Horner Campaign Releases TV Ad

The Tom Horner for Governor campaign has released a TV ad for the general election campaign.

A Message from the Horner Campaign

HORNER2010 continues to broaden and deepen the campaign’s connections to independent-minded voters around Minnesota. We are becoming a community: letters to the editor are being published; Tom’s vision is being promoted in the comments section of newspaper stories; Twitter feeds and Facebook pages include positive comments about Tom’s leadership; photos are arriving at campaign@horner2010.com for the “Victory Wall.”

Two easy ways to get involved

1. Send your photo to campaign@horner2010.com for our “Victory Wall.” We’ll cover a wall with your pictures. Can’t e-mail a photo? Mail a print (and perhaps a check): 10760 Hwy 55, Plymouth, MN 55441.

2. Drop us a line, by e-mail at campaign@horner2010.com or through the post office, about why you think Tom should be our next governor. Copy your thoughts to your local newspaper’s letters-to-the-editor section.

Together, we’ll elect a common-sense leader, Tom Horner, as Minnesota’s 39th governor.

Great showing in Nisswa, Winona debates

Tom led the Star Tribune’s coverage of Tuesday’s debate [Aug. 17] sponsored by the Brainerd Lakes/Minnesota chambers of commerce in Nisswa, Minn.

Tom had a chance to discuss his views on expanding health care coverage for poor Minnesotans when he visited St. Cloud Hospital on Monday [Aug. 16]. The St. Cloud Times covered that tour. [See coverage on this site]

Tom also debated his DFL opponent at the Coalition for Greater Minnesota Cities debate Thursday [Aug. 19] in Winona.

GOP candidate Tom Emmer did not attend, citing a scheduling conflict. Outstate newspapers like the Bemidji Pioneer and Detroit Lakes Tribune had something to say about that absence in light of the challenges facing Minnesota’s communities.

You can watch both of this week’s debates at The Uptake.

News is breaking

The campaign scheduled a news conference for Friday [Aug. 20] to preview its new TV ads. Watch for Tom’s ads beginning over the weekend.

Meanwhile, the campaign is preparing a briefing for early [this] week on the details of Tom’s budget proposal.

[Update: Horner-Mulder Release Budget Outline]

On the road

Tom planned to follow up on the Greater Cities debate with a tour in southern Minnesota, starting with a radio interview early Friday morning [Aug. 20] in Winona.

From there, plans called for visits to Austin and Albert Lea for a full day of meetings with voters, local elected officials, and the media. Lieutenant governor candidate Jim Mulder planned visits Friday [Aug. 20] in Staples and Long Prairie.

Leadership based on what’s right

You can help spread the word about Tom’s commitment to common-sense leadership with a contribution to Horner2010.

Go to www.horner2010.com and click the “Contribute” button, or write to us at 10760 Hwy 55, Plymouth, MN 55441.

Your donation ensures we can get on the air — and stay on the air — with our radio and television ads.

Make a contribution today to help get Tom’s message to the tens of thousands of Minnesotans who agree with common-sense solutions. And encourage your family, friends and neighbors to join us to elect Tom Horner governor on Nov. 2.

Sincerely,

Stephen Imholte
Campaign Manager

[Message dated Aug. 20, 2010]

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RELATED REPORTS ON THIS SITE

Tom Horner: “If this is an election that is decided by the 25 percent of the electorate that are small ‘i’ independent, I think I win.” (Photo credit: Jay Weiner / MinnPost)

Strib: Horner ‘Serious Contender’ (Sept. 12, 2010)

Tom Horner at the State Fair (Aug. 30, 2010)

Tom Horner Speaks in St. Cloud (Aug. 16, 2010)

Tom Horner for Minnesota Governor (Aug. 9, 2010)

Vote Tom Horner in Aug. 10 Primary (Aug. 2, 2010)

Horner 2010 Gains Momentum (July 19, 2010)

Horner Campaign at Granite City (June 26, 2010)

Tom Horner Rises in the Polls (June 8, 2010)

Tom Horner’s Statewide Swing (May 12, 2010)

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: One Year Ago — August 23, 2009

Afghan War: Obama’s Hard Choices

One year ago today, I reported that as public support for the Afghanistan war eroded, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Adm. Mike Mullen said the security situation in Afghanistan was serious and deteriorating.

Video

Is support for Afghan war shrinking? (NBC Meet the Press, Aug. 23, 2009) — Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says polling data concerns him, but the threat from al-Qaida and its Taliban allies is real. Adm. Mullen discusses President Barack Obama’s strategy in Afghanistan with NBC’s David Gregory on Meet the Press. (03:26)

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Two Years Ago — August 23, 2008

On the Campaign Trail: Day 40

Kneeling at a monument to life at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Roscoe at the end of the day’s walk.

Two years ago today, on the 40th day of my 2008 campaign against U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann in Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District, I continued my 50-mile walking tour across the Sixth District from Waite Park to Rockville, Cold Spring, Richmond, and Roscoe, stopping by the Rockville Rock-Fest festival and parade.