Posted at 8:23 PM on September 16, 2008
by Curtis Gilbert
The candidates vying to succeed U.S. Rep. Jim Ramstad, R-Minn., debated issues ranging from Iraq to Social Security to gay marriage in a forum this evening sponsored by AARP and Twin Cities Public Television.
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