...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...
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...
...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...
...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...
...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...
...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...
...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...
...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...
...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...
...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...
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