The Minnesota House Republican Campaign Committee (HRCC) is the legislative party unit of the MNGOP. As a party unit, the Campaign Finance Board recuses itself from enforcement of party rules and only governs over the applicable campaign finance laws. Unfortunately, the leadership of the MNGOP also refuses to hold the HRCC accountable despite it constantly acting as a rogue agent for unendorsed RINOs.

MN Statute Sec. 10A.01 subdivision 30 specifically notes that legislative blocks like the HRCC fall under the "party unit" category. See below:

While many RINO politicians will try to spin it, even Establishment puppet Walter Hudson has admitted that the HRCC is a party unit. The top people in charge of the HRCC was Lisa Demuth as its Chair, Paul Torkelson as its Treasurer, and Harry Niska and Josh Heintzeman as the steering committee. On previous episodes of The Truth Hurts, Reps. Walter Hudson and Mike Weiner incredibly said they had never seen HRCC bylaws and were unsure how HRCC leadership was decided despite both being members of the party unit.

Apparently we just learned the answer, power is given unilaterally!

In Lisa Demuth’s Governor campaign launch at the Capitol building she announced that she would be handing off several responsibilities of her leadership post, including running the HRCC, to GOP floor leader Harry Niska. With no known self-governing rules of the HRCC, the House GOP members can seemingly do nothing about Niska’s installation! According to the CFB website, Niska is listed as both the Chair and the Treasurer of the HRCC.

As seen in previous A4L reporting, the HRCC began demanding $25K from GOP legislators just to attempt to be a part of leadership. Grassroots conservatives should control the Republican party, not corrupt pay-to-play schemes.

Additionally, A4L reporting has exposed how the HRCC has protected RINO incumbents who fail to win the endorsement of their local Republican Party. In the last election cycle, the HRCC spent tens of thousands of dollars protecting unendorsed RINOs Greg Davids (26B), Brian Johnson (28A) and Ron Kresha (10A). Each of the deep red seats had no chance of going to the Democrats, highlighting that the HRCC would rather protect RINOs in conservative areas than go after Democrat-held swing district seats to gain a majority. 

Article IV, Section 8 of the MNGOP Bylaws prohibits party officers from using “their official position to promote pre-primary endorsement support or induce the candidacy of any individual by assuring Party support prior to any endorsement by the convention which is representative of the entire electorate for the office.” Article VI, Section 3.A.5 of the MNGOP Constitution states that party resources can only be used to benefit endorsed candidates.

In short, that means the HRCC is violating the MNGOP Constitution and Bylaws and is acting outside of its bounds as a sanctioned party unit! The HRCC must abide by party endorsements or they should LOSE their party status!

The endorsements issued by the grassroots of the MNGOP should not continue to undermined by the RINO political insider class. The incumbency protection racket of the HRCC is the antithesis of the kind of government that Constitutionalist, liberty-conservative envision.

Rep. Harry Niska will now control the HRCC and is responsible if they work against the interests of grassroots conservatives in the 2026 primary. Niska can either clean up the corruption of the HRCC or he can continue the failed status quo. If Niska can promote fairness over incumbency and honor the endorsement regardless of which RINO was rejected by their constituents, he can turn things around.

Conservatives can email Harry Niska and DEMAND the HRCC only supports endorsed candidates in 2026! Email him here: [email protected] and [email protected]

Action 4 Liberty continues to stand shoulder to shoulder with the conservative grassroots of Minnesota by demanding accountability from our government. We The People are fed up with corruption and will tolerate it no longer. Action 4 Liberty will never waiver in our mission to protect liberty for the next generation and that requires exposing the waste, fraud, and abuse done by both Team Blue and Team Red politicians.