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		<title>Chip Cravaack (R-MN-8th) Rep.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2011 10:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Raymond &#8220;Chip&#8221; Cravaack (born December 29, 1959) is the U.S. Representative for northeastern Minnesota&#8217;s 8th congressional district serving since January 2011. In his first try for political office, he upset 18-term Democratic incumbent Jim Oberstar by a margin of 4,400 votes to become the first Republican since 1947 to represent the district. Previously, Cravaack was a pilot for Northwest [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.congressratings.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=3.6" /></div><div>Rating: 3.6/<strong>10</strong> (21 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.congressratings.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>Al Franken (D-MN)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: woolennium Currently: &#8220;Franken&#8217;s victory gives Democrats control of 60 Senate seats &#8211; the number they need to overcome Republican filibusters. When Franken is seated, which could be as early as next week, his party will have a majority not reached on either side of the aisle in three decades. It was last reached [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.congressratings.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=5.5" /></div><div>Rating: 5.5/<strong>10</strong> (335 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.congressratings.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>Paulsen, Erik (R-MN-3rd) Rep.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbeharry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Erik Paulsen represents Minnesota&#8217;s Third District in the U.S. House of Representatives, a district made up of the northwest, west and southwest suburbs of Minneapolis. Prior to his election to Congress in 2008, Paulsen served in the Minnesota House from 1995 to 2008. He was the House Majority Leader from 2003 to 2007.   Read [...]<br /><div><img src="http://www.congressratings.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=8.6" /></div><div>Rating: 8.6/<strong>10</strong> (18 votes cast)</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdstarrating.com/"><img src="http://www.congressratings.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx/powered.png" border="0" width="80" height="15" /></a><br />]]></description>
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		<title>Walz, Tim (D-MN-1st) Rep.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Ramstad, Jim (R-MN-3rd) Rep.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Peterson, Collin (D-MN-7th) Rep.</title>
		<link>http://www.congressratings.com/414/peterson-collin-d-mn-7th-rep/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Oberstar, James (D-MN-8th) Rep.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>McCollum, Betty (D-MN-4th) Rep.</title>
		<link>http://www.congressratings.com/361/mccollum-betty-d-mn-4th-rep/</link>
		<comments>http://www.congressratings.com/361/mccollum-betty-d-mn-4th-rep/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Kline, John (R-MN-2nd)  Rep.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Ellison, Keith (D-MN-5th) Rep.</title>
		<link>http://www.congressratings.com/225/ellison-keith-d-mn-5th-rep/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
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