Travis Silvers.

I wanted to give my thoughts on this race separate from yesterdays post.  The republicans had a primary for the 7B house seat.  There where two on the ballot, Travis Silvers and Carla Bayerl.  Silvers won the primary with 371 votes (57%) to Bayerl 275 votes (42%).  The total votes in that race was 646 remember that it will be an issue.

Travis Silvers has ran in many races and lost them all much like Becky Hall.  Silvers is nothing more then the poster boy for the old republican views up here in northern Minnesota.  It 's why he has no chance in the general election against Erik Simonson (DFL). Hall and Silvers hold on the old and everything wrong with the republican party here in northern Minnesota. 

 It's funny how the leaders of the party say they want new leaders with fresh views, yet when some one tries to do that they get beat down with in by the party leaders.  It's why I leaved the party a number of years ago.

It is sad to think where the party could be if they really cared, and listened to all that wanted to be involved in stead of just the few sheep they have leading the party in to the ground.  

Silvers got just 371 votes in the primary, yes it was a low turn out but it was on both sides yet Simonson who did not face a challenger got 1601 votes (100%) of the DFL vote.  Add the two vote totals of the republicans together and you 646 votes.  Simonson got better then twice the number of votes combined.  This race was over before it started. 

Good luck poster boy Silvers you are going to need it!!!