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Mark Anderson
Age: 54
Current employment: Self-employed as contract pilot, businessman
Public office experience: None
Party affiliation: Republican
What makes you the most qualified candidate for the post you’re seeking?:
Our Legislature needs more professional business people in office, not full-time professional policy makers. People that are willing to take time off from their usual business, represent their districts at the Legislature, then return home. I support less bureaucracy, less taxes and relief from over regulation on Minnesota businesses and farmers. Government should not be spending money they do not have. I seek to restore the principles, limitations and common sense of the Minnesota Constitution to the Minnesota Legislature. I believe in putting students first, individual responsibility, personal property rights and the second amendment.
Don Niles
Age: 56
Current employment: Self-employed attorney - Niles Law Office, PA.
Public office experience: Wadena City Council 2009-present
Party affiliation: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
What makes you the most qualified candidate for the post you’re seeking?:
It’s time to elect representatives who have demonstrated public leadership and proven their ability to work with people having legitimately differing viewpoints. I will bring a strong voice to the legislature for focusing on solving real problems and getting things done. As an attorney familiar with the legislative process, my training and experience will be an asset in crafting legislation and bridging different perspectives. My work as chair of the Wadena 2.0 Committee following the June 2010 EF4 tornado has inspired me with the knowledge that collaboration and working together for a common good is still possible in Minnesota.
