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Q: Please list your background and specific qualifications for this position. A: I am married with three children: twin daughters and a son. We live in and own a home in Elbow Lake. I grew up on a dairy farm near Elbow Lake and graduated from West Central High School. I worked my...

Q: Please list your background and specific qualifications for this position. A: After a normal, small-town childhood in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, I came to Minnesota as a young adult to attend Carleton College in Northfield. Upon graduating from Carleton, where I majored in economics,...

Q: Why are you seeking this office? A: To bring Constitutional justice to Minnesota. We reacted with horror to what happened at Guantanamo. But this sort of denial of Constitutional rights goes on continuously in certain Northern Minnesota regions where corrupt officials are in power;...

Q: Please list your background and specific qualifications for this position. A: My leadership experience is the result of service to my community through serving as the chair, president or charter president of organizations including Jaycees, Boy Scouts of America, church, Fellowship...

Q: Please list your background and specific qualifications for this position. A: I am a 49-year-old native of Minnesota. My wife Peggy and I have been married for 29 years and have lived in Alexandria for the past 18 years. We have four grown children and 11 grandchildren. I have...

Q: Please list your background and specific qualifications for this position. A: Loiann and I have been living here almost 30 years. I have been serving on the city council for the past 16 years, representing the citizens of Alexandria. We are members of Shalom Lutheran Church, involved...

Q: Please list your background and specific qualifications for this position. A: My name is Bob Cunniff, and I am a retired elementary teacher and coach of 35 years in the Alexandria school system. I am a 1976 graduate of the University of Minnesota. I have also worked at KXRA as...

Q: Please list your background and specific qualifications for this position. A: I am a mother of three beautiful children who grew up on a small hobby farm. Previous to being elected, I operated a licensed childcare business out of my home. I balance my family budget and truly know...

Q: Please list your background and specific qualifications for this position. A: My name is Scott Dutcher. My wife Tessa and I live in Brandon with our two boys, Jackson and Thomas.

Q: Please list your background and specific qualifications for this position. A: I have lived my entire life in Western Minnesota; therefore, I'm aware of our communities and their unique situations. I have been a teacher at West Central Area Schools for 36 years plus two years at...

Q: Please list your background and specific qualifications for this position. A: I am a retired educator that has lived in the district for more than 50 years. I've been active politically for most of that time, even being a county chairman. At that time, I pointed out that a bird...

Q: Please list your background and specific qualifications for this position. A: I am a graduate of the University of Minnesota with a degree in teaching and coaching. After college, I returned home and joined our family farming operation and have been actively farming for nearly...

Q: Please list your background and specific qualifications for this position. A: I graduated from Villard High School and then received a Bachelor of Arts in history from the University of Minnesota at Morris. My career has been in manufacturing management and executive management. I...

Q: Please list your background and specific qualifications for this position. A: Four years in the Minnesota Senate, 10 years on the Board of Directors of Todd Wadena Electric Co-op, 34 years in radio broadcasting. Q: The public is tired of the partisan politics that often bog down...

Q: Please list your background and specific qualifications for this position. A: I have a 34-year career in law enforcement, including being elected four times as the Douglas County Sheriff. In three of those elections, I ran unopposed. I have been elected two times as state senator...