Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann retains her Congressional seat

[eb22]

Very good news on a mostly grim day:



http://www.mndaily.com/2008/11/04/bachmann-wins-6th-district


Bachmann wins 6th District

BY Aaron Paitich & Lori Wolter
PUBLISHED: 11/05/2008


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TONY MORIMOTO, DAILY
Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann defended her seat in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, taking 46.4 percent of the vote with 100 percent of precincts reporting.

Democrat El Tinklenberg received 43.4 percent of the votes.

“The election was about the work I've done with the bailout and bringing gas down to $2 a gallon,” Bachmann said. “People care about the issues.”

She added early in the evening that she was excited and confident about her chances.

Despite national scrutiny from “anti-American” comments she made about people in Congress, including President-Elect Barack Obama, Bachmann performed well in Minnesota's 6th Congressional District, which is traditionally conservative.

Campaign money flooded in for challenger El Tinklenberg’s campaign shortly after Bachmann’s comments were heard across the country, but it wasn’t enough, as he conceded early Wednesday.

Bachmann was first elected in 2006, making her the first Republican woman to represent Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The win is one of few for Republicans running for Congress, as Democrats did well across the country.

Bachmann grew up in Anoka and graduated from Winona State University. She later received her law degree from the Coburn School of Law and a degree in tax law from the College of William and Mary's Marshall-Wythe School of Law .

[RanterMaximus]

   She had the guts to expose Obama for who he is.

[eb22]

   Exactly,  RanterMaximus.   

   
  If Michele Bachmann,   not John McCain,   was on top of the Republican Ticket,    we would have had a much better chance for victory.

[mord]

Great and she's great