2012 Election Guide: Your Source for Information on Eagan Candidates
Your one-stop shop for candidate profiles, questionnaires and debate coverage through Nov. 6.
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With just a handful of days left before the Nov. 6 election, the campaigning, mudslinging and political advertisements have reached a fever pitch. So how do you separate all that rhetoric from the facts, and stay informed regarding your choice of local and state candidates in the 2012 election?
Eagan Patch is here to help. Over the last several months, we've dutifully catalogued the twists and turns of the election cycle, and have compiled information on each of your local and state candidates.
To learn more about each of the Eagan City Council, House District 51A, 51B or Senate District 51 candidates, click the links below for their biographical information.
Eagan City Council
Senate District 51
- Jim Carlson, Democratic Candidate for Senate District 51
- Sen. Ted Daley, Republican Candidate for Senate District 51
House District 51A
- Diane Anderson, Republican Candidate for House District 51A
- Sandra Masin, Democratic Candidate for House District 51A
House District 51B
Second Congressional District
- Second Congressional District Rep. John Kline (R)
- Second Congressional District Candidate Mike Obermueller (DFL)
To help voters learn more about Eagan City Council, House District 51A, House District 51B and Senate District 51 candidates, Eagan Patch also asked all candidates to submit their responses to a set of questions regarding their views and accomplishments. Here is what they had to say:
- Q&A: Republican Legislature Did a "Great Job" Turning Economy Around, Anderson Says
- Q&A: Masin Believes Current Legislature Unable to Address Minnesota's Needs
- Q&A: Deficit Spending Puts the Prosperity of Minnesota at Risk, Halverson Says
- Q&A: Sustainable Budget, Prioritized Spending Are Paramount, Wardlow Says
- Q&A: Carlson Wants to Bring Back Ethics and Honesty Back into Politics
- Q&A: Council Must Ensure Lockheed Martin Redevelopment is Sustainable, Fields Says
- Q&A: Tilley Believes Redevelopment and Sustainability Are Pressing Issues in Eagan
Interested in our debate coverage? Look no further. Below are links to our coverage of local political forums:
- Eagan Senate and House Candidates Come Out Swinging at Political Forum
- School Funding, All-Day Kindergarten, Special Education Hot Topics at Education Forum
- Is the Local GOP MIA? Burnsville-Eagan Conservatives Absent from Forum
- Kline on Defensive in First Debate with Obermueller
- Eagan Candidates Talk Voter ID, Marriage Amendments at Rotary Forum
Check back with Eagan Patch frequently; we'll be updating this page as more news becomes available. And on election night, make sure to tune in with Patch for all-day, up-to-the-minute coverage.
Grace Kelly
9:50 am on Monday, November 5, 2012
When our state budget was balanced by borrowing over 2 billion from schools, then how can Republicans claim a surplus when that borrowing is still unpaid?
Even better how can Republicans claim that school funding has "increased" when they just raised the amount that that schools can spend per pupil, while at the same time not paying the schools. The Republicans really did direct schools to just borrow the money.
It is Democrats who believe in education. It is Democrats who believe that an educated workforce will attract more of the innovative new businesses that have driven all of Minnesota's job growth for the last ten years.
Republicans take credit for jobs by claiming all the new jobs come from the richest of the richest. They have vowed to cut taxes on those richest 1%. At the same time your property taxes, your sales taxes and all kinds of fees (hidden taxes) increase.
Studies do show that the richest of the rich to do create new jobs - abroad in places like China, not here. It is Democrats who believe in local jobs and the local economy. It is Democrats who believe in make Minnesota better.
Your choices are Democrats who believe in education and new jobs from innovation or Republicans who claim surpluses that don't exist and who believe that schools are piggy banks to be raided for money.
Your choices are Democrats who believe in local jobs or Republicans who cut taxes for the richest of the rich, creating jobs in places like China.
Sharpie
2:50 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
MUST read:
"Support for Kill List and NDAA make Obama and Romney Unfit for Office"
http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/reawakening-liberty/2012/nov/2/support-kill-list-and-ndaa-make-obama-and-romney-u/
Make a special note to watch the Free and Equal Election Debate between third party Presidential candidates, Gov. Gary Johnson (Libertarian) and Dr. Jill Stein (Green) to be aired tonight on Monday evening, Nov. 5th from 9:00 - 10:30 pm Eastern Time. Perform a worthwhile civic duty, and be certain to listen in on this historic debate so that you can make an informed decision on voting day. Third party candidates who will be on the ballot in most states deserve to be heard. It is a violation of the 1st Amendament rights of third party candidates, and a violation of the free speech rights of every American, for their voices to be silenced.
http://freeandequal.org/?v=1