working at a restaurant. imagine trying to do that today with washington looking out for the favored few. i'll brin a different point of view to the senate. working grassroots and a mother of three, i will put middle-class families ahead of wall street. i'm katie mcginty and i approve this message because it is your turn to get ahead. >> this is the house i grew up in. it is not on wall street. my dad was a union guy. worked two jobs much of his life. mom still lives here. she depends on social security. i will always protect sources to 30. >--protect social security. >> i know you will. >> thanks, mom. i'm pat toomey and i approve this message because you should know i will always fight for people like my parents. >> i remember my dad coming home from walking the beat. i'd hug him, a grade dad, a -- great dad.

pat toomey is having fun talking about my integrity. wall street banks should not be allowed to prey on working families in your taxes should not pay to ship our jobs to china. pat toomey will not change that. i will. i g rew rew up a working-class d and i will work for you. i'm katie mcginty and i approve this message. >> campaigns can be tough. in the end, it is not about who yells the loudest. >> at randel call pat toomey a man upon common decency. >> it is about a better future for children. >> tim kaine praise pat toomey's intellect and stability. polices about helping kee keep our communities safe, strengthening our economy so everyone can earn a good living. i'm pat toomey and this is my message. theith a look at pennsylvania senate race, one of

the number of key races that will determine the balance of power in 2017, we are joined on the phone with jonathan tamari, the washington correspondent for "the philadelphia inquirer," and has been following this race. thank you for being with us. incumbent republican senator pat toomey seeking a second term. the democratic candidate katie mcginty. give us a broad overview of the state of the race, one week to go. >> according to most people, it is neck and neck, going down to the wire. i have talked to pollsters. twomight sseeee a one or point lead, but the bottom line is it is within the margin of air, close enough that either candidate could win. there was a franklin and marshall poll that came out this morning that showed a pretty significant lead for katie mcginty, but at that point, at this point, that is an outlier. most people i've heard from still think it is a tight contest. >> there have been two debates.

what was your take away? johnnathan: if you are pennsylvanian who was watching that race, it is a lot of what you've already seen on your tv in the ads. the candidates spent a lot of time reiterating their attack ads. asking questions about one another. if you got beyond that, what you saw were really distinct differences on policy, on issues like abortion, on government spending, on taxes. there were some clear right-leftist inches between the two candidates. if you can get beyond the attack ads there are real policy differences. i think a lot of people also expected that that may be a place where senator toomey might make some gains late in the race given he has more experience in tough contest. mcginty is a inexperienced campaigner.

but she held her own. there was not a moment where you thought either candidate scored a big knockout blow that was going to change the race. and so, for a lot of democrats, that was a win that she showed that she was able to hold her own. >> why did the democrats recruit katie mcginty and what is your background? jonathan: her background is is that she has been in high levels of government but behind the scenes for decades now. she was a top environmental aide in the clinton white house. she was secretary of environmental protection in pennsylvania. she was chief of staff of the current governor. so, she has been a high level aide, but has only once been a candidate in a gubernatorial primary where she finished fourth out of four. almost any experience campaigning and public is the face of the campaign. democrats saw this as a race

that was winnable given the demographics of pennsylvania, given a presidential election tends to bring out a lot of their voters. so, they really thought they could win pennsylvania but they needed a candidate to do it. the first new step forward, joe sestak, a former congressman had of people the wrong way. his supporters will say that is because he is a strong independent voice. his critics will say that is because he would not take advice. and they wanted an alternative because they know they were going to be spending a lot of nccc, and they d wanted someone who was going to cooperate with them if they were going to make that investment. that is where katie mcginty came in. she managed to overtake him with the help of a lot of money from washington. and is now on the verge of potentially winning a senate seat. >> you know pennsylvania well. media markets,

philadelphia and pittsburgh, and a number of midsize markets, harrisburg, scranton, erie. give us a sense of the political demographics for the democrats and republicans. jonathan: it is such a large state and there are such a very varied political views across the state. to the point where they can seem like two different states at times. you have philadelphia and pittsburgh, which are deep blue, very democratic cities, where democrats really try to run up major margins. and then you have got the suburbs around philadelphia, which tends to really be critical in deciding how a statewide race goes, because you've got, in the 2012 election, close to one out of four votes in the state were cast from the four suburban counties outside of philadelphia. they tend to be more moderate areas, where voters, you tend to find a lot of swing voters. when it comes to the overall picture, the difference between the democratic win and a public how big theften

democrats when the suburbs. if they run up a huge margin or do the republicans managed to keep it close, win swing voters. then you've got the rest of the state -- the northeast, southwest, the central part of the state that tends to be very republican. that is where republican score big wins. philadelphia and pittsburgh are big for democrats. the central part of the state will be big for republicans. how those suburbs turnout tends to decide which side prevails in a statewide race. >> senator pat toomey has been reluctant to talk about his support for donald trump. he has not campaigned with him, even though donald trump has been in the state. how is that impacted this race, if at all? created somes awkward moments for the senator because he had not endorsed donald trump, and he has not ruled out endorsing donald trump. we're a week away from election day and he still will not say who he is voting for other than that he won't vote for hillary clinton.

it is definitely giving democrats fodder to attack him and say that he is making political calculations and lacks backbone. but a lot of folks privately will tell you that it may actually work, that he has stuck oices,n two bad chc he embraces donald trump he might lose those moderate voters but if he rejects donald -- he donald trump you might lose the conservative voters. as awkward as it has been, it may be politically the best solution he is able to come up with. so, we will see if it costs him enthusiasm or if people, conservatives still come out for him, even if he will not embrace trump. >> jonathan>> tamari, covering the pennsylvania senate

race. thank you for being with us. jonathan: thank you for having me. [applause] >> hi. how are you? good to see you. got quiet all of a sudden. how are you? great to see you. >> very good, thanks. >> how are you? good to see you. i'm doing great, and you? good, good. >> hi, again. a pleasure to meet you. you are younger than i thought. [laughter] >> that is the best thing i've heard all week. nice to see you. hello, how are you? nice to meet you. hey, how are you? yep. great to see you. thanks for coming out. i appreciate it. you?re

good to see you. you doing all right? >> i'm doing terrific. >> ok. by default, i guess i am the host here and welcome the beautiful downtown media. we are pleased to have two great voices for delaware county who are voices and washington, d.c.. i will call up our congressman. pat? [applause] pat: i want to thank you not only for the enthusiastic response, but for all the work so many of you have been doing these last few weeks and months. laboring hard in the neighborhoods to help us push towards the end of this vitally

important election. i guess you've heard there's a senate race going on in pennsylvania. i don't even watch as much television as most. let me tell you why this is incredibly important and why i think you are really where you want to be and we need you to be. i have had the pleasure for six years to be serving with pat toomey in the congress. we are on different sides of the capital but we fight together for pennsylvania's interests. they are broad and we were together just waiting for open space. we were together for a young woman fighting the bureaucracy. by virtue ofsaved

the efforts we have done. issues that relate to veterans and opioid abuse. i can't tell you how important it is to have a partner that understands the people behind the problems and how we can work together to make a difference. and he did tell you a little bit about washington. one of the reasons it's broken is that there is a great big roadblock right in the middle. passing bills that you may agree or disagree with some of that. often times, by strong majorities, we passed legislation on a broad variety and it went and just died in the senate.

please to say that it piled up at the feet of harry reid. the majority until came back and that senator pat toomey began to have voice on the legislation and we were finally able to move bills and do meaningful things. those kind of things which make a real difference as well. issues and it is work that needs to continue. it can't happen if we have that roadblock. and we will have that unless we continue to have the majority. this may determine whether or not the majority is in the senate and you know how important it is. that's why are bring it to my closing point.

in life, there are times where you say i really would like what i do to matter. i would like things i am fighting for to have a chance to make a difference. 4/5 of the voters are observers. it's going to feature one party or the other. one that is entrenched in their district, and it will be in a state that hillary clinton hasn't even flown over in the last six months, but there are battleground states and battleground counties and battleground neighborhoods. and this is one of them. the ability we have a great deal

at stake. you have do what you know how to do well. the get their absentee ballot in? the selection, i don't really care to vote. they are your neighbors. make sure we bring back pat toomey to the united states senate. thank you for the chance to be for thiswith you important issue and it is a great honor of mine to welcome united states senator pat toomey. omey: thank you for

that very kind introduction and thanks to all of you for sending this guy took congress. representativec and it is a delegation that punches above its weight. congressman work together every single day and they work together and they get along. they are helping each other across this diverse commonwealth of hours. when the leadership wants to know if they can get legislation guys have ae disproportionate influence on your behalf because they are smart and work hard. thank you for all that you do.

i really appreciate it. and it's good to see you. ads?ybody seen tv ever imagine we would have wall-to-wall tv ads and they been running with such treatments he that when i walked down the street, i get recognized. when you combine that with congress having an 11% approval rating, it can lead to awkward conversations. son.n home depot with my waye is a guy coming our and he's looking at me. minute, did wait a anyone ever tell you that you look a lot like pat toomey? a matter of fact, i've heard

that. he said, it must be infuriating. so welcome to my campaign world. there are only eight days left and we are on track to win this race and we're going to get this done. myselfferences between and katie mcginty cannot be any more stark. one is the different way we look at our economy and the opportunity or lack thereof. our economy has left way too many people behind. if you are very wealthy and you've got a lot of financial assets, you've probably done fine. the vast geordie of pennsylvanians, working-class families, struggling living paycheck to paycheck, and they

have not been getting ahead in this economy. it makes sense to ask why. let's look at what the federal government has been doing the last eight years. we have doubled our nation's increases,ted tax and launching an avalanche of new regulations. we've got more businesses closing then new businesses being launched and it is because people can't figure out how to make this work with all of the headwind coming out of washington. vibrancy restore the and the freedom and the success that has been awaiting us. katie mcginty wants to double down on every failed policy we have. she's in favor of all of it. all the tax increases that may be the clearest and most start

difference. i don't think we can tax our way to prosperity. she has spent her entire career in public life working to raise taxes. she was a big advocate for higher energy taxes that would've cost all of us considerably more money. pushed through the legislation that forces companies to buy more efficient sources of energy. and when she was the chief of staff, the very first thing they was propose the biggest tax increase pennsylvania has seen since the creation of the income tax. increase in sales tax in

addition to that and expanding the universe of products and services to which the sales tax would apply. if you are a multimillionaire, it's no big deal. but if you are a working class family, this would've cost $1500 a year in extra taxes to harrisburg alone. so she's just wrong about these tax increases she has advocated. i would say our differences on should -- security issues are just as stark. this iran nuclear deal is a disaster and undermines our security. that's not my characterization of the government, that is the obama administrations

description of these guys. the iranian parliament has still not ratified that agreement. they do not consider themselves legally bound by that agreement which might explain why they are in serial violation of that agreement. and we were told they would like us. fact that their surrogates, the hootie rebels are firing on american naval vessels. katie mcginty think this is a great deal. explain if the iranians have decided to abandon the pursuit of nuclear weapons, why are they spending millions of dollars launching precision guided ballistic missiles designed to carry nuclear weapons. this is a really bad agreement.

one of the things that has come to light recently is the many ethical lapses of my opponent. chapterclinton's latest in her ongoing e-mail scandal of how just a reminder much corruption there is in washington and how disturbing this is. the last thing we need is a senator is going to be part of this. katie mcginty has a history of real problems with this. devotion to hillary clinton is so complete that she decided she has to have her own e-mail scandal. it's unbelievable. for 15 months, katie mcginty and the governor have been stonewalling a completely legitimate legal request that she turn over the 15,000 e-mails that she sent and received when she was the chief of staff.

payroll usingr pennsylvania taxpayers e-mail system. and our law is very clear. for 15 months, she has stonewalled and refused. other is a court order requiring her and they still refuse to comply. they are trying to drag this out until after the election. what is she hiding? what is it that she has to hide from the voters that she can't comply with the law even when there is a court order requiring it? there could be all kinds of things. npr did an analysis in pennsylvania and they said the number one elected official, the number one government official in abusing the revolving door between government and the businesses they were regulating was none other than katie mcginty.

she took in solving tax dollars to a company her husband was being paid by. conduct is a violation of ethics law. when she was secretary, she took millions of pennsylvania dollars and funneled it to a foreign company to set up shop in pennsylvania and they rewarded her with a very lucrative board seat. but then they went out of business and pennsylvania. the only one who one from this is katie mcginty. so i don't know what she's hiding here. there's a lot of evidence to suggests that there has been engaged in really dubious ethical behavior. others have determined that and i think it is long past due that

she disclose these e-mails and stop stonewalling and this refusal to comply with the law. there is a lot at stake. securitye will have here at home. katie mcginty is perfectly ok with sanctuary cities. this is crazy. a federal immigration official, we confer special legal status on violent criminals if they came here illegally. it's unbelievable. this has got to and. and so has and the policies holding back on economic recovery. katie mcginty would be a complete rubber stamp for the liberal wing of the democratic party. elizabeth warren and bernie sanders were the first to

to campaign for her. delaware county probably determines the outcome of this election. this is a county where the vote can swing a great deal and i need to do well here. and so i need to ask for your support. we are definitely in the home stretch and i can assure you i will be campaigning as hard as i can every day. is outside.p warmer here.ely next we will be in bucks county. we will continue right until it :00 at night so we can win this race. i can't do it without your help and i have to ask you, that we have a circle of family, friends, coworkers. they trust you and they care

about this. reach out to those folks and make sure that they are voting on election day. your personal message will be more powerful than any number of ads i can run. let's get this done. [applause]

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continues tonight with candidates in the louisiana u.s. senate race. it includes charles boustany, john fleming, foster campbell, and david duke. the u.s. senate debate in new hampshire between republican incumbent senator kelly ayotte and her democratic challenger. 9:00ll have that debate at p.m.. now, more about that race. >> we are featuring political radio programs with national talkshow host. and friday from 9 a.m. until noon, a conservative political perspective of the mike gallagher show. >> to minnesota now on the u.s. house candidates for the state

second congressional district. minutes.0 >> good evening, everyone. thank you for joining us. we're bringing you live, commercial free debates into hotly contested congressional races. you'll hear from third district candidates. we want to start in minnesota's second district where political newcomers are vying for a rare open seat in congress. >> stretches from the south metro and includes egan and red wing. it includes a mix of agriculture, small businesses, and big companies.

he announced last year that he would not be seeking reelection, leaving a highly coveted seat in congress up for grabs. this is the first run for public office. democrat angie craig is a saint jude executive. and we're joined now by the second district candidate. thank you both for coming in and being part of this debate. it will be more of a discussion tonight, so we want to get a lot of the topics out there. statements. mr. lewis, please start off. >> enqueue for watching. good to see you. we've had a great conversation over the last couple of decades and a number of serious points were discussed. of you that didn't listen to my radio program or don't know me as well, let me tell you about myself. i grew up in a small business

family and we make balanced budget -- we made the budget balanced. we had to do payroll and all of the small things a bit -- business in the second district had to do. our family business was taken by eminent domain procedure. broadcasting, and i worry if those opportunities will be there for other people. that is what this campaign is about. if you like things the way they are with high taxes and borders that are open, there is a status quo candidate in this race. it's not me. if you want change, real change. a flatter, fairer tax code. in the federal government that does its first job of securing who gets in the country and who

doesn't, i am your guy. it is about changing congress one district at a time and about securing the american dream. a rising tide lifting all boats. congress one district at a time. up in a trailer park. mom was a great example. i know how hard families will work on behalf of their kids to give them a better life in this country. i believe that every family in this country deserves a fair shot right now. i made my way and business i

have made it a priority to grow jobs and the economy. i have said that i would prioritize public education and more affordable college. i will protect our seniors and strengthen medicare. i will make sure that we finally tackle the high cost of prescription drugs. a high, it will be priority for me to keep our nation safe. absolutely has two very different candidates. workl go to congress and on a bipartisan basis to find common ground. inre are enough people washington today who are yelling. vote on ask for your election day.

both told us something about yourself just now. let's talk about your background. neither one of you has held public office before and no public record to run on. how do you want to focus your campaign? >> i spent 22 years in the private sector, growing a business, creating jobs, and delivering results. i think we need more people from the private sector to step up and say that i will serve this country. ensuring that we are creating , making the jobs tax credit permanent and bringing back foreign income so we can invest in the united states. making sure that we have work skills for the jobs we actually

have. that's what i did at st. jude medical when i was responsible for employees in 100 countries. >> how has your background prepared you? >> i spent 40 years in the private sector. we had to go through condemnation and i had to find another career. that is the experience of most people in this economy. , it isn'tcan dream when we're only growing at 1%. i can make certain that i could realize the american dream. i want to make sure that everybody has that opportunity. you can't do it with an overly complicated tax code that taxes

income in different ways for different people and you can't do it with an onslaught of regulation. >> taxes are a big issue. about the wealthy paying their fair share, calls for reforming the tax code. what do you think is the best tax policy? >> where everybody pays at lower rates instead of a few of us paying high rates and the politically connected getting out from under that. you've got hedge fund managers not paying ordinary income taxes on interest. they know it is as high as they can go.

the rates can go as high as 42 or 43%. if you've got connections, you can get out from under that. all boatside lifting when everyone has an equal playing field. >> what would be the best tax policy. >> i do apologize. >> the flat tax, economists have said would cost an additional deficits of the country, $3.6 trillion. it would lower taxes for the wealthy and we would lose the earned income tax credit and charitable deductions. those of us that of had that

american dream, they should pay more. i would work to make sure we don't raise taxes on the middle class. >> you're a perfect example of what happens when you have connected people. you lobbied to get obama care in minnesota and you lobbied to get your company exempt from that tax. that is the problem with the current code. it does well for people that can hire lobbyists and not for the rest of us. >> it would cut taxes for the upper income levels and the middle class, it would raise taxes because you lose it your deductions. >> your personal exemption would handle that quite easily. i don't know why anybody seriously is opposed to a flat tax. >> eight economists have said it is unreasonable and we couldn't pay our bills with a flat tax.

i will never, ever cut social security benefits or raise the retirement age. >> let's get into medicare and social security. a lot of talk about how they could run dangerously short in the coming years. so what is your plan? >> we will have to come back to 1983. we need members of congress willing to sit down and come up with a bipartisan set of that wes to make sure can sustain the social security trust fund beyond 19 years. part of those may include raising the cap if you make $250,000 or more a year, you may

continue to have to pay to make it more sustainable but i will not cut benefits or raise the retirement age. my own parents are a great example of this. my dad sells cars and pounds the pavement. countrye jobs in this that we can't expect people to work past age 65. >> the flat income tax has nothing to do with the solvency of medicare. that argument doesn't hold water but the reason i'm in favor of tax reform is it got to get the economy growing faster than 1% to make sure more people are employed and are paying into the payroll tax which would shore up the medicare and the social

security trust fund. she refused to rule out cuts to social security and medicare. she did say that she wanted a payroll tax hike. which will depress the economy further. >> that is not true. but a thing jason is right on this one point. it got to get the economy -- the economy growing faster. that regulation must be balanced. >> let's talk about terrorism and national security. we have concerns about isis inspired attacks and lone wolves. 10 people were stabbed in a mall and hurt. several students have tried to leave to join isis. done on a to be federal level to put a stop to

attacks happening at home and abroad. >> this is personal for me. you shouldn't wake up from a text from your daughter saying, i'm ok. that's what happened to us. it's a horrible thing. the number one state for terrorist recruitment. you can have these great discussions over geopolitics abroad. going to libya. the one thing we can do is make certain the federal government as its primary job and we don't take in dangerous syrian clapper said james and german intelligence said, and this administration took in 10,000 this year. and you craig is totally on

board with this and i don't think it's a good idea. especially when hillary clinton said and admitted that these refugees are not that a bolt. to in syria?lk you have to have a counterpart that has id documents. angie and hillary said open borders, it is a misguided idea when it comes to keeping minnesota safe. >> there is no such thing as an embeddable syrian refugee. toare either completely able vet someone with biometric screenings over 18 months to two years, or we simply don't let them in. it is the first drop of the american congress to make sure the people of minnesota and of this country stay safe. this is the worst humanitarian crisis since world war ii. ,o think 25 syrian refugees

that is how many we've let into minnesota, that we will turn our backs on them is unthinkable. and the reason jason is talking about this in this way is because he has a really tough history on issues of national security. closing oureve borders will stop homegrown terror attacks. need to degrade and defeat isis where they are in syria and iraq. that is why said i will support airstrikes and special operations. the way we stop these homegrown terror attacks is twofold. we stop the ability for isis to recruit and we support, and i will make sure i am looking for additional funding for the efforts to counter violent extremism in the u.s. and minnesota. >> a lot of issues of

immigration. it does the u.s. need more border control. it's refugees and immigration which has become a big issue during this presidential campaign. what is the u.s. need? border control? a wall? >> this is an area where we strongly disagree and it is related to the refugee issue and automatic across-the-board funding cuts do not work. departmenthe state and republican senator lindsey graham tell us that those budget cuts will make the world a less safe place. and if we are going to cut, we how to cuture out somewhere else.

these vacuums for isis created by this administration, a lot of people think the cover-up of the libyan debacle is a genesis of her server problems which the fbi has reopened the investigation once again. you won't secure the homeland without securing the border. a nation without borders is no nation at all. they amount to 2.5% of the entire federal budget. this is a matter of priority >>

let's move to gun control. summer, after the mass what is your stance on gun control versus gun rights? >> they said that having the right to protect yourself is an inherent individual right. secondaid that the amendment will be under siege. i do support the background checks. there, make sure everything is right. morgan control is not going to work. zone should no-fly -- should be able to

buy firearms. as some conservatives would be happy he can buy firearms, but he wasn't a terrorist. private gun sales. >> i believe the second amendment is a core protection. the idea that we can't have a background check for anyone purchasing a firearm doesn't make any sense to me. last, ite on a no-fly doesn't mean you are a suspect. it means you can get on an airplane. i don't think you should be able to buy a gun in this country. we need to support keeping guns out of the hands of felons and

out of the hands of the mentally ill. there is a study that shows in states that require a background reductionre is a 38% in partner related shootings. we can be for the second amendment and also support commonsense gun control. >> numerous studies show that a background check would not have prevented any of the mass shootings that have occurred in the last 10 years. will focus on health care. the affordable care act. the debate over prices going up, we see insurance rates up 67% for a lot of people. governor dayton says it has become unaffordable, it seems. what is your opinion on how it's working.

does it need to be changed? saying theeen individual marketplace is in trouble and we see it is absolutely in trouble. point,become a crisis and i hope that state lawmakers can get back to the capital very soon and make sure our communities are not impacted. it got to find a way to make health care more affordable. there many things we can do, including really good after pharmaceutical drug prices in this country. it makes no sense that they don't have to negotiate when there are 44 million americans covered under medicare. i would allow competition to be healthy by allowing reimportation of jobs from canada.

we have something happening in this nation. a brand-name drug companies are paying off generic companies not to sell their generic drugs. there are many reforms that need to happen. i think my background of 22 years in the private sector is good. the fact that i want to fix what is wrong with it and not throw , i want tole thing make sure we can keep kids on health plans. want to make sure women are not paying more than men. i grew up without health insurance in my family so this is a very personal topic to me. >> do you make changes? you replace it with something

better and allow insurance companies to operate across state lines. risk pools.gh duct yourn't the out-of-pocket expenses. a couple of teachers made $40,000 apiece and they had to have $8,000 before they could to duct them. this is untenable. though clinton called it the craziest thing in the world. the democrats on this. nobody did more to bring the affordable care act then can -- passing this bill that has been a total disaster. backpedaling.s

i worked for a fortune 500 company. it operated a political action committee and participated in industry organizations just like every other fortune 500 company would do. i was the only democrat on that board. most jobs were given to republicans. of care reform and at the same time think a business tax is a bad tax when it impacts the economy. iss ironic that a republican attacking a democrat for proposing a business tax. >> this gets right to the crocs of the problem in washington.

i propose it first because i didn't support obama care. she went to work to repeal the tax on her company and her industry. i opposed it before you opposed it. if people on the inside doing very well and the rest of us have to pay the tab. that is the problem. it is all or nothing for jason. you can't be for something and working towards something else. you don't think it's fair for one company to not pay the tax -- >> and be pragmatic about these things. >> should we talk about transportation now? is a big issue and we have seen the consequences of infrastructure not tended to properly.

have to ideas do you pay for some of these fixes? >> the highway trust fund is in a bad way. it is still relatively insolvent over the long term. we have the gallon gas tax that goes into the highway trust fund. much of that is being diverted to non-highway uses. 17%, $6 billion, things that are not building roads and bridges. they say we have derail raise the gas tax and build roads and bridges and they immediately divert money to non-highway uses like the southwest light rail line which i opposed. is hundred million dollars a mile being diverted out of the highway trust fund. i would work to stop that right off the get go.

>> this is a huge part of my job. let fortuneave to 500 companies repatriate that corporate income back as long as they invest it in building. i would like to look at it in the capital infrastructure investment program. needed more than anything. areaswill say on the jason just mentioned in respect to transit is that it shows jason is all or nothing when it comes to transit. i would rather see that money invested in highways, roads, and bridges, but the minnesota chamber of commerce, business leaders have said the southwest line is important for economic growth in the region. you can't except it can be something in between.

>> an ideologue would say that to spend overea $100 million a mile when you can build anotherfreeway for $11 mir mile. that is not ideological. that is common sense. that is not right. tom glad you came out support southwest light rail. i know big government likes that sort of thing. the rest of us are paying the tab. >> we only have a few minutes left. i want to and on a pleasant note. talking about going to work in washington and trying to work together and get things done. to --uld your plan b plan be to get things done in washington? >> the biggest thing is be willing to form relationships and look for common ground. i think corporate tax reform is one area we can work on together. infrastructure and investment in

scenario we can work on together. i believe if you are looking for common ground, you can find it. minnesotark with the delegation on a bipartisan basis. that is my commitment to voters. >> thank you. what is your commitment -- >> it is ironic talking about common ground, spending $4 million from the progressive caucus, every left-wing group you can imagine, misleading the voters with these negative attacks, which observers have said were misleading, including this television station. i do not think that is a good start. of supportoad swath in the republican party. tom, all of plenty, the people that represent main street. that is who i want to serve. >> thanks for being here. i'm sorry this flies by. was, craig, jason the thanks for coming in and having this conversation with us.

the we are going to talk to third congressional district candidates. we are going to take a look at the issues voters are saying matter most to them this year. c-span2,eek on political radio programs with national talk show hosts. ann and aom hartm conservative perspective on the mikey gallagher show, live from new york city. all this week on c-span2. our coverage of state races continues tonight with the candidates in the louisiana u.s. senate race, including charles boustany, john fleming, foster campbell, and david duke. that is on c-span tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. later a debate between senator kelly ayotte and her democratic

challenger, governor maggie hassan. a couple of tweets from the candidates, kelly ayotte tweeting from jobs and taxes, this race offers a clear choice. maggie hassan tweets out, a huge crowd to welcome maggie to tonight's debate. there you see betweens -- the tweets. we will have that for you on c-span. here is a closer look at the race starting with campaign ads running in that state. ben is my older brother. he is so funny and so smart and my best friend. have challenges. my mom finds solutions to those challenges and works hard with your community to get things done. andmade it possible for ben need to have a family like any other family. that is part of the reason she got involved in public service. she is still that way today.

>> i am maggie hassan and i improve -- i approve this message. so fast.s by growing up i watched my mom works so hard through challenges and struggles. she made our life better. she is my inspiration in the senate, whether strengthening social security, protecting our environment, or making college more affordable, she taught me with hard work you can do anything. >> my mom taught me that, too. >> i am kelly ayotte and i approve this message. >> tuesday night's results could be an early indicator which party controls the u.s. senate in 2017. james pindell is following the story for "the boston globe." this race between republican senator kelly ayotte and maggie hassan, when they entered the race, it was also -- it was almost dead even. it seems to be the same. james: there's been a lot of

twists and turns, there's been one constant which is the race remains tied. it was tied when the race began. there's been a couple of outlier polls that have shown various times that one candidate was up by a little bit outside the margin of error or the other one was. for the most part, every single poll over the course of the last year has shown the race remains to be tied, no matter what happens. >> what are the issues driving voters in new hampshire? what are they talking about? >> there are basically three ideas in the campaign, which has made it hard for voters to -- who who should they they should vote for. first is the presidential race. that the topics of donald trump and hillary clinton is something that is brought up again and again and again.

again, these candidates, it has been hard to walk that line. hassan, the democratic governor, has messed up on national tv on answering the question if hillary clinton is trustworthy. kelly ayotte has been a national story line in terms of how she is trying to thread the needle. before she was going to support donald trump. not endorse him, she would vote for him because he is not clinton and then a few weeks ago after the access hollywood tape, she said she is not going to vote for donald trump but right in mike pence. ,he other thing is some people new hampshire is in the midst of a drug prices. an opioid epidemic. both of them have talked about the issue, showing they are knowledgeable about it, they are engaged. for voters, i am not sure it's an indication of what they are supposed to do about it. howe is not disagreement on

they are going to address the problem. the third part has been this idea of who is more bipartisan. independent voters outnumber those who are republican or democrat. both are making their final closing argument they can be a worker crossed the line or a check against the president, if it is hillary clinton or donald trump. kelly ayotte has become a case study in how you can distance yourself from an unpopular candidate in some circles and try to maintain the trump voter in her base. how has she been doing? cases, there are good and bad weeks. it is difficult. bet we thought was going to the most significant moment in the campaign was the moment when she officially divorced donald

trump. she said, is there going to be backlash? can she grab an opportunity among independent voters who are not with donald trump? the polling gave us a clear answer, it did not make a difference whatsoever. she maintained the exact same position among republicans, including republican man, the best demographic for donald trump in the state. she did not gain much among for it either. nothing has seem to move the needle. at the end of the day, this may be a matter of the best ground game. >> when the results are coming in, what part of the state will you be looking at to determine who is going to win? james: i think a lot of people will be looking at partisan turnout. if you are kelly ayotte, you need a big republican turnout in

the southern portion of the state along the massachusetts border. that is the biggest republican areas. if you're maggie hassan, you need the seacoast, portsmouth, maine, and the college town of durham. you need to do really well to -- it may come down to kelly ayotte's hometown of nashua. est city inwinging the state. be the citycould that is decisive. >> have newspaper endorsements made a difference? of course they are waning and influence, but it has been a mixed bag. kelly ayotte has been getting some of the liberal papers endorsing her, saying she is a moderate voice. democrats would contest that. the other papers have been endorsing maggie hassan.

it has been an even split. >> we will look for your reporting online. james pindell is a political reporter. thanks for being with us. so my name is george, i am a member of the brotherhood, which is sponsoring this morning's event. the temple has many rituals and so this forum is just one of them and i would like to thank all of you for coming this morning to hear our candidates. sal for like to thank putting this event together. he literally worked four months on this, rounding up all of the candidates, speaking with them almost on a daily basis, and making sure we had a good exchange between the community

and our candidates this election season. so a round of applause for saul. [applause] done.eat job he has brotherhood is active throughout the year. this is not the only function that we sponsor. we also sponsor scholarship programs, hanukkah parties, lectures, a dinner for seniors, lid of course our famous de night which is coming up on jenny were 28. -- january 28. supportstmas program andnew horizon soup kitchen working together with our muslim and christian friends delivering meals on wheels and staffing the

catholic medical center and the veterans administration hospital. said, there is a list of the candidate appearances. these are going to be 15 minute intervals. longl not be giving introductions for each of the candidates. it will be very brief, to give them the maximum and amount of speaking time possible. whatt want to underscore rabbi davidson said that we opinion andity of respect for our democratic process. candidatee what a says, it is ok to applaud.

if you don't, silence is the best response. [laughter] so thank you for that. we have nine candidates appearing before us this morning. covered bys being major news media, including the union leader, c-span, some other news outlets. that what the candidates say this morning will not only be for this audience, but for a much broader audience throughout our state and the nation. so with that said let me introduce our first candidate, she is a republican, she is the incumbent senator, she resides in nashua, she is the former attorney general of our state, and a warm welcome to senator kelly ayotte.

[applause] good morning. i am so glad to be here today. i wanted to thank ambassador bruno for hosting this and i want to thank rabbi davison and saul for inviting me. it is a privilege to serve you in the senate where i have focused on finding common ground. of the most bipartisan records in the senate and that has enabled me for efforts like getting legislation passed this summer to help us address our heroin epidemic. on how really focusing we can work with the state and local efforts on prevention, treatment, and recovery. i also serve on the small business committee. i husband has a small business so i understand how decisions in washington can impact our businesses.

i have been focusing on a more sensible tax and education and training to make sure that we can have good paying jobs here. i serve on the armed services committee. my husband is a combat veteran who served in iraq and security for all of us is very important. i chaired the readiness subcommittee and i have been a very strong supporter of our friendship, which is so important, with the jewish state of israel. i have been glad to support security cooperation between our countries, the iron dome system, which are very important to security in israel and also very important to our own security in terms of our missile defense systems. i have been an opponent of the iran agreement because i believe it will allow iran to keep the infrastructure for nuclear weapons capability. i have also been a leader in to address sanctions

their ballistic missile program, which is of concern. they have tested ballistic , some of them saying they want to wipe israel off the face of the earth. it is important to focus on this iranian threat and support foreign aid to israel. i have traveled to the beautiful country of israel on several occasions and one of the greatest honors i've had in the senate is to introduce the congressional gold medal for the peres,atesman, shimon and to be present when he received that gold medal. i will never forget what an amazing person for humanity. i am honored to be here with all of you today. i look forward to answering your questions about domestic and

national security issues. this is a very important for him and i appreciate all that you do for the manchester community and for our state. thank you very much. [applause] >> senator ayotte, i have your first question. do you support legislation that would close the gun show loophole and require background checks? a formere: i am attorney general and murder prosecutor. i think that first of all we need to make sure that we ensure criminals and terrorists cannot have access to firearms. we have to protect the second commitment rights of law-abiding citizens. what i have focused on, i am open to addressing gaps in our system. that is that mental health to bes that are supposed in the system are not in there ar those who are adjudicated

danger to themselves and others and i have supported legislation to get those records. in addition, more prosecution. right now there is an abysmal record of that system and i can assure you having been a former attorney general, if we do not prosecute those who are attempting to violate the system, that is not going to send the right message to criminals. endorsementhave the of the troopers association and the manchester patrolmen's association. they know security and keeping us safe is our priority. i will work to address these issues on a bipartisan basis and make sure that your constitutional rights are protected. having had the experience of being a prosecutor, i look at this legislation carefully to make sure it is going to work and be effective. >> thank you. legislation that would allow the government to negotiate pharmaceutical companies prices for drugs for medicare?

ms. ayotte: i would support the ability of the government to negotiate. we have to go beyond that if we want to deal with the rising prices of prescription drugs. i am also sponsoring legislation called the fair drug pricing act . you have seen some of the instances with epipen. it would require notification to sorease the price 10% instead of hearing about it afterwards, we can inquire in advance if there is something that needs to be investigated. we also need to get generics to market sooner and that involves not only competition with the pharmaceutical companies, but the fda. if you look at epipen, making sure you can get generics to market sooner is important in terms of drug prices. let me just say, we need to the healthhanges to care law. so many people are coming to me

about higher deductibles and premiums. i want to see more competition and transparency, less one-size-fits-all from washington so that people in new hampshire can have different choices and hopefully we can really be focused on the costs that are rising for many of our families. >> there have been many reports the contamination of groundwater in new hampshire. what should the federal government do to safeguard drinking water? ms. ayotte: first of all, enforcing the clean water act andhour laws and our state what they do with that. a lot of these instances have involved a chemical called pfoa. one of them involve the air force, it was in the phone that was being used. so i have worked strongly with senator shaheen in making sure the epa is stepping up and the

department of defense is stepping up to ensure the well that peoplean and who think they have been exposed can get tested. so we understand if there are any long-term health impacts, they can get the help they need. this is an area on some examples in new hampshire where i have been working with senator shaheen to address them. >> thank you. what would you do about tackling the current deficit and debt? twoayotte: as the mother of children, and i see many parents in this room, this is a big issue. we are $19 trillion in debt. if you look at the federal spending pie, we have to take two big steps. it would be coming together on a bipartisan basis to come to a

grand deal where we are working at the big picture. that means tax reform because we have a tax code right now that is actually not doing a service to the united states. we are not competitive in the jobs herenomy to keep and investment here. we've got trillions of dollars overseas. let's have a simple, competitive so that needs to be done. on the spending side, we need to look at some of the programs that need to be preserved and strengthened, social security goes into a deficit in 2034 if we don't act. 2028 for medicare. that is two thirds of the spending, medicaid and medicare. that cries out for bipartisanship so we can work together to strengthen and make sure we are in a struggle --

stronger fiscal position. i look for ways to save dollars. on the armed services committee, a eliminating the missile to know where. working on a bipartisan basis, i have a bill that i worked with to make sure that all of the audits that are done of duplication, waste, and fraud, we actually act upon them. i am looking for ways to do things differently because this is about all of us. if we don't work together on the fiscal issues and the debt we have, we will be passing this burden onto our children and they deserve us to act on this now on their behalf. [applause] >> relations between the united states and israel seem to be strained at the moment. what would you recommend to improve relations between our countries? ms. ayotte: what i would recommend is that i would ask the president to make clear that

as he is going out of office, he will not take any action in the u.n. or support any action that would undermine israel or its right to determine its own in negotiations. there's been a lot of concern about it recently. unesco took a number of actions that are of concern in terms of concerned the temple mount. the administration has to be clear we do not support those measures and that we stand with israel. to parties are going to have determine this. otherwise you won't have a peaceful determination. i also believe we need to reauthorize the iran sanctions act and i hope we do that before the next administration comes into office. we want those measures in place to ensure the legal authority is there to address any of the

violations that iran may have. i also believe that in terms of the memorandum of understanding, i have legislation to make sure there is strong support for israel, security cooperation and foreign aid, and i think we can be strong on these issues. i think we should be clear on bdf movement as well. that is something i've supported legislation on. the administration could be quite clear about our relationship with israel and they have given mixed signals. i would like them to be clear on this. [applause] tothe next question pertains donald trump. could you explain your position with respect to supporting, endorsing, and voting for donald trump? >> yes. to beepublican, i wanted

able to support our republican nominee. i would like us to go in a different direction. unfortunately, i am a former prosecutor, and the information that came out in those tapes, for me, that crossed the line into criminality. that was a dealbreaker. i'm not going to be voting for him. hillary voting for clinton. i will be writing in mike pence. this is bigger than an election. i am the mother of a daughter. this was important for me. i know as she gets older, to understand where i stood. i want everyone to know, whoever is elected, from either side, i will stand up for new hampshire. if i think they are going in the wrong direction, i have done this in the senate already, even when my own party was going in the wrong direction on things like the government shutdown, i

will stand up for what i think is right for our state and the country. i also have one of the most partisan records and i will look for common ground. if we don't work together to solve our problems, we are not going to move forward on issues like the debt, a stronger economy, making sure our country is secure. [applause] one final follow-up questions someone asked, do you believe our elections are rigged and will you accept on behalf of your party the results of the elections? no, i do not. i am a former attorney general. if there is an allegation of election fraud, we should investigate it and handle it under our laws. i have respect for our process and i and -- i will accept the will of the people of new hampshire. [applause]

thanks for being here this morning and listening. it is a privilege to serve you. again, i will stand up on behalf of the people of new hampshire to either party, if they are going in the wrong direction. we need to work together to find common ground. that is why i do have a bipartisan record and i look for common ground to make sure that we can be in a stronger position for our small businesses that are creating good jobs. we've got some big problems that need to be addressed. regulatory issues, health care debt, we terms of the have to address those issues. and finally without security, we can't have prosperity or freedom. this is an area i've worked on in the armed services committee. i want to assure you i will stand up to make sure our men and women in uniform are

supported and also that our strength of our relationship with israel remains strong. we have such an important security cooperation and the security of israel is tied to our security and that is very important that relationship on a security basis and on an economic basis, that our friendship remains strong. i thank you for allowing me to be here today and i ask for your vote on november 8 and i will work my hardest to bite -- fight for you and this great state. thank you. [applause] candidate is running for the united eight senate. she is a democrat. she is our governor. she resides in exeter. she has been the governor for two terms. please welcome maggie hassan. [applause]

governor hassan: good morning. thank you, george, for moderating today into the community for hosting today's event. i know i speak for all of the candidates about how much we appreciate this opportunity. hampshire, by working across party lines, we have been making progress in building a more innovative and stronger state. we passed to balanced budgets without an increase in sales tax. we came together and started an effort to help new businesses launch and grow. we passed a bipartisan and reauthorized a medicaid expansion of them. over 50,000 hard-working granite skaters have access to quality health insurance, including substance abuse and behavioral health treatment.

we are mounting a strong hands-on response to our heroin crisis. significantmost in-state investment in transportation and structure -- infrastructure in 22 years. we also came together and in a bipartisan effort froze in-state tuition at public universities for the first time in 25 years and lowered it at community colleges. we are feeling the impact of these measures across our state. our unemployment rate at 2.9% is the lowest in the country. businessamed the most friendly state in the country buys nbc. what i am proudest of is more people are working in new hampshire than at any time in our state history. we did this the new hampshire way. coming together, having our disagreements to be sure. we would not be human if we did not. finding a way forward by

focusing on the challenges that our small businesses and our families face in getting things done for them. i think it is past time for washington to take the same approach. in the united states senate, i want to focus first and foremost on getting emergency funding for our opioid resinous back to the state. i have an economic plan available on my website talking about how we can foster innovation and support job creation and expand opportunities for hard-working families. my first priority as governor has always been the security at our state and the safety of our communities. my first priority will be the security of our country in the senate. that means we have to maintain our military superiority to be sure. the united states of america always have to be the greatest economic force in the world and the greatest force for good in the world. that means working with our allies and using military might

as a last resort. when it comes to our relationship with israel, it is an unshakable relationship. we have to do everything we can to maintain its and help israel in strengthening its security. our alliance with israel is a not just on mutual security concerns, but on shared values. we have to do everything we can to maintain israel's security so that it can maintain its jewish and democratic character. i look forward to this morning's discussion with all of you. i am grateful for you hosting this very important for him. -- forum. thank you. [applause] governor, this is a long question, here goes. please address the epidemic of violence in america caused by the lack of gun safety, domestic

violence, innocent victims of mass murder and crimes, street gang violence, how can we prevent it and teach children that violence is not a solution? governor hassan: what a super question. sure has maintained its status as one of the safest states in the country. we are all challenged by everything from the hair when -- heroin epidemic to more mass shootings for example. safety is my first priority as governor. i have worked to ensure that we safetyancing school plans, that we put more troopers on the road, and we have also taken steps to support and improve active shooter training for law enforcement across the state.

and we have made cyber security a priority. we put into place cyber security standards. we are doing trainings and we are getting rid of outdated hardware and software that makes us vulnerable to cyber attacks. when it comes to gun safety, this is not only a safety issue for our communities, which it obviously is, it is also a national security issue. i support the second amendment. i believe responsible gun owners have the right to hunt and defend themselves in their homes. i also think that responsible gun owners want us to make sure that people who should not have access to guns cannot get guns. i support expanding background checks so that for instance terrorists could not get guns online and at gun shows. there has been some activity in washington to say that it you are on the no-fly list, you cannot buy guns. loopholes leaves

because those same terrorists could still buy guns online and at gun shows. i don't think that is right. we should expand background checks to close those loopholes. thank you. [applause] you were the only democratic governor to oppose exacting syrian refugees to our state. what is your position on this issue now? governor hassan: my first job as governor is the security of our state. after the paris attacks, when the fbi and cia expressed concerns about how well our vetting system was working, they both expressed concerns that it is not working the way it is supposed to. i thought it was appropriate to take a temporary pause in receiving syrian refugees so that we could audit that system and understand what we need to

do to address the concerns of the fbi and cia. we are also a welcoming state and welcoming country. we can never allow terrorists to undermine our basic values and spirit as americans. that being said, we also have to make sure that the entryways into our country are working the way they should and are as safe as possible. i still think the administration should take a temporary pause and do this audit and address these concerns during they have chosen not to do that. my focus is on how you strengthen all entryways into the country, not just or refugees, but how we monitor social media and make sure we are doing everything we can to prevent terrorists from using social media to recruit terrorists here. we also have to do a better job and our international allies have to do a better job of

information sharing. we have expanded our information analysis enter in new hampshire to make sure all officials are sharing critical information in real-time. we need to be able to do that with european allies as well. one of the things that concerns me is that it is almost one year after the paris attacks, and we have not addressed how to improve our entryways because everybody has taken partisan positions about this instead of sitting down and doing what we always have in the past, putting the safety and security of our country before politics. [applause] it is no secret that israeli and u.s. relations are strained at present. what steps do you think we should take to encourage a closer and more amicable relationship, and what will you

do to discourage the bds movement around the world? governor hassan: i do oppose the bds movement. i think it is a misguided movement. secondly, getting back to the fact that israel and the unit states share -- united states share critical values, we believe in my busy. i will always fight to strengthen our relationship and strengthen israel's security so that it can maintain its jewish and democratic character. i'm encouraged i the recent mo a two provides more israel than any agreement in our country's history. we have to do more to ensure that israel maintains their military edge, and we have to do everything we can to confront acts of aggression from iran.

that comes from working with israel and the international community. it is critical that we continue to support bilateral negotiations for a two state solution. that is something the united states as an important role to the celtic and beauty. -- an to be between important role to facilitate and mediate. it has to be between the two parties. >> do you support legislation or the government to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies? governor hassan: my husband and i are lucky to be parents of two children. there lucky if i say so myself. one lives at home with us and has severe medical disabilities. we are well aware of the flaws in our health care system, including the impact of the high

cost of prescription drugs. as nine or as many 10 doctors and over one dozen locations are insurance company is out of the blue said he cannot take that medication anymore, it is too expensive. we are switching into this. when your loved one is doing well, and all of a sudden you're told to switch, it creates concern. it is very troubling. i support allowing medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices that would help bring in competition and lower the prices because of the volume medicare can negotiate for. fromport importing drugs canada to bring competition. we need to get drugs to market more quickly. i would support a decision to do that. i'm disappointed that in washington there have been votes that do not allow medicare to negotiate. that do not allow generic drugs

to come to market quickly, and that do not allow us to import drugs from canada. [applause] >> good year without attributing which party is responsible for our current deficit and debt sake or plans for bringing the body deficit under control? deficit under control? governor hassan: that is an important question. physicalto start with responsibility. i'm glad we have passed to responsible budgets in new hampshire without increasing sales tax. i have a plan which calls for basically five different areas of focus. one is i support senator shaheen's call for a two-year or a budget like we have in new hampshire. that would allow us to do

appropriations in the first year, and the second year to evaluate what is working and what is not and plan for the next appropriation process. we know we have to do more to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in government spending. among the things i would eliminate would be the subsidy we currently have for tobacco companies. that makes no sense to me at all. we also own a lot of empty federal buildings at this point. it costs us a lot to even keep those in their empty state and take care of their grounds. we should get rid of those empty federal buildings. we also know that the federal government does not make database decisions very often about the programs if funds. to that. apply data we also have to deal with our budget, we have to strengthen social security and medicare.

this is a basic difference between me and the current majority in washington. i would not do that on the backs of our seniors. have paid in, you into it and earned benefits. we could strengthen medicare by allowing negotiations for prescription drug prices. we could strengthen social security by asking millionaires and billionaires to pay a little bit more into the system. lastly, we have to keep our economy growing. that is why critical investments that help us develop a 21st century workforce, a clean energy economy, a transportation infrastructure, and incentivize lower taxes will help us do that. the best way to deal with this is to make sure we are continuing to grow and leading economically. [applause] >> thank you for that. we have about one minute left. would you like to make a closing

statement? governor hassan: thank you all for having me this morning. thank you for engaging in this election cycle and being so thoughtful about your decision-making. i grew up the daughter of a world war ii veteran. my dad fought in the battle of the bulge. it was not unusual for him to look at us across the breakfast table in the morning and say what are you doing for freedom today? that is a fairly daunting question to get when you're 10 years old. but my dad was serious. ,e was part of the generation what we have come to call the greatest generation. by believing in a cause greater than themselves, they saved the world and build this country into an economic and military power, the likes of which the world had never known. that is the spirit i have tried to bring with me as governor of new hampshire. is the spirit that should

be informing our work and washington, d.c. our country has an enormous challenges to be sure. they are challenges we are completely capable of addressing. to belessed as governor able to witness the strength and resilience of the people of new hampshire. we believe and hold onto our individualism more strongly than anybody else. we also believe in community because we know they go hand-in-hand. that is the example i have tried to follow as governor. will followample i if i am honored on november 8 to be the next united states senator. i greatly appreciate all of your attentiveness this morning and greatly appreciate everything you will do for your community and our state. we are a strong state because of the people here, and if we remember what we are capable of as americans, that every generation just needs to work harder to bring more people in from the margins and include

them so that we unleash count and energy and grow economically, that is what will make us strong and ultimately, that is the spirit that makes us safe as well. thank you so much. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] debate thatnother is coming up at 9:00 p.m. eastern. at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a live debate between the candidates and it louisiana senate race. that is live tonight at 8:00 eastern right here on c-span. two, weweek on c-span

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place.-- hoisted in its >> with the elections just six days away, or coverage of state races continues with the u.s. house candidates in minnesota's third congressional district. incumbent erik paulsen and democratic challenger terri bonoff. this is half an hour. leah: minnesota's third congressional district covers the west metro. here you will find cities like it in prayer, minnetonka, and a variety of industries call this district home including several , medical technology companies. republican erik paulsen was elected in 2008 after serving as first house majority leader in the state legislature. this year, he faces democratic challenger terri bonoff, who served a decade in the minnesota senate. now, we have representative eric