DFL Platform
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Here's the DFL platform (pre-convention version) in PDF format on the DFL site. There are presently 164 items on there. It will be interesting to see which items the endorsed candidate agrees to run on and which ones he/she/it doesn't.
At least one candidate I'm aware of opposes repealing concealed carry (item #149). Creating a cabinet-level Department of Peace (#131) might be interesting. Say, do you suppose there'd be any turf wars in the Department of Peace? Withdrawing all troops from Iraq in one year (#123) will be dicey, as is ending funding for all military activity in Iraq (#120). A statewide smoking ban (#81) will run afoul of at least one gubernatorial candidate.
Amending the Constitution to say every Minnesotan has a right to health care (#33) is a nod to Becky Lourey, who filed a bill to that effect this year that didn't get a single hearing in a DFL-controlled Senate committee.
And rejecting state funding for sports stadiums (#23) is certainly not a nod to gubernatorial candidate Steve Kelley, who carried the water in the Senate this year. In fact, that will run afoul of a whole bunch of incumbent Democrats according to MPR's Votetracker.
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