Time for the annual photo wrap up of the Blue State Ball, the annual get together my radio station does! Let's go!
First off is the Venue. The Blaisdell Mansion in Minneapolis has been converted into a top notch location.
The first VIP was the triumphant return of Thom Hartman, the national host and noted author. He had an incredible speech on the power of the 'cult' and what you have to do to break the cult leader's spell. He said he changed his speech topic after he watched Trump on CSPAN.
Our second VIP was the wildly intelligent and hilarious John Fuglesang. He hosts his own Sirius XM show, and has been to the Twin Cities for the Blue State Ball, the Sexy Liberal Tour and various solo performances over the years. His fan base is strong!
Our main political speakers included Minnesota's longest serving politician, Rep. Lyndon Carlson.
Crowd favorite and DFL candidate for MN Senate, Richard Painter.
Hennepin County Sheriff Dave Hutch!
Other politicians how showed up included State Auditor Julie Blaha.
Representative Kristin Bahner.
As well as Representatives from the House DFL majority Samantha Vang and Mike Freiberg.
The whole station crew was there too, staring with my main producers Brett and Hunter.
Host Doug Pagitt
And the main crew, including Chad, the station owner.
And the best dressed man of the night, producer Eric!
A lot of our other hosts were there too, like Robert Pilot and Uncle Curtis, Paul Metsa, and Ellie Krug.
Even former host Mike McIntee.
And here are two very important people. Janet Robert and former Rep. Bill Luther are the ones who are responsible for Minneapolis/St. Paul having a progressive radio station. They started it long ago and their commitment to the format is why we are one of the few remaining markets with a liberal talk presence.
And they let this fool back on stage too!
And we can't forget the great listeners who showed up!
We partied into the evening!
Thanks to everyone who came out and made it a great night. It was a blast.
We'll see you in 2020!
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