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WORTHINGTON -- Republicans Doug Magnus and Rod Hamilton appeared to be on their way to re-election to the Minnesota House Tuesday night. Magnus, R-Slayton, was poised to hold off a challenge from DFLer Mike McCarvel of Brewster for the second consecutive election. With 76 of 99 precincts...

WORTHINGTON -- With the election less than a week away, District 22A Rep. Doug Magnus, R-Slayton, and District 22B Rep.

Minnesota is famous for its clean lakes and its clean politics. But the shine came off our political reputation when state government was shut down by partisan politics in 2005. I want to serve as your state legislator because I believe I can help restore civility and common sense...

WORTHINGTON -- Forums for candidates for District 22A and District 22B representative, as well as for the District 518 School Board, will take place Tuesday at the Worthington High School Media Center. State candidates Rod Hamilton, Doug Magnus, Mike McCarvel and Richard Peterson...

JACKSON -- Candidates for contested offices at the city, county and state levels gathered Friday at Jackson County Central High School for a voter forum, presenting their opinions on renewable fuel, property taxes and controversial local issues. The forum was sponsored by the Jackson...

When I began my campaign last summer, I vowed that my campaign would be a discussion of the issues and not personal attacks. This is why I have written a series of editorials on the issues. My most recent one was on health care. In the editorials I sometimes contrast my position with...

Times are tough and getting tougher. Many good, hard-working people in our area fear the future and know they are one illness away from financial disaster. It shouldn't be that way. Two years ago 60,000 children in our state were uninsured; today that number has grown to 85,000....

As has been his custom during our previous two election races, Richard Peterson is attempting to distort my record on supporting property tax relief through partisan bickering. As usual, there are two sides to the story. Last session alone, I helped approve a bill that provides a...

I celebrated Labor Day going door to door visiting people in our district as part of my campaign for state legislator. Many told me that they are struggling to get by. Wages are stagnant and real income is declining. Minnesota's unemployment jumped in August and is now worse than...

Richard Peterson is mistaken with his interpretation of the Legislature's latest education bill and its intent to address the disparity funding gap that exists between the inner cities and rural Minnesota schools.

On July 15 you published a letter from Albert Henning. Responding to Mr. Henning's letter requires a bit of history. When the last legislative biennium began, legislators were confronted with education funding problems that were the fruits of Gov. Pawlenty and former Republican...

Recently, Richard Peterson wrote a letter to this newspaper bemoaning the fact that legislative leaders are touting a measly one percent funding increase for our schools. Good for him. Peterson is right to call the DFL leaders of the Minnesota House and Senate on the carpet for...

WORTHINGTON -- Southwest Minnesota voters can look forward to a pair of rematches this November for offices in Minnesota's Legislature. DFLers Mike McCarvel and Richard Peterson will once again run for state office, seeking election in District 22A and District 22B, respectively....

My wife and I are now officially senior citizens. We both qualify for Medicare, and we enjoy those senior discounts at restaurants. When I was young I always imagined wisdom would come with age. Now I am not so sure, but I do know watching the world over the years gives you reasons...