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Sans third parties, Coleman and Mondale clash in debate

by Erin Madsen
Published November 5, 2002

The gloves came off for the first time as Democratic Senate candidate Walter Mondale and Republican candidate Norm Coleman compared their political experiences and visions for the future in their first...

Mondale absent as Senate candidates debate issues

by Andrew Pritchard
Published November 4, 2002

Minnesota's elder statesman, former Vice President Walter Mondale, made his political presence felt by an absence Friday as he declined to appear on a televised Senate candidate debate sponsored by KSTP-TV...

Final gubernatorial debate focuses on budget deficit, transportation

by Libby George
Published November 4, 2002

In the final debate before Tuesday's elections, the four major gubernatorial candidates challenged each other Friday on Twin Cities Public Television's "Almanac." Facing a state budget deficit of more...

In candidate Mondale, Paul Wellstone’s legacy lives on

Published November 4, 2002

W By Libby George and Andrew Pritchard hen Walter Mondale left elected office for the last time in early 1985, the world had two Germanys, keeping Western technology from the Soviet Union was a national...

Bush stumps for Coleman in 11th hour MN campaign visit

by Andrew Pritchard
Published November 4, 2002

Calling the facility "the house that Norm built," President George W. Bush praised Republican U.S. Senate candidate Norm Coleman on Sunday in front of thousands of supporters at St. Paul's Xcel Center. "The...

First lady rallies Republicans; candidates stress future vision

by Andrew Pritchard
Published November 4, 2002

First lady Laura Bush rallied more than 2,000 Republicans in Eagan on Saturday, promoting the party's state and congressional candidates. "These great candidates will make Minnesota proud," she said. She...

Candidates criticize Mondale for refusing debate invite

by Libby George
Published November 1, 2002

Walter Mondale might have accepted the DFL bid for Senate, but he will not accept an invitation to the Star Tribune-KSTP debate scheduled for tonight. Candidates from the three other major parties have...

Supreme Court orders changes to absentee ballots

by Dan Haugen
Published November 1, 2002

The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled late Thursday afternoon that county election officials must provide revised, supplemental U.S. Senate absentee ballots to anyone who requests one. The order comes two...

DFL delegates line up behind former VP Walter Mondale

by Andrew Pritchard
Published October 31, 2002

Cheering DFL delegates needed less time to nominate Walter Mondale than he needed to walk through the crowd to the podium and accept. "Tonight the nation, in fact the whole world, is watching Minnesota,...

Coleman and Republicans revive their campaigns

by Libby George
Published October 31, 2002

Responding to what Republican Party State Chairman Rob Eibensteiner called a "memorial service for Paul Wellstone (that) became a 'Get out the Vote' rally," Republicans on Wednesday encouraged party members...

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