INTRODUCTIONS
G Scott Aikens (aikens@Free-Net.Mpls-StPaul.MN.US)
Sun, 30 Oct 1994 20:59:48 -0600
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MN E-DEMOCRACY, E-DEBATES 1994
sponsered by the League of Women Voters of MN
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SENATE DEBATE:
U.S. Senators are elected for a 6-year term. The person must be 30
years old, a citizen of the United States for nine years, a resident
of the state and elected by the people. Salary: $133,600.
INTRODUCTION TO THE CANDIDATES (arranged alphabetically):
DEAN M. BARKLEY
Independence Party
Age:
43
Residence:
Plymouth
Occupation:
Mortgage Broker
Education:
Annandale High School; University of Minnesota, Bachelor of
Science with Distinction; University of Minnesota, Juris
Doctorate; Mortgage Broker
Experience:
I have been involved in small business my entire life. We need
people from the private sector to bring their experience to
Washington.
Priorities if elected:
We must remove the corrupting influence of special interests
from the political process before we will ever see any
meaningful deficit reduction or health care reform. PAC
contributions are nothing more than bribes that have been made
legal by Senators whose only interest is in remaining in power.
Without public financing of campaigns and a ban on PAC
contributions, nothing will ever change.
ROD GRAMS
Independent-Republican
Age:
46
Residence:
Ramsey
Occupation:
U.S. Representative
Education:
St. Frances High School, Anoka; Anoka- Ramsey Junior College; U
of MN; Brown Institute; Carroll College, Helena, Montana
Experience:
Spent 23 years in radio and television broadcasting, including
9 years as news anchor at KMSP; 10 years as a home builder;
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Priorities if elected:
My top priorities will be cutting taxes for middle-class
American families and eliminate the budget deficit. My
"Families First" legislation will accomplish this by providing
working families an annual $500 per child tax credit ($500
million to Minnesota families) and placing a two percent cap on
spending growth, which would balance the budget in eight years.
MAREA HIMELGRIN
Socialist Workers
Age:
34
Residence
St. Paul
Occupation:
Factory worker
Education:
High School graduate
Experience:
Rank and file trade union activist. Have helped organize strike
support and protests against Washington's wars and embargo of
Cuba, police brutality, racist attacks and farm foreclosures.
Have helped defend abortion clinics from Operation Rescue.
Priorities if elected:
Working people and youth are confronting the capitalist profit
system's march toward war and fascism. If elected, my office
would serve as a tribune of the people. We would use it in the
fight for a workers and farmers government in this country and
in the world wide struggle for socialism.
ANN WYNIA
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Age:
51
Residence:
St. Paul
Occupation:
Teacher
Education:
B.A., University of Texas, Arlington; M.A. in political
science, University of Wisconsin
Experience:
Taught American Government at North Hennepin Community College
since 1970; elected to the MN. House of Representatives, 1976;
House Majority Leader, 1987; Commissioner of Human Services,
1989
Priorities if elected:
Meeting the challenge of the three deficits:
1. Balancing the budget. We must do a better job prioritizing
programs and increasing value for dollars spent.
2. Children need economically secure families, a good education,
safe communities and health care if their future and our
nation's future are able to be strong.
3. The environment: protecting the earth's water, land and air
resources.
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