Election Congress 4

UPDATED 8/19/2012 Candidates on the November ballot:

Betty McCollum (DFL) - incumbent

Tony Hernandez (Republican)

Steve Carlson (Independent)

Republican newcomer Tony Hernandez faces an uphill battle trying to unseat Betty McCollum in Democratic District 4

By Brian Arola, The Minnesota Daily

Fourth Congressional District Republican candidate Tony Hernandez speaks to constituents at the Hill-Murray School homecoming football game. Hernandez is running against U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum and Independence Party candidate Steve Carlson. ( Photo by Ichigo Takikawa)

From affluent Stillwater to urban St. Paul, Minnesota’s 4th Congressional District covers both sides of the political spectrum.

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Attending Congressional District 4 political convention

By Dick Bernard, Outside the Walls

I’m a Democrat (called DFL (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) in Minnesota).

Today I attended the 4th Congressional District Convention as a voting delegate. This was my first 4th CD Convention. It was a simple matter of redistricting due to the 2010 Census. The previous ten years we lived at the same address, but in the 6th CD.

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Outside the Walls

Redistricting — who's safe, who's not, who's running against a friend

By Mary Turck, News Day

After redistricting, Michele Bachmann no longer lives in the Sixth Congressional District. No problem: she's going to run for Congress in the Sixth again anyway. The law doesn't say you have to live in the district you represent in Congress. (Who knew?)

Since she spent months claiming and proclaiming her Iowa roots, maybe she could run for Congress there?

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News Day

McCollum, challengers seek endorsement this weekend

By Lawrence Schumacher, TC Daily Planet

Ramsey County DFLers meet on Saturday to decide whether to endorse U.S. Rep.

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