Mccright tina smith is a former lieutenant governor, was first appointed by governor mark dayton early in 2018, and she won a special election two years ago. If she wins this year, it will be for a full sixyear term. A republican component opponent served a term in congress from minnesotas second district. Tina smith and jason lewis joined me remotely this hour as part of our meet the candidate series, to talk about the issues facing minnesota and the country. There arent a lot of rules for our conversation today. I will ask you a series of questions. I ask you to keep to the issues, even though you are running for senate, we dont need to fi i ask you not to filibuster. One firm rule i will enforce is that you cannot talk over each other. Lk over each other. It sounds bad on the radio, people will turn us off, and nobody will hear what you have to say. I will give you each a minute at the start and the end to make the case why voters should pick you. I flipped a coin before we started,
Mo katie. One of the key races this november is for senator. Tina smith is the incumbent, a former Lieutenant Governor first appointed by governor mike dayton in 2018, and she won a special election two years ago. If she wins this year, it will be for a full six year term. Her republican opponent is jason lewis, he served a term in congress from minnesotas Second District and is a former talk radio host. Tina smith and jason lewis joined me remotely this hour as part of our meet the candidate series to talk about the issues facing minnesota and the country. There arent a lot of rules for our conversation today. I will ask you a series of questions. I ask you to keep to the issues, even though you are running for senate, we dont need to filibuster. I will give you each plenty of time to lay out your views and respond to each other. One firm a rule i will enforce is you cant talk over each other. It sounds bad on the radio, people will turn us off, and nobody will hear what you have to s
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And we ask for your understanding and patience as we all work through this new way of working together. If we havent done so already, im going to ask all members of the board to mute themselves to minimize background noise. Board members will have to remember to unmute themselves to comment and when the roll call votes are held. Theres staff in the background who will be managing the technological functions throughout the meeting so we can move to whoever is speaking throughout the meeting. Again, we ask everyone for their patience as we make these adjustments. Lastly, we want to thank everyone who has made these meetings possible, including darlene, jay huish, and staff members, as well. The board appreciates [no audio] and we will begin the meeting. We will start with the roll call. [roll call] we have a quorum. Item number 3, communications. Item number 3, communications. Due to the covid19 and to protect the public, the meeting room is closed. However members will be participating
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