AM 1240 WJON » James Oberstar http://wjon.com Sat, 25 May 2013 21:18:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Clark To Run Against Cravaack In 8th District http://wjon.com/clark-to-run-against-cravaack-in-8th-district/ http://wjon.com/clark-to-run-against-cravaack-in-8th-district/#comments Sun, 08 May 2011 14:01:59 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=14661 Former Democratic state senator Tarryl Clark is planning another run for Congress. Clark says she and her husband bought a condo in Duluth and she plans to file papers to run against Republican Rep. Chip Cravaack next year.

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]]> http://wjon.com/great-lakes-ship-to-be-named-after-oberstar/feed/ 0 Getty Images Oberstar Says Another Run Unlikely http://wjon.com/oberstar-says-another-run-unlikely/ http://wjon.com/oberstar-says-another-run-unlikely/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:50:51 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=6054 Former Minnesota Congressman Jim Oberstar says another run for the 8th district isn't in his future. The veteran Democratic congressman was defeated by Republican Chip Cravaack in November. Speculation about another run surfaced recently after a labor luncheon in Duluth.

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