Minnesota Senate poll shows name ID problem for Bills
September 27, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
A new poll in Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race shows that well more than half of respondents didn’t recognize the name Kurt Bills, a central problem for the Republican challenger to Sen. Amy Klobuchar with the election less than six weeks away. Continue Reading
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