Contact Information: 233 State Office Building, 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155. Phone: (651) 296-7808 or (800) 920-9984. E-mail: rep.dan.severson@house.mn.

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2006 MCA Candidate Survey Results: Candidate did not respond to survey.

Additional Notes from MCA: None.

Contact Information: 565 State Office Building, 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155. Phone: (651) 296-4373 or (800) 947-8264. E-mail: rep.larry.hosch@house.mn.

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2006 MCA Candidate Survey Results: Candidate did not respond to survey.

Additional Notes from MCA: None.

Contact Information: 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., State Office Building, Room 153, St. Paul, MN 55155-1206. Phone: 651.296.2084.

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Additional Notes from MCA: May 2004: As a member of the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Fischbach voted for an amendment to remove all arts funding from the Outdoor and Cultural Heritage Amendment, a very anti-arts position. The attempt failed. Ultimately she voted against passage of the bill from the Finance Committee. The bill did pass the Finance Committee, and two other committees in the Senate, but did not progress in the House, and therefore did not pass this session. Had it passed, the bill would have given voters the opportunity to constitutionally dedicate a portion of sales tax revenue to cultural programs, doubling current state arts funding.

May 2000: Sen. Fischbach voted to override the Governor’s veto of $1 million in bonding money for the Lanesboro Center for the Arts, and $3 million in planning money for the Guthrie Theatre. The override was successful. A ‘Yes’ vote is a good arts vote.

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Additional notes from MCA: Governor Tim Pawlenty (GOP)

April, 2006 : In a statement made regarding the Senate passage of the proposed consitutional amendment on conservation, clean water, public broadcasting and the arts, Governor Pawlenty displayed his neglect of the value of the arts: “While I appreciate the Senate’s willingness to vote on this important issue, I hope the bill will be more focused in its final version. Conservation and clean water are too important to be watered down by other issues. While the arts and public broadcasting are important, they do not rise to the level of being in need of dedicated constitutional support.”

May, 2005: Governor Pawlenty vetoed a measure to create an official poet laureate in Minnesota, remarking: “Even though we have a state ‘folklorist’, I have concern that this will lead to calls for other similar positions. We could also see requests for a state mime, interpretive dancer, or potter…”. Minnesota would have joined its neighboring states North and South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin in having an official poet laureate if Pawlenty had not vetoed the bill.