Andy Aplikowski
Recovering Republican. Andy stood up to the fraud, corruption, unethical, and RINOs in Minnesota's Republican Party - Unfortunately all the people he stood up to have all the power now. He's taking a step back from political involvement, well party involvement, and putting his passion and energy into conservative principles and the candidates who deserve support because they actually stand for what he believes in. Blind loyalty to politicians based on party ID is what has turned the GOP into a windsock, Andy tried to solve that problem.... well, let's just say that the people that run the MNGOP put about as much effort into discrediting and smearing Andy as they do making sure there is a tracker with a camera on Al Franken whenever he is in town. That's right, the people who couldn't stop Al Franken from winning the election.... Oh nevermind. Be sure to check out his blog Residual Forces.





Nancy LaRoche grew up in a Democrat family: her aunt was Hubert Humphrey's personal secretary and uncle was a U.S. Labor Dept. official. After a long stint as an independent, she joined the GOP in 2002 after the infamous Wellstone memorial/DFL rally — but values principals over party.