Polinaut Category Archive: U.S. MN CD2

Kline encourages Coleman to fight on

Posted at 10:09 AM on June 29, 2009 by Tom Scheck (1 Comments)
Filed under: U.S. MN CD2

Republican Congressman John Kline told reporters this morning that he wants Republican Norm Coleman to continue his legal fight in Minnesota's long-running U.S. Senate race "until we can get as much confidence in Minnesota and in the nation that the results are accurate."

Kline also said he'd like to see the MN Supreme Court say "There isn't a winner here. We cannot declare a winner" and said he'd like to see Minnesota have runoff elections.

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John Kline's victory speech

Posted at 10:31 PM on November 4, 2008 by Molly Bloom (1 Comments)
Filed under: Campaign 2008, U.S. MN CD2

Tonight, Republican Rep. John Kline defeated DFL challenger Steve Sarvi.

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Sarvi ad rips Kline on bailout

Posted at 10:24 AM on October 29, 2008 by Curtis Gilbert
Filed under: U.S. MN CD2

DFL 2nd District congressional candidate Steve Sarvi is attacking his Republican opponent for supporting the $700 billion financial bailout. But his new TV ad doesn't mention that Sarvi also supported the bailout.

The ad says U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., "took $783,000 from financial interests, then paid $700 billion to bail them out."

In an Oct. 13 debate, Sarvi said he would have voted for the final bailout bill, too, albeit reluctantly.

"I would have supported the second one," Sarvi said.

Sarvi opposed an earlier draft of the bill, because it "didn't do enough for middle class." Kline voted for both versions of the bailout.

"This is a financial crisis of historic proportions," Kline said, adding that he voted for both bills "grudgingly."

"Nobody likes the idea of giving to anybody $700 billion to spend as he or she sees fit," he said.