Senate opponents take to the countryside; Grass-roots effort heart of Grams' claim on outstate.(NEWS)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: September 17, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

In his first postprimary campaign swing, U.S. Sen. Rod Grams drove his trademark tractor through throngs of rural Minnesotans attending the city's Turkey Days Festival on Saturday and otherwise kept to soft-sell politics.

In a 90-second speech, the Republican senator skipped ideological politics and read from a list of Top 10 reasons why a turkey race is preferable to a political race, including "when turkeys race, you actually have something to cheer about."

Grams, who also helped referee the blocklong traditional turkey race - won Saturday by the Minnesota entry ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

Trent Lott stops in and speaks up for Grams.(NEWS)
; ...money for U.S. Sen. Rod Grams, who has been described...criticism by DFL opponents that Grams' agenda is too much like...emphasized the tax-cut theme that Grams has made the centerpiece...dozen toddlers decked out in Grams' campaign color (red), and by parents...tax credit sponsored by ...
Grams' campaign-fund balance gives Democrats hope for 2000; The senator's supporters respond that it's early and that incumbents have a clear edge in raising money.(NEWS)
; 1/3 Sen. Rod Grams, R-Minn., has his work cut...for their reelection runs. Grams' campaign committee started the year...as further evidence that Grams is among the most vulnerable...people of Minnesota. While Grams has not formally announced...said, He's gonna run again. Grams' ...
Grams' bankroll low for a GOP incumbent; He raised nearly $4 million in 5 years but has spent about two-thirds of it.(NEWS)
; Sen. Rod Grams' campaign committee raised $3.85 million during...vulnerable Republican in the Senate. Grams' campaign manager, Richard Tostenson, said the pundits don't understand Grams' campaign strategy, which he concedes is a bit...
Routes differ sharply along money trail; How U.S. Senate candidates Grams and Dayton are paying for their campaigns is one of the major contrasts.(NEWS)
; ...in St. Peter, Minn., said the Grams campaign's hard-edged TV ad last week attacking...provided $1.3 million for the Grams campaign. Dayton even has forsworn help...Committee, on which Grams sits. Grams campaign manager Pat Fiske said recently...
Grams aide keeps low profile in the tumult; Christine Gunhus, the focus of an investigation over anonymous e-mail attacks, is a major force behind Grams.(NEWS)
; ...1992 House campaign. When Grams moved to Washington the next...staff. Gunhus traveled with Grams to China in 1996 and Africa...involved in staff shake-ups in Grams' Washington office, Gunhus...seized from her home. The Grams campaign maintains that nothing is...into this political process, ...
Grams: Not your typical senator; The former TV anchor is reserved, even shy at times. Yet he has become a dogged advocate for the conservative, free-market ideology.(NEWS)
; ...many ways, he is an unlikely senator. Rod Grams arrived in Washington five years ago as...polished world of Washington politics, Grams often appears awkward, unsophisticated. But at the midpoint of his first Senate term, Grams is quietly establishing a base of expertise...
The weight of Grams; Despite predictions that Minnesota's junior senator will be vulnerable in the next election, few people have emerged as viable challengers.(NEWS)
; Despite U.S. Sen. Rod Grams' alleged vulnerability, it's pretty quiet...the opposition is forming late because Grams isn't so vulnerable after all. Others...win. Washington oddsmakers tend to rank Grams, R-Minn., high on the endangered list...
Grams makes his stand; A modest man with simple plan; The reserved GOP candidate hopes that his actions in the Senate - including $500-per-child tax credit - will speak louder than words.(NEWS)
; ...music at campaign events, U.S. Sen. Rod Grams these days resembles the underdog hero...when he first was elected to Congress, Grams is still fighting for reelection as a modest...government. Like the Western archetype, Grams can lay claim to delivering on his word...
Dayton fulfills Grams' demand that he open FBI investigation files.(NEWS)
; ...campaign allegedly engaged. Grams' camp again declined to do...available to comment, she said. Grams had suggested that the Black...this year. Ruhland denounced Grams' move as a modern-day witch...Minnesota. She added: The Grams campaign has tried to make people...contained within. The ...
Grams sees future as door wide open; The senator isn't ruling out another run for office.(NEWS)
; Sen. Rod Grams rented an Audi in Germany last month, celebrating...towns of his great-grandfather's motherland, Grams is back in Washington, where he's surveying...that he finds loaded with possibilities. Grams, 52, said he is not closing the door to...