Keith Downey, the co-chair Kurt Bills’ disastrous U.S. Senate campaign in 2012 – which earned 30 percent of the vote against U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar – has announced he is running for chairman of the Republican Party of Minnesota. A former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, Downey most recently lost in 2012 to replace Senator Geoff Michel in the Minnesota Senate. It’s widely accepted that Downey has his eyes on higher office – he didn’t rule out running [...]

