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Abortion Karin Housley: Pro-choice advocates don't represent state's everyday values. Paul Gazelka: Pro-life, might support Texas-style abortion ban. Walter Mondale: Opposes ban on partial-birth abortion. Walter Mondale: Vote against nominees who would overturn Roe v. Wade. Scott Jensen: Let Minnesotans vote on constitutional abortion ban. Tim Walz: Abortion is on the ballot with my anti-choice opponent . Tina Smith: Served as a Planned Parenthood executive. |
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Civil Rights Walter Mondale: Supports gay spousal benefits but not gay marriage. |
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Crime Karin Housley: Fight to end criminal elderly abuse in senior care homes. |
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Drugs Mike Murphy: Possibly legalize marijuana to raise state funds. Jim Abeler: Don't legalize and regulate the sale of adult-use cannabis. Karin Housley: Don't legalize and regulate the sale of adult-use cannabis. Kelly Morrison: Legalize and regulate the sale of recreational cannabis. Tim Walz: Signed legalization & regulation of recreational cannabis. Tina Liebling: Legalize and regulate the sale of recreational cannabis. Lisa Demuth: Don't legalize and regulate the sale of adult-use cannabis. |
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Education Dick Cheney: Bush focuses on accountability; Gore on status quo. Jim Abeler: Oppose Common Core's centralized federal oversight. Scott Jensen: Start funding kids, not broken institutions. Tim Walz: Vision of inclusivity, vs. defunding our schools. |
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Energy & Oil Al Franken: Delay Keystone pipeline; but if built, use American steel. |
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Environment Al Franken: Ok the PolyMet copper mine only after 9-year review. |
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Foreign Policy Ilhan Omar: Anti-Israel tropes sparked House Resolution & apology. Jason Lewis: Question dual loyalty of American Jews toward Israel. Walter Mondale: Push North Korea to drop its nuclear program. |
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Free Trade Norm Coleman: Supports permanent normal trade relations with China. Walter Mondale: Supports permanent normal trade relations with China. Walter Mondale: Supports NAFTA. |
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Government Reform Tim Walz: State investments come back to you tenfold over. Mike McFadden: Effective but limited government, stressing "limited". |
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Gun Control Howard Dean: Endorsed by NRA eight times as VT governor. |
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Health Care Jason Lewis: Keep pre-existing condition coverage in replacement plans. Jim Abeler: Big companies benefit from ObamaCare but not regular people. Jim Abeler: Preventative care; coordinated treatment; low-income clinics. John McCain: Voted against repealing ObamaCare's individual mandate. Walter Mondale: Adding prescription drug benefit to Medicare. |
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Homeland Security Lori Swanson: Joined other AG's in fight to keep transgendered troops. Norm Coleman: Continue R&D on missile defense, and deploy it. Walter Mondale: R&D on missile defense, but deployment destabilizes. Al Franken: Let companies reveal how much data NSA has gathered. Mike McFadden: We need a national strategy against ISIS, and don't have one. |
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Immigration Jim Hagedorn: Illegal immigration overwhelms communities; disrupts order. Kelli Ward: No amnesty & no compromise on immigrant family separation. Lou Barletta: Avoiding immigrant family separation is amnesty. Martha McSally: Study proposals to deal with immigrant family separation. Mike McFadden: Secure the borders, then conditional path to citizenship. Ilhan Omar: Trump lying about Minnesota Somalis "plundering" $19 billion. |
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Principles & Values Jim Abeler: Former investment banker; outsider with no voting record. Paul Gazelka: Driven by his Christian faith, fought same sex marriage. Amy Klobuchar: Father was a popular columnist at Minneapolis Star Tribune. Royce White: Reach out to disenfranchised Democrats AND Trump supporters. |
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Social Security Walter Mondale: Privatizing Social Security is "a dreadful idea". |
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Tax Reform Walter Mondale: Cut FICA taxes on poor instead of tax cuts for rich. |
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War & Peace Walter Mondale: Fight war on terror without infringing civil liberties. Walter Mondale: Against authorizing use of force in Iraq. Wesley Clark: Bush's terrorism policy is "all bully and no pulpit". Al Franken: Supported airstrikes in Syria to fight ISIS. |
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Welfare & Poverty Jason Lewis: People on government assistance are parasites & scoundrels. |
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