Moderate businessman faces crazy arch-conservative in Minnesota congressional race
Michele Bachmann battles to keep House seat
The Republican congresswoman and former presidential candidate still leads her opponent in polls, but Democrats see an opening.
By Kim Geiger, Washington Bureau, LA Times
5:00 PM PDT, October 26, 2012
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Tea party favorite Michele Bachmann dropped out of the presidential race after coming in last out of six candidates in Iowa's Republican first-in-the-nation caucuses in January.
Now the three-term Minnesota congresswoman is battling to hold her congressional seat. Her opponent, Democrat Jim Graves, says Bachmann has been "distracted by her own celebrity" and has forgotten the people of her district, a swath of cornfields and suburbs just north of the Twin Cities.
Bachmann says her fame is a plus with her conservative supporters. "People are extremely proud of the fact that their member of Congress went to the national stage to take their voice to the national level," she said in a telephone interview.
Minnesota's 6th Congressional District has always had a GOP tilt, and redistricting this year made it slightly more Republican. Voters backed President George W. Bush in 2004 and John McCain in 2008, and an Oct. 16 poll commissioned by the Star Tribune shows Mitt Romney with a 15-percentage-point lead over President Obama in the district, although Obama leads overall in the state.
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The Republican congresswoman and former presidential candidate still leads her opponent in polls, but Democrats see an opening.
By Kim Geiger, Washington Bureau, LA Times
5:00 PM PDT, October 26, 2012
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Tea party favorite Michele Bachmann dropped out of the presidential race after coming in last out of six candidates in Iowa's Republican first-in-the-nation caucuses in January.
Now the three-term Minnesota congresswoman is battling to hold her congressional seat. Her opponent, Democrat Jim Graves, says Bachmann has been "distracted by her own celebrity" and has forgotten the people of her district, a swath of cornfields and suburbs just north of the Twin Cities.
Bachmann says her fame is a plus with her conservative supporters. "People are extremely proud of the fact that their member of Congress went to the national stage to take their voice to the national level," she said in a telephone interview.
Minnesota's 6th Congressional District has always had a GOP tilt, and redistricting this year made it slightly more Republican. Voters backed President George W. Bush in 2004 and John McCain in 2008, and an Oct. 16 poll commissioned by the Star Tribune shows Mitt Romney with a 15-percentage-point lead over President Obama in the district, although Obama leads overall in the state.
(More here.)
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Bachmann wins 54 - 44%. She can't be beat in that district. Certainly not Graves. He's a wet rag.
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