One interesting statistic coming out of the February 2nd precinct caucuses is that Republican caucus attendees outnumbered Democrat caucus attendees in East Central Minnesota Counties. This is according to numbers reporeted on the Minnesota Secretary of State's website. This may be a good indicator of how enthusiastic each party's base of support is going into the 2010 election season.

Here is the breakdown on attendance by county:

County             GOP             DFL

Carlton              109             131

Chisago             373             166

Isanti                241             100

Kanabec            182              60

Mille Lacs             75              81

Pine                  203             93

Here are the GOP Gubernatorial straw poll results from counties in East Central Minnesota between the two leading candidates, Tom Emmer and Marty Seifert. Results according to the Republican Party of Minnesota website:

County           Emmer       Seifert

Carlton              27             74

Chisago            141           194

Isanti                36            119

Kanabec            37            127

Mille Lacs           47             20

Pine                128             70

Congratulatoins to State Representative Marty Seifert for finishing first place in the gubernatorial straw poll taken by GOP caucus attendees on February 2nd. Seifert garnered just over 50% of the vote in a multi-candidate field, followed by State Representative Tom Emmer in second place with 39 percent of the vote.

Results according to the Secretary of State's office:

Congratulations to Republican Senate Candidate Mike Parry, who won the special election today for the Minnesota State Senate Seat formerly held by Dick Day (R - Owatonna).

Senate District 26 includes the ciities of Waseca, Faribault and Owatonna. Parry won a 3-way race with over 43 percent of the vote. The Secretary of State's website has the full results.

    

Democrats might try to spin their loss by saying that SD 26 is a Republican Seat.