One of the brilliant career moves made by Republican operative Michael Brodkorb before he lost his job as communications director at the Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus was to sign up as the campaign manager/advisor for Mike Parry's First District congressional campaign.
That worked out well for both of them. Ask Congressman Walz.
Now Brodkorb's successor, Brad Biers, who is still listed as Communication Director on the MNSRC staff roster has signed on as advisor to Aaron Miller, who announced against Walz today (despite much tweeting about Brodkorb's blogging protegee at MDE, Luke Hellier, becoming "press secretary"; Hellier, who started Monday, is on the roster as a "researcher).
The word about Biers was reported in The Morning Take (and a conservative source confirmed this to Bluestem):
CD1: Today Republican Aaron Miller will announce his candidacy for Congress. Miller’s website went up yesterday. Brad Biers is advising his campaign, Biers ran Brian Davis’ CD1 campaign in 2008.
Davis, who collected 32.93 percent of the 2008 vote to Walz's 62.50 percent, was one of the Republicans on hand at today's announcement, according to a tweet by Post Bulletin reporter Heather Carlson.
The Walz campaign declined to comment, while state DFL chair Ken Martin shared choice words with Carlson:
Walz's campaign declined to comment specifically on Miller as a candidate. The campaign's finance director, Trevor Vauble, issued the following statement: "With multiple candidates now running in the primary, the Republicans will have a process to select their nominee. Tim Walz is working hard for southern Minnesotans and focusing on creating jobs, investing in education and advocating for our nation's veterans."
In a statement, Minnesota DFL Chairman Ken Martin said he will be eager to see how Miller and Benson plan "to appease the Tea Party elements" in their quest for the Republican endorsement.
"Southern Minnesotans know that more extremism in Congress is not what we need right now, and they know we already have a champion for veterans, farmers and middle-class families in Congress, Tim Walz," Martin said.
For more on Biers' style, check out Bluestem's 2011 post, Scott Kranz, Brian Davis and the missing years of Brad Biers. The Davis campaign was marked by a nastiness unsusual in southern Minnesota, directed toward Republican contenders like Dick Day as well as Walz; with Biers on board, Mike Benson and advisor Andy Parrish should be prepared.
Will Biers keep working for the Minnesota Senate while running Miller's campaign?
Photo: Republican operative Brad Biers.
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