Forums set for Duluth House race

Two legislative forums have come to my attention for the hot Duluth House 7B race featuring a five-way DFL primary. There will probably be more. If you know of any, pass them along in the comments.

Here is the first press release from Progressive Action:

Progressive Action Hosts 7B Legislative Forum August 13

Progressive Action is hosting a forum on Wednesday, August 13 for the candidates running for Minnesota Legislative seat 7B. The seat is being vacated by the retiring Representative Mike Jaros.

The forum will be held in the Duluth City Council Chambers, on the third floor of the DuluthCity Hall, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. on the 13^th. All six candidates have confirmed they will participate, including Democrats Roger Reinert, Brandon Clokey, John Derbis, Marsh Stenersen, and Daniel Maryland and Republican Allan Kehr.

Moderators for the forum will be Progressive Action President Barb Olsen and Progressive Action Steering Committee member Patrick Boyle. Questions for the forum will be put together by Progressive Action members and the organization’s Steering Committee, and additional questions will be take in written form from the audience. No questions will be shared with any candidate prior to the forum.

The forum will be recorded by PACT-TV (Channel 7 on Cable) and broadcast multiple times, on dates and times to be announced soon. The event is free and open to the public.

Progressive Action is a group of volunteers in Northeastern Minnesota and Northwestern Wisconsin formed after the death of Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone to continue his work on issues such as affordable housing, living wages, and electing progressives to office. For more information, see www.prog-action.org.

How about the cojones on Kehr showing up at Progressive Action? Let’s see what that brings.

Then there’s this Twin Ports Action Coalition/Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless forum the following week:

Twin Ports Action Coalition and the Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless are planning a candidate forum for the DFL 7B House Primary. The event is scheduled for August 21st at the Damiano Center. We will have a social time at 6:30 pm and the forum will start at 7 pm.

Any questions please call the TPAC office at 336-1034.

Once again, the Minnesota Inaction Coalition will not be hosting a forum this year. (Why do I keep sending them checks?) I’ll be working on a candidate questionnaire for this blog since 7B is providing the most exciting political story of the late summer/early fall. It’s taking me a while to put together because someone just told me, like, yesterday, that no one is paying me to do this. Dammit!