Video Replay: Erik Paulsen Debates Dean Phillips In Tight MN Congressional Race

By: Bill Sorem | October 5, 2018

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Rep. Erik Paulsen (R) debates his challenger Dean Phillips (DFL) at Minnesota Public Radio on October 5, 2018. Polls show the race in Minnesota’s 3rd congressional district is close with Phillips leading in the latest New York Times poll.

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Bill Sorem is a longtime advertising professional who started with Campbell Mithun and ended up with his own agency. After a tour as a sailing fleet manager in the Virgin Islands he turned to database programming as an independent consultant. He has written sailing guides for the British Virgin Islands and Belize, and written for a number of blogs. In 2010, he volunteered as a citizen journalist with The UpTake and has stayed on as a video reporter.

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