bruce poliquin, can you tell me what you admire about emily ann cain? mr. quin: she has made a decision to pursue a career in politics. she came from new jersey to go to the university, and after (202) 748-8000 (202) 748-8000 (202) 748-8000 -- graduation she has been campaigning for public office ever since. now that is not my career. my job has been in business hiring people and growing the economy. but that is her career. it is not what we need in maine or in washington, but i salute her for having that passion. jennifer: and emily ann cain? ms. cain: i admire bruce because's good dad. i haven't had a chance to meet sammy, but i know that bruce is a good father. let's be clear. let's talk about the fact when he talked about my background, that we move around, he is attacking my family. that is something i would never do to the congress man. i would never question his family and background. when he takes cheap shots, my parents had to move in order to find good jobs. it is not fair and right. working families across maine know that is disrespectful to the k

bruce poliquin, can you tell me what you admire about emily ann cain? mr. quin: she has made a decision to pursue a career in application. they went to university and after graduation she has been campaigning for public office ever since. now that is not my career. my job has been in business hiring people and growing the economy. but that is her career. it is not what we need in maine or in washington, but i salute her for having that passion. jennifer: and emily ann cain? ms. cain: i admire bruce because's good dad. i haven't had a chance to meet sammy, but i know that bruce is a good father. let's be clear. let's talk about the fact when he talked about my background, that we move around, he is attacking my family. that is something i would never do to the congress man. i would never question his family and background. when he takes cheap shots, my parents had to move in order to find good jobs. it is not fair and right. working families across maine know that is disrespectful to the kind of work they do and the tough choices they have to make every day.

bruce poliquin, why did, why do best to to serve? >> thank you. first of all, it is really important to have someone who grew up in maine. i'm from central maine, born and raised here. mom and dad from central maine and my grandparents are also from central maine. to share the values of the people you represent, it's important to understand the people you represent and the communities you are representing. the key issue before us, jennifer in this election and our state and our district is jobs. we need more jobs. we need better paying jobs so her kids and grandkids can stay here. my whole career until several years ago when i got involved in public life has been to create jobs. i understand how the economy works and how to create jobs. this is something i've been doing until i became state treasurer. emily set them off a result of that to bring something to everyone's attention. i sleep in my office on a pullout bed and i come back just about every weekend to stay connected to the people i work for. i also refuse the cadillac health care plan tha

bruce poliquin, ranked choice voting system. how would you vote on that?constitutional right an responsibility to vote. this is very complicated issue the way the process would take place. i encourage everybody to look at this very carefully but i'm not telling people of maine, ask the people of maine go vote. it is your responsibility to vote but not tell you what type of voting process will be passed at ballot box. they can decide that. that is their job. >> question 4 raise state minimum wage $12 an hour by 2020? >> i'm focusing on career, high-paying jobs. jobs in the manufacturing sector. jobs on waterfront. jobs in wood products area. that is what i'm focusing on. i'm not consumed with this issue about not, about forcing a specific wage on businesses. you know, we need to make sure that we don't raise the labor cost in maine so it kills jobs. we need to make sure we protect entry-level jobs, minimum wage jobs and everybody wants a fatter paycheck, a bigger paycheck. but we've got to do this by growing career jobs. that is what i'm focused on. that is

. >> moderator: bruce, why are you the best candidate? >> poliquinank you for the opportunity to be here. first, it's important to have someone like myself who grew up in maine. mom and dad are also born and raised here and my grandparents are also from central maine. it's important to understand the people you represent and the communities you are representing. the key issue before us in our state and district is jobs. we need more jobs, better paying jobs so our kids and grandkids can stay here instead of being forced to go out of state. my whole career until years ago has been to create jobs. i understand how the economy works and how to create jobs. it's something i've done since i became state treasurer. emily says i'm all for myself, first of all, i sleep in my office on a pullout bed and i come back just about every weekend to stay connected to the people i work for. i also refuse to catholic healthcare plan provided members of congress. i have my own plan i've been paying for for quite some time and i also refused the thrift savings plan offe