2024 MN Senate race: on Principles & Values


Amy Klobuchar: Father was a popular columnist at Minneapolis Star Tribune

Three-term Sen. Amy Klobuchar opens her 2024 reelection year in an enviable position for an incumbent because she has no formidable Republican opponent. The election isn't until November so there's still time, but a raft of reasons make it unlikely this race will ramp up. Klobuchar had $4 million remaining on hand [in her campaign warchest] as of last fall.

Klobuchar has been a heavy hitter from the beginning, owing in part to the goodwill attached to her name. Her late father, Jim Klobuchar, was a longtime columnist at The Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Republicans would like to find a solid opponent with mainstream views. "What we need to avoid is hurtful unforced errors on the down ballot," [a GOP spokesperson] said. Absent a solid candidate, she said the party's better off not challenging Klobuchar.

In 2018, Klobuchar's last reelection campaign, she won all eight Minnesota congressional districts, beating Republican state Rep. Jim Newberger 60% to 36%.

Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune on 2024 Minnesota Senate race Jan 13, 2024

Royce White: Replace rampant corruption with sacred honor in government

There is little today to be proud of as regards the actions of my own government, so my efforts in Senator will be to rally an effort to CLEAN HOUSE here at home--replacing rampant corruption with sacred honor at every level of governance by the will of the Free People of America. This is a special time in our national history, and I demand from myself the kind of change that restores moral values.
Source: 2024 Minnesota Senate campaign website RoyceWhite.us Jul 2, 2024

Royce White: World is dominated by materialism; it's an abject failure

Faith and the fruits of faith are the way our Free People have traditionally increased their health. For the last fifty years, we have experimented with our freedoms, squandered our safety, and moved far from the spiritual world of our parents and grandparents. Our world is dominated by materialism. This entire experiment has been an abject failure. The explosion of mental health issues is the evidence of this failure.
Source: 2024 Minnesota Senate campaign website RoyceWhite.us Jul 2, 2024

Royce White: Ready to fight for The Free People of America

My name is Royce White. I'm a father and a patriot ready to fight for The Free People of America. I was born and raised in a working-class family here in the Twin Cities. Currently, I am a pro athlete in both basketball and mixed martial arts. Early in my career as a professional athlete, I fought against the NBA to create a mental health policy when there wasn't one.

Our community finds itself at the center of a culture war, amongst many other forms of warfare... Spiritual, Psychological, Economic, etc. Like many communities in crisis across our country, we need leaders who will not sell out.

Source: Ballotpedia Candidate Connection: 2024 Minnesota Senate race Aug 8, 2024

Steve Carlson: Ran for president in 2015 but follows Donald Trump

Q: Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

A: Donald J Trump, 45th President of the United States. I spotted him as a political leader when I was running for President in 2015. I immediately recognized that he had a heart for the people of Arizona and the people of the United States, he had leadership and management skills to put together actions needed to lead the nation (though they did not always parallel my own) and that he, like the Founding Fathers, would commit his name, resources and life to perpetuating the Republic of the United States and our exceptional place in the world. This was what I was trying to do and still am. I also share his values, of liberality if not political liberalism, conservatism and love of country, family and God; courage, resourcefulness, integrity and willingness to work with all Americans for the good of the nation and the planet.

Source: Ballotpedia Candidate Connection: 2024 Minnesota Senate race Nov 1, 2022

Steve Carlson: The Bible is an amazing source of all history

Q: What is your favorite book? Why?

A: The Bible. It is an amazing source of all history and society, explaining the origins of everything an the existence of God. Like this nation it is not a fiction of the English language, but ancient and yet timely. Today I could listen to the Gospels of Matthew and John in Swedish. It is the foundation of the world.

Source: Ballotpedia Candidate Connection: 2024 Minnesota Senate race Nov 1, 2022

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Candidates and political leaders on Principles & Values:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R)
Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R)
Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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