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INTERESTING RACE	Choux...	11/02/06
Keith Ellison, the Democratic candidate running for Congress in Minnesota’s fifth district, is a Muslim. If he wins, he will be the first Muslim to be elected to Congress. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are quite a few interesting races this year. This is one election result I'll be checking out next Tuesday night.
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tomder55		11/03/06
Ellison will also become the first "person of color" elected to federal office from Minnesota .He is the Democrat nominee in an overwhelming Democrat district so I can assume he will be taking his oath of office with his hand on the Koran.(the Democrat-Farmer-Labor coalition has held the seat since 1963). I went to his website and he toes the radical Democrat progressive agenda across the board. He has written defenses of Louis Farrakhan against charges of anti-Semitism and a a 1990 article suggested the creation of a seperatist state for blacks.Ellison has said he was never a member of the Nation of Islam, but that he worked with it to organize the Minnesota contingent to the Million Man March .When he decided to become a politico he backed off his endorsements of Farrakhan and made overtures to the Jewish community .That got him and endorsement from ' The American Jewish World', a local Twin Cites newspaper. Ethics charges against him include Campaign finance violations;Late payment of taxes and there was a mini-controversy over his getting his license suspended .(he cannot recall how many times that has happened due to his being a scoff-law (mostly parking tickets). There is also a sexual charge against him that to me is questionable and I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt until the proof otherwise is in . It involves harassment . He has a restraining order against the woman ;he denies any relationship with her . It appears to be a woman with an ax to grind because she did not get a promotion.

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