Election Congress 6

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

Michele Bachmann (Republican) - incumbent

Jim Graves (DFL)

 

Michele Bachmann's first debate with opponent Jim Graves in 6th Congressional District race

By Michael McIntee, The Uptake

Representative Michele Bachmann held her first debate since she quit running for President. Her opponent for Congress in next week's election is Democrat Jim Graves. The debate was held Tuesday afternoon in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

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Jim Graves, CEO of Graves Hospitality Corporation, faces U.S. Representative Bachmann in race for Congressional District 6

By Bryna Godar, The Minnesota Daily

As the Congressional race draws on between Republican U.S. Rep.

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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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Bachmann-Clark debate—Live!

By The Uptake

The Uptake offers live streaming video of the Michele Bachmann-Tarryl Clark debate at 12:30 on October 26. Click here to see it!

 

 

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Clark gets nod from St. Cloud Times as Horner gets Strib, Forum endorsements

By Paul Schmelzer, Minnesota Independent

It was a good weekend for Tom Horner, the Indepedence Party candidate for governor. He picked up endorsements from editorial boards in some of Minnesota’s biggest papers, including the dailies in Duluth and Minneapolis. Less surprising is Tarryl Clark’s endorsement over incumbent Republican Michele Bachmann by the St. Cloud Times: that paper endorsed the last Democrat to take on Bachmann, Elwyn Tinklenberg, in 2008. 

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Bachmann spokesperson won't give straight answer on candidate debates

By Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent

Annie Baxter tried to get the facts on how many debates Rep.

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St. Cloud Times: "Bachmann's health care claims falter"

By Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent

The St. Cloud Times is the latest in a string of major local and national media outlets that have taken issue with Rep. Michele Bachmann's public statements about health care reform.

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Bachmann: ‘I’m not going to fear Keith Olbermann’

By David Weigel, Minnesota Independent

At a briefing for conservative bloggers at the Heritage Foundation today, Rep. Michelle Bachmann dismissed MSNBC as a network neither she nor "most of the American people" paid attention to.

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Reed announces campaign staff

By Paul Demko, Minnesota Independent

Jason Isaacson will serve as campaign manager for Maureen Reed as she seeks to defeat U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann. Isaacson previously worked on Al Franken's U.S. Senate campaign.

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Clark adds more labor support in race to unseat Bachmann

By Paul Demko, Minnesota Independent

Tarryl Clark has received endorsements from the Minnesota AFL-CIO and the Minnesota Building and Construction Trades Council in her campaign to unseat U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann.

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