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High Five! Digging Deep into District 8: Mining

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota%27s_8th_congressional_district

MN's Congressional District 8 is one of the most watched, close-margined in the country.  Check Five Thirty Eight for up to date polling.

In this first installment of our District 8 discussion Chuck Marohn gives us the views of the Republican candidate for District 8 Pete Stauber and Aaron Brown gives us the DFL candidate Joe Radinovich's take as well as Independent candidate Skip Sandman.  This race They take a look at WHY the candidates have put forward these takes on mining in particular - what it means to voters - and what the strategy might be. 

Heidi Holtan has been involved with KAXE since 2002. Now as Director of Content and Public Affairs she manages and is the host of the KAXE Morning Show, including a variety of local content like Phenology, What's for Breakfast, Area Voices, The Sports Page and much more, alongside Morning Edition from NPR. Her latest project is Ham Radio: Cooking with Amy Thielen.