of weeks, simply as a result of reduced demand during the economic recession.


Sep 10th, 2008

Summary: On the first day after the Sept. 9, 2008 Minnesota State Primary Election in which Aubrey Immelman challenged U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann for the Republican nomination as House of Representatives candidate in Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District, he reported and analyzed the election results, thanked his supporters, and congratulated Rep. Bachmann on her win.


Sep 8th, 2008

Summary: On the 56th day of his campaign against U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann for the Republican nomination as House of Representatives candidate in Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District, Aubrey Immelman featured reporting from Minnesota Public Radio on the primary election, candidate information from the North Metro TV Voter Guide, his campaign schedule for the final day of the campaign, updates from the Iraq war, and video he shot at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul.


Jul 17th, 2008

Summary: On the third day of his 2008 campaign against U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann for the Republican nomination as House of Representatives candidate in Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District, Aubrey Immelman is interviewed by Tim Pugmire of Minnesota Public Radio. Political analyst Steve Frank of St. Cloud State University comments, describing Immelman as “a serious candidate.”