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Article: Parties focus on U.S.House race; The race to succeed Rep. Jim Ramstad in the U.S. House has drawn interest at the national level. DFLer Ashwin Madia will receive aid from a Democratic committee, and a GOP program will assist his opponent, Erik Paulsen.(NEWS)
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- April 17, 2008
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Byline: MARK BRUNSWICK; STAFF WRITER
The DFL-endorsed candidate for Congress in Minnesota's Third District, Ashwin Madia, has been pegged for dollars and other assistance by a national Democratic committee.
The race to succeed the retiring Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Ramstad, expected to be one of the most hotly contested in the country, had already been chosen by national Republicans for special assistance to the presumptive GOP endorsee, Erik Paulsen.
Madia, an Iraq war veteran and first-time office-seeker who was endorsed on Saturday over Sen. Terri Bonoff of Minnetonka, was selected for inclusion in the Democratic Congressional Campaign ...