| Name: | Keith Ellison |
Other candidates in this race:
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| Office: |
Minnesota District 5 U.S. representative |
| Party: |
DFL |
| Incumbent: |
No |
| City of residence: |
Minneapolis |
| Website: | http://www.keithellison.org |
| Age: | 43 |
| Background: |
State legislator; attorney; J.D., University of Minnesota; married, four children; community advocate; DFL-endorsed. |
| Endorsements: | DFL Party; AFL-CIO; Service Employees International Union; AFSCME; National Education Association; Clean Water Action; Teamsters DRIVE; Former Vice President Walter Mondale; Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak; State Rep. Frank Hornstein. |
| Most important issue: |
As the only proven progressive , DFL- and labor-endorsed candidate in this election, I will use peace as my guiding principle. I want our troops out of Iraq now. Health care shouldn’t be a perk, but a right. Our children’s inheritance should be a healthy environment, not a burdensome national debt to fund tax cuts for a wealthy few. The Fifth District deserves a leader who won’t shrink from Minnesota’s proud progressive traditions but embraces and lives by them. I have been that leader in the Legislature and will continue to be that leader as a congressman from Minnesota. |
| Views: |
Candidates were asked to respond to statements on five policy issues. They were given seven options: "Strongly agree", "Somewhat agree", "Have mixed feelings", "Somewhat disagree", "Strongly disagree", "Have no opinion" and "Do not wish to respond."
| Congress should insist that the United States begin withdrawing troops from Iraq in 2007. |
Strongly agree |
| Congress should pass a law that strengthens enforcement against employers who hire illegal immigrants. |
Strongly agree |
| A portion of the federal tax cuts enacted starting in 2001 should be repealed to help balance the federal budget. |
Strongly agree |
| The U.S. Constitution should be amended to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. |
Strongly disagree |
| The federal government should further regulate emissions from cars, trucks and other motor vehicles to slow global warming. |
Strongly agree |
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