Area Candidates Seek Party Endorsement

Minnesota Senate District 4 Democrats will meet this Saturday to endorse candidates for House District 4A and 4B seats. Pequot Lakes activist Meg Bye intends to challenge incumbent Republican 4B State Representative Larry Howes this fall. Bye said the issue at the top of her list is money for education. Bye said "schools are struggling. Levies are being asked to be passed for basic educational services. We can't sit around and expect each little community to eduction its own children." Party officials told the Brainerd Dispatch they expect incumbent Bemidji Democrat Frank Moe to run for re-election in District 4A. Senate District 4 includes parts of Beltrami, Cass, Crow Wing, Hubbard and Itasca Counties.