Candidates for state auditor will be on Almanac tonight
Posted at 4:56 PM on September 8, 2006
by Tom Scheck
Republican State Auditor Pat Anderson, DFLer Rebecca Otto, Independence Party member Lucy Gerold and Green Party candidate Dave Berger will debate numbers and stuff on Public TV's Almanac program this evening. The race for Minnesota Auditor has gotten a bit nasty over the summer with Anderson and Otto debating, well, numbers and stuff.
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