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Chip is inaccessible

...to keep the Minnesota 8th District congressional seat he won two years ago against Jim Oberstar. A key element of his 2010 campaign was the charge that Jim Oberstar was inaccessible to his constituents.Obviously, irony cannot be Chip Cravaack's...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2012-09-28/chip-inaccessible
Open Forum
Open Forum: Oberstar brought home the bacon

In the 8th Congressional District of Minnesota, there has been so much good work done or influenced by Jim Oberstar that it is a job just to record.You cannot travel on a road, cross a bridge, ride a snowmobile, bike or hike on a trail that...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2010-12-12/open-forum-oberstar-br
Open Forum
No. 5 - Elections 2012

...been roughly from the end of World War II until Republican U.S. Rep. Chip Cravaack's upset victory over Rep. Jim Oberstar, D-Minn., in 2010. The rural Crosby man's election marked his return to the legislative body he served for three...

http://brainerddispatch.com/extra/2012-12-21/no-5-elections-2012
Extra
Nolan beats Cravaack in Minnesota's Eighth District

...two-year absence.Cravaack upset 18-term incumbent Jim Oberstar in 2010 to win a seat that had been held by a Democrat...the Republican who unseated 18-term incumbent Rep. Jim Oberstar, D-Minn., in 2010, was seeking re-election to...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-11-07/nolan-beats-cravaack-minnesotas-eigh
News | Political
Cravaack cites differences with Nolan

...at the Goedker Realty office in Baxter.The first-term congressman, who unseated 18-term Democratic incumbent Jim Oberstar two years ago, has been visiting small businesses on the tour.He told the group assembled in outgoing Brainerd City...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-08-16/cravaack-cites-differences-nolan
News | Political
Contact info

...Over the years I have on occasion asked questions or given comments on legislative issues. When I communicated with Jim Oberstar I always received a reply and it was direct to the question or comment I asked. When I communicated with Chip Cravack...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2012-10-29/contact-info
Open Forum
In tough Minn. race, Cravaack says he's 'centrist'

...Democrats. The freshman lawmaker, 52, won his seat two years ago after narrowly upsetting 18-term Democratic Rep. Jim Oberstar. Now, he's a prime target for Democrats seeking to overturn Republican rule of the House. Outside groups are already...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/political/2012-06-15/tough-minn-race-cravaack-s
Political
Clark makes most of ties to Minnesota's 8th District

...Democrats vying to challenge GOP Rep. Chip Cravaack, a top Democratic target who unseated 18-term Democratic Rep. Jim Oberstar two years ago in what had long been considered safe blue territory. Before new political maps were even drawn, Clark...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/political/2012-06-15/clark-makes-most-ties-minn
Political
Cravaack, Nolan go beyond TV ads in 1st debate

...had been warned against outbursts, two years after a raucous forum pitting Cravaack against longtime Democratic Rep. Jim Oberstar. The candidates differed sharply on issues such as taxes and regulation, with Nolan calling Cravaack a "big spender...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-10-09/cravaack-nolan-go-beyond-tv-ads-1st-
News | Political
Primary features interesting races

...races for partisan offices.Three DFLers are vying to unseat Rep. Chip Cravaack - the man who unseated longtime Rep. Jim Oberstar, D-Minn., two years ago. The DFLers are former Duluth City Council member Jeff Anderson, former state Sen. Tarryl...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/political/2012-08-10/primary-features-interesti
Political

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