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Radinovitch was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (District 10B) in 2012, winning by 1.4%. Before that, he was a middle class worker in the missabi iron range, which sits within the 8th district.

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Stauber served on the Hermantown city council for 8 years, then St. Louis park republican commissioner, as of 2018. He started in politics after he met president Reagan in 1988. Before his entrance into politics, he was signed to the Detroit Red Wings for 3 years.

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In past elections, the district as leaned toward the Democratic Farmer-Labor party, with the longest seat being held by DFL candidate Jim Oberstar for 34 years, but that can be subject to change with altering demographics.

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District 8 is primarily white with 92.7% of the population, being caucasian.

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He is a more ideologically liberal candidate within the DFL party. He believes in political reform in congress and high citizen input. He believes in:

Legalization of cannabis.

Healthcare "is a right" and that the government should play a minimal role.

We should invest time and resources into improving our environment with the Clean Water Act, and others like it.

That women should have an equal role in all places. Also, the have a full say in domestic violence cases.

He is a Pro-choice politician.

He fights for better healthcare, housing and education for Native Americans.

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50.6% of District 8 is Male
49.1% of District 8 is Female

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The 8th Congressional District typically votes Democrat, having voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election. However, in the 2018 midterm, polls are showing that the district is leaning republican by 10.1 points.

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A traditional Republican, he strongly believes in Conservative values, like:

Protecting 2nd amendment rights, and will "fight anyone who attempts to weaken it."

Pro-life until natural death in terms of abortion.

Insuring high quality, affordable healthcare, and wants to put individuals in charge of their own healthcare.

Supporting LEGAL immigrants.

Believes that "we have no higher commitment than taking care of out veterans, their families, and active military."

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People:

U.S. Senator Rudy Boschwitz

U.S. Representatives Don Bacon, Tom Emmer, and Patrick McHenry

MN State Senators Michelle Benson, Justin Eichorn, Karen Housley, Mark Koran, Andrew Matthews, Carrie Ruud, and Paul Utke

MN State Representative Matt Bliss

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Organizations:

Human Rights Campaign

Boundary Waters Action

National Committee for an Effective Congress

Equality PAC

End Citizens United

LiUNA

Education United

MoVe On

SEIU

TeamSTERS

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Minnesota Nurses Association

People:

Former President Barack Obama

Former Vice President Walter Mondale

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar

U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan

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Two polls were conducted by NY Times, the first was published September 6th and the second wasn't published until October 11th.
- September 6th
The first NY Times study showed very close results with 13% undecided and a nearly 50/50 split between Stauber and Radinovich, with Radinovich being the favored candidate at 44% and Stauber at 43%. This poll had a margin of error of 4.6%
- October 11th

A second NY Times poll showed a much larger margin between Stauber and Radinovich, this time flip flopping with Stauber as the favored candidate with 49% and Radinovich at an unimpressive 34%, still with 13% undecided. This poll had a margin of error of 4.6%.

Another study was conducted by FiveThirtyEight, showing still the very high chances of a red win.

This poll, statisticians calculated that Stauber's probability of winning was 4 in 5 with a likely percentage of 51.1% of the vote.

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Barack Obama & the Human Rights Campaign's endorsement of Radinovich is very important because Barack Obama has a large influence since he was president for two terms and the Human Rights Campaign is a very well known campaign platform used to defend gay rights and movements such as Black Lives Matter.

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In a MPR debate between Radinovich and Stauber, the main focus of disagreement between them seems to be economic issues. Big ticket issues like like tax cuts and healthcare brought on "lively debate" between the two candidates, while smaller things like fraudulent use of food stamps also was cause of argument in the midst of the debate. Stauber tried to diminish Radinovich's credentials  by bringing up his youth and inexperience, while the ladder claimed that Stauber was trying to protect big banks and corporations. In the end, not many social issues were covered, but you can see the economic impact of the two trying to represent a low-income district.

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- Online

Minnesota offers online voter registration, all you have to do is go to their online website: https://mnvotes.sos.state.mn.us/DisplayMessage.aspx?messageid=4

- via Mail

To register for voting in Minnesota, print out the online form: https://www.eac.gov/assets/1/6/Federal_Voter_Registration_ENG.pdf, fill it out an send it to your election official.

- in Person

Register and vote on election day at your polling station!

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Be a U.S. citizen

Have been an MN resident for 20 prior to the election

Maintain address given on the registration form

Be 18 on election day

If you've been convicted of a felony, your sentence must have been expired or completed by election day.

Have an unrevoked voting right by court or guardians

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We believe that the winner of the 2018 Minnesota 8th Congressional District election will be republican candidate Pete Stauber. We base this hypothesis on the following evidence; according to a recent poll conducted by the New York Times, published on October 11th, it is predicted Pete Stauber will will win with a whopping 49% of the vote, against Radinovich 34%, with 13% of voters undecided (keep in mind the margin of error in this poll is ∓4.6% for both candidates.) Based on this survey, we can conclude that the most likely candidate to win is republican representative Pete Stauber. Another resource pointing to the likely victory of nominee Stauber, is a forecast administered by ABC News’ political website FiveThirtyEight. Statisticians concluded that the likeliness of a red win has a probability of 4 out of  5, or a likeliness of 82.5%. Within that, the likelihood of him winning Stauber is predicted to have a 51.1% share of the vote. Although this is a close percentage to Radinovich’s estimated 44.6%, it still is plenty to give him enough votes to easily win the district.

Some people may contend that since there is such a small difference between Stauber and Radinovich’s predicted results with FiveThirtyEight’s study, it may not be statistically significant enough to conclude that Stauber will likely win, but in elections such as these, election outcomes often are very close calls between both candidates. This taken into consideration, based on all of these sources, it is perfectly plausible to infer the winner of Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District House election will by candidate Pete Stauber.

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The 8th district is tied with the 7th for the lowest income district in Minnesota, also, it has the highest unemployment rate (4.8%) and the highest poverty rate (11.7%) of all the districts in MN.

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RAISED: $1,561,954
SPENT: $1,192,176
CASH ON HAND: $369,779

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RAISED: $1,999,419
SPENT: $1,619,746
CASH ON HAND: $379,672

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2016:

Number of eligible voters: 3,900,000

Number of voters: 3,000,000

Percentage turnout: 74.72%

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Works Cited:

Bierschbach, Briana, and Brian Bakst. “The Top 15 Minnesota House Races to Watch.” Minnesota Public Radio News, 1 Nov. 2018, www.mprnews.org/story/2018/11/01/top-15-minnesota-house-races-to-watch.

Center for New Media &amp; Promotion, and US Census Bureau. “My Congressional District.” Census.gov, 25 Jan. 2017, www.census.gov/mycd/.

Congress, Joe Radinovich for. “Joe Radinovich for Congress.” YouTube, YouTube, 13 Mar. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8MsvC9DJxg.

Davis, Don. “Minnesota Primary Features Plenty of Twists.” Duluth News Tribune, 14 Aug. 2018, www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/government-and-politics/4485106-minnesota-primary-features-plenty-twists.

“Get Involved.” Pete Stauber for Congress, petestauberforcongress.com/.

“Joe for Congress | Issues.” Joe Radinovich for Congress | Minnesota 8th District, www.joeradinovich.com/issues.

“Joe Radinovich.” ABC News, 12 Sept. 2018, www.wdio.com/politics/joe-radinovich-dismissed-drug-paraphernalia-charge/5068278/.

“Midterm Election Poll: Minnesota's 8th District, Stauber vs. Radinovich.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 11 Oct. 2018, www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/upshot/elections-poll-mn08-3.html.

“Midterm Election Poll: Minnesota's 8th District, Stauber vs. Radinovich.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 6 Sept. 2018, www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/upshot/elections-poll-mn08-1.html.

“Minnesota Candidates Make Final Pitches on Eve of Election.” U.S. News &amp; World Report, U.S. News &amp; World Report, www.usnews.com/news/best-states/minnesota/articles/2018-11-05/minnesota-candidates-make-final-pitches-on-elections-eve.

“Minnesota District 08 2018 Race.” OpenSecrets, www.opensecrets.org/races/summary?cycle=2018&id=MN08.

“Minnesota's 8th Congressional District.” Ballotpedia, ballotpedia.org/Minnesota's_8th_Congressional_District.

“Minnesota's 8th Congressional District Election (August 14, 2018 Democratic Primary).” Ballotpedia, ballotpedia.org/Minnesota's_8th_Congressional_District_election_(August_14,_2018_Democratic_primary).

NateSilver538. “Minnesota 8th - 2018 House Forecast.” FiveThirtyEight, 5 Nov. 2018, projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2018-midterm-election-forecast/house/minnesota/8/ \.

“Office of the State Of Minnesota Secretary of State.” Minnesota Secretary Of State - Home, www.sos.state.mn.us/.

Orrick, Dave, and St. Paul Pioneer Press. “Minnesota's Big Races - and There Are a Lot of Them - near...” Duluth News Tribune, 5 Nov. 2018, www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/government-and-politics/4524058-minnesotas-big-races-—-and-there-are-lot-them-—-near-finish.

Ottosson, Bjorn. “Minnesota 8th Congressional District Debate Joe Radinovich vs Pete Stauber Oct 26, 2018.” YouTube, YouTube, 30 Oct. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZg3H2QLhmw.

“Pete Stauber.” Wikipedia , en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Stauber.

“Pete Stauber.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 23 Oct. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Stauber.

Salisbury, Bill, and St. Paul Pioneer Press. “Will Control of Minnesota House Be Decided in the Suburbs? DFL,...” Duluth News Tribune, 20 Oct. 2018, www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/government-and-politics/4516993-will-control-minnesota-house-be-decided-suburbs-dfl-gop.

Stauber, Pete. “Getting Things Done.” YouTube, YouTube, 1 Nov. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwmm0Wpn7Vc.

“Why the Nation's Eyes Will Turn to Minnesota on Tuesday Night.” MinnPost, 5 Nov. 2018, www.minnpost.com/national/2018/11/why-the-nations-eyes-will-turn-to-minnesota-on-tuesday-night

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University of Minnesota ($13,00)

Heartland Realty Investors ($22,000)

State of Minnesota ($8,000)

End Citizens United ($7,000)

Apple Inc. ($6,000)

North Corp ($8,000)

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers ($10,000)

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Hubbard Broadcasting ($13,000)

Home Depot ($7,000)

Freedom Club of America ($10,000)

Deere & Co ($10,000)

King Capital ($8,000)

Ames Construction ($11,000)

More Conservatives PAC ($10,000)