1st Congressional District candidates go head-to-head on health care, government spending

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First Congressional District independent candidate Steven Wilson (right) makes a point as Republican candidate Randy Demmer (left) and Demomcratic candidate Tim Walz listen during a debate Monday night at Minnesota State University.
Mankato Free Press photo/John Cross

Three candidates vying to represent Minnesota's 1st Congressional District went head-to-head on health care reform, the federal budget deficit and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at a debate Monday in Mankato.

Democrat incumbent Tim Walz, Republican Randy Demmer and Independence Party candidate Steven Wilson gathered at an event sponsored by the Debate Minnesota Foundation.

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