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词条 Minnesota Forward
释义

  1. Criticism over donations

  2. References

  3. External links

Minnesota Forward (or MN Forward[1]) is a political action group[2] funded by local corporations. They were "established to ensure that private-sector job creation and economic growth are at the top of the agenda during the 2010 campaign"[3] Their mission statement says that "MN Forward is an effort by Minnesota job providers to elect a governor and state legislators who understand the importance of creating private-sector jobs and economic opportunity in our state."[4]

As of late summer 2010, MN Forward was supporting a ticket consisting of Tom Emmer for governor, Terri Bonoff, Doug Magnus, and Jim Metzen for State Senate, and Gene Pelowski, Doug Wardlow, and Kurt Zellers for the State House.[5] However, the PAC, which took in $1.9 million in contributions, dedicated 97% of its expenditures towards supporting Emmer and defeating Democratic gubernatorial nominee Mark Dayton.[6]

Criticism over donations

In July 2010, Target Corporation and Best Buy, among others, gave $150,000 and $100,000 respectively to Minnesota Forward. The funds were then spent on campaign ads for Tom Emmer, which provoked criticism by Human Rights Campaign, due to his positions on LGBT rights.[7]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mnforward.com/who-we-are/ |title=Who We Are | MN>Forward |publisher=Mnforward.com |date= |accessdate=2010-11-04}}
2. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/98713934.html |title=New Ads and a New Nod in Minnesota's Governor Race |author=Rachel E. Stassen-Berger |work=Star-Tribune |date=2010-07-18 |accessdate=2010-08-03}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mnforward.com/ |title=Creating jobs. Right here. Right now. - #MN2010 #Stribpol |publisher=MNForward |date= |accessdate=2010-11-04}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mnforward.com/who-we-are/ |title=Who We Are | MN>Forward |publisher=Mnforward.com |date= |accessdate=2010-11-04}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mnforward.com/candidates/ |title=Minnesota 2010 Governor's Election - House & Senate Candidate Races | MN>Forward |publisher=Mnforward.com |date= |accessdate=2010-11-04}}
6. ^{{cite news|last=Caldwell|first=Patrick|title=MN Forward draws more limited corporate support, picks up RGA backing|url=http://minnesotaindependent.com/73093/mn-forward-draws-more-limited-corporate-support-picks-up-rga-backing|newspaper=The Minnesota Independent|date=October 26, 2010}}
7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.hrc.org/14698.htm |title=Target Corporation Message to LGBT Community: We Won't Make it Right |publisher=HRC |date=2010-08-16 |accessdate=2010-11-04 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101022110546/http://www.hrc.org/14698.htm |archivedate=2010-10-22 |df= }}

External links

  • Official website

1 : United States political action committees

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