MN Statehouse candidates meet in forum

Candidates debate

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Candidates running to represent rochester in the minnesota house of representative s sqared off during a local forum tonight.

Kimt news three's anthony monzon tuned in live for the discussion.

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Katie... george... the candidates in each of these races presented starkly different visions of how they would like to represent rochester at the state house.

Xxx candidates vying to represent districts 26a and 26b in the minnesota house of representative s... being pressed tonight on major issues.

Nat: "that's an extremely difficult question" during a virtual discussion streamed on the rochester public library's facebook page... candidates were asked about topics including gun control and election security.

In the race for 26a... incumbent tina leibling and challenger gary melin expressed vastly divergent takes on how the state of minnesota has responded to covid?

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"i don't think it' too much... these rules have become so politicized that many people don't do it" "we have more people that die from the flu... roe v wade in 1973 called abortion."

On that same now candidates did respond largely along party lines to the questions they were asked... but if you'd like to get more insight into their answers... rochester public library has the full discussions available on their facebook page.

Live in rochester... anthony monzon.... kimt news representative s in the minnesota state house all serve two year terms?

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