Media coverage of MN political races in The Minneapolis Star-Tribune


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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.

Civil Rights     Walter Mondale: Supports gay spousal benefits but not gay marriage.

Crime     Karin Housley: Fight to end criminal elderly abuse in senior care homes.

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.

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.

Energy & Oil     Al Franken: Delay Keystone pipeline; but if built, use American steel.

Environment     Al Franken: Ok the PolyMet copper mine only after 9-year review.

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.

Free Trade     Norm Coleman: Supports permanent normal trade relations with China.     Walter Mondale: Supports permanent normal trade relations with China.     Walter Mondale: Supports NAFTA.

Government Reform     Tim Walz: State investments come back to you tenfold over.     Mike McFadden: Effective but limited government, stressing "limited".

Gun Control     Howard Dean: Endorsed by NRA eight times as VT governor.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Social Security     Walter Mondale: Privatizing Social Security is "a dreadful idea".

Tax Reform     Walter Mondale: Cut FICA taxes on poor instead of tax cuts for rich.

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.

Welfare & Poverty     Jason Lewis: People on government assistance are parasites & scoundrels.

Click for quotations from other sources by: Al Franken Democrat/DFL Jr Senator (resigned 2017) Minnesota Amy Klobuchar Minnesota Democratic candidate for President; Minnesota Senator Dick Cheney Former Republican Vice President Howard Dean Democrat Ilhan Omar Democrat U.S. Rep Minnesota-5 Jason Lewis Republican Senate challenger Minnesota Jim Abeler Republican challenger Minnesota Jim Hagedorn Republican U.S. Rep Minnesota-1 John McCain Republican Karin Housley Republican candidate for Minnesota U.S. Senator Minnesota Kelli Ward Republican candidate for Arizona U.S. Senator Arizona Kelly Morrison Democrat U.S. Rep Minnesota-3 Lori Swanson Minnesota Democratic candidate for governor of Minnesota Lou Barletta Pennsylvania Former Republican candidate for Pennsylvania Governor Martha McSally Republican appointee for Arizona U.S. Senator Arizona Mike McFadden Republican Challenger Minnesota Mike Murphy Minnesota Republican candidate for governor Norm Coleman Former Republican Senator; lost court battle, 2009 Minnesota Paul Gazelka Minnesota Republican Gubernatorial Challenger Royce White Republican Challenger Minnesota Scott Jensen Minnesota Republican challenger for Governor Tim Walz Minnesota DFL Governor & V.P. nominee Tina Liebling Minnesota Democratic candidate for Governor Tina Smith Minnesota Democratic Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Walter Mondale Former Democratic Challenger and Vice President (1981) Minnesota Wesley Clark Democrat