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Jorge Saavedra joined the race for the seat being vacated by Rep. Martin Sabo on March 23, 2006. He first made a name for himself as an attorney representing workers at a Holiday Inn Express who were arrested and put into deportation proceedings. In his candidacy announcement, Saavedra said "I'm in this race to speak out for an end to the war in Iraq, to speak out for working people and for children in the community." He said his priority, if elected, will be to "bring our troops home quickly, and establish a true international peacekeeping force." He also advocates universal health care, more investment in basic education, labor rights, immigratin reform, and incentives toward alternative fuel production.
Jorge Saavedra joined the race for the seat being vacated by Rep. Martin Sabo on March 23, 2006. He first made a name for himself as an attorney representing workers at a Holiday Inn Express who were arrested and put into deportation proceedings. In his candidacy announcement, Saavedra said "I'm in this race to speak out for an end to the war in Iraq, to speak out for working people and for children in the community." He said his priority, if elected, will be to "bring our troops home quickly, and establish a true international peacekeeping force." He also advocates universal health care, more investment in basic education, labor rights, immigratin reform, and incentives toward alternative fuel production.
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Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, one of the biggest names in the Democratic Party, spent Monday in Minnesota -- campaigning for Democrats and signing copies of his new book. The atmosphere at the book signing was worthy of a rock star.
(10/30/2006)
Political candidates seem to have commandeered the airwaves. Neighborhoods are thick with lawn signs. And television ads extol the virtues of voting. What's an anarchist to do?
(10/30/2006)
Should Minnesota constitutionally dedicate its motor vehicle sales tax to fund roads and transit? Voters will decide that question on Nov. 7, and the University of Minnesota, Duluth sponsored a debate on the merits of the MVST amendment.
(Midday, 10/30/2006)
The St. Paul Schools' current levy referendum is expiring next summer. So the district board is asking taxpayers to pay more than $20 million dollars a year for six years to avoid cutting school programs.
(10/30/2006)
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kennedy
questioned the honesty of his Democratic opponent Amy Klobuchar
during a debate Sunday night, scaling up his rhetoric against her
with 10 days to go until the election.
(10/29/2006)
Minnesota's candidates for governor sparred Sunday night in their first televised debate of the campaign. Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty, DFL candidate Mike Hatch and the Independence Party's Peter Hutchinson disagreed on issues such as transportation, immigration and property taxes.
(10/29/2006)
Television commercial breaks are flooded with political ads, but more money could be flowing to local stations.
(10/27/2006)
Voters in Minnesota's 6th District are poised to elect a woman to Congress this year. But which woman?
(10/27/2006)
With less than two weeks to go until the election, GOP candidates are running ads on immigration. One reason is that the issue is important to GOP voters.
(10/27/2006)
With less than two weeks to go before election day, candidates around Minnesota and interested parties are producing new political ads and buying air time at a feverish pace.
(10/27/2006)
The two major parties are both asking voters to give them control of Congress in this year's election. But, on an individual level, what qualities make a good lawmaker?
(Midday, 10/26/2006)
A proposed constitutional amendment to dedicate
tax dollars to state transportation needs will remain on the Nov. 7
ballot, despite arguments that its wording is confusing, the
state Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.
(10/26/2006)
A collection of recent Minnesota Public Radio reports examining some of the issues in the races for the U.S. Senate and the governor's office.
(Midday, 10/26/2006)
Minnesota's major party U.S. Senate candidates each offer a different approach to dealing with the war in Iraq.
(10/26/2006)
Like he did in the stretch run four years ago, Republican Gov.
Tim Pawlenty began airing an immigration-themed ad. Meanwhile,
Democratic challenger Mike Hatch expressed a willingness to approve
a gas tax increase despite his personal opposition to it.
(10/25/2006)
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