Thursday, January 17, 2013
The State Debate Tournament, which is the Minnesota State High School League's longest running event, marks its 112th anniversary this year.
Editor's note: The following is a press release from the Lakeville Area Public School District. The State Debate Tournament, which is the Minnesota State High School League's longest running event, marks its 112th anniversary this year. The tournament will be held at Willey and Blegen Halls on the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis Jan. 18 and 19—this Friday and Saturday. This year's Lincoln-Douglas Debate topic is "Resolved: Rehabilitation ought to be valued retribution in the United States criminal justice system." Qualifiers from Lakeville are Sam Anderson, Josh You, and Dylan Adelman. Twenty-four students from 16 schools are qualified for the Lincoln-Douglas debate. Anderson is the Section champion and this is his third …
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
The two sparred in an on-air debate hosted by MPR on Monday morning. It was the first and only debate in the Second Congressional District race.
Second Congressional District challenge Mike Obermueller (DFL) lobbed plenty of criticism at incumbent Rep. John Kline (R) during the first and only debate between the two candidates on Monday morning. Obermueller, who is seeking to unseat Kline in the newly competitive congressional district, called the five-term legislator part of a "broken system" during the hour-long debate, which was aired by MPR and moderated by host Kerri Miller. "John, you’ve voted 95 or 96 percent of the time with your party, that’s more partisan than Michele Bachmann," Obermueller said. “The system is hopelessly broken, the way you guys are running it now." Click here to listen to an audio recording of the full debate. Kline characterized his opponent's attacks …
Monday, October 22, 2012
The final presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney is tonight. Also, look back at the previous three debates.
The final debate between President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney is at 8 p.m. tonight—Oct. 22. Check below for more information on tonight's debate and the previous debates held leading up to Election Day. TV Channels Broadcasting Live: FOX (KMSP), NBC (KARE), CBS (WCCO), ABC (KSTP), PBS (TPT), CNN, MSNBC, FOX NEWS, CNBC and CSPAN Live Streaming Online: You Tube's Election Hub Live Chat with Twin Cities Residents During the Debates: Lakeville Patch Neighborhood Chat Room Comic Relief: Name-calling debate on YouTube, New York Times cartoon,Democalypse 2012 from The Daily Show, Obama vs. Romney on SNL COMPLETE October 3, 2012 The debate focused on domestic policy and was divided into six time segments of approximately 15 …
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Lakeville's mayoral candidates participated in an election forum on Oct. 16.
Lakeville's City Council candidates participated in an election forum on Oct. 16. The video of the form can be found online. Moderated by the Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce, the forum, held at City Hall, included incumbent council woman Kerrin Swecker, as well as challengers David Bares and Doug Anderson. Incumbent Laurie Rieb is vying for mayor, and not seeking re-election to her council seat. Lakeville Patch will follow the election through Nov. 6 election day.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
President Barack Obama and former Gov. Mitt Romney hit key points again and again Tuesday night in their second of three debates. Who came out ahead?
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney duked it out tonight in a contentious debate in New York. Patch live-blogged the debate, which featured the candidates touching on issues from the budget defecit to national security, to America's energy sources. You can watch the entire debate on YouTube Politics. Some of the points resonated with our live-blog panelists. Many were split on who came out on top: From Ryan: The more I read his policies, the more I start to feel that Romney is the GOP version of John Kerry. He doesn't know what policies he believes in. From David Cross: The one thing this type of online chat demonstrates is how divided our country is. And this may result in us going down a path that we will regret and cannot recover from. I am …
Friday, October 12, 2012
Lakeville's mayoral candidates participated in an election forum on Oct. 9.
Lakeville's mayoral candidates participated in an election forum on Oct. 9. The video of the form can be found online. Moderated by the Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce, the forum, held at City Hall, included incumbent mayor Mark Bellows, as well as challengers Matt Little and Laurie Rieb. Little and Rieb are both members of Lakeville's City Council. Lakeville Patch will follow the election through Nov. 6 election day.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
With the only debate between the two candidates for vice president now in the books, who came out on top?
Vice Presient Joe Biden and challenger Rep. Paul Ryan brought a lot to the table as they talked it out tonight in their vice presidential debate Thursday in Kentucky. Patch live-blogged the debate, which featured the candidates touching on everything from the struggling economic recovery to the Obama administration's foreign policy. You can watch the entire debate on YouTube Politics. Some of the points that resonated with our live-blog panelists who were split on who came out on top: What do you think?
Visit Patch’s live chat while you’re watching tonight's debate to share your thoughts on how the candidates are doing.
At 8 p.m. tonight, Vice President Joe Biden and Republican nominee Rep. Paul Ryan will square off in the only vice presidential debate of the season. Moderator Martha Raddatz (ABC News Chief Foreign Correspondent) will guide the debate as it covers both foreign and domestic topics. The night will be divided into nine time segments of approximately 10 minutes each. The moderator will ask an opening question, after which each candidate will have two minutes to respond. The moderator will use the balance of the time in the segment for a discussion of the question. Throughout the debate, Patch will be moderating a live blog where users can share their thoughts in real time, participate in polls and post photos from debate-watching parties. We’…
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Lakeville's School Board candidates participated in an election forum on Oct. 2.
Lakeville's School Board candidates participated in an election forum on Oct. 2. The video of the form can be found online. Moderated by the Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce, the forum, held at City Hall, included incumbents Bob Erickson and Board Chairwoman Judy Keliher, as well as challengers Terry Lind and Jennifer Hearon Harmening. One other challenger—Bader A. Alossaimi—did not participate. Lakeville Patch will follow the election through Nov. 6 election day.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
The first debate between President Barack Obama and Republican Candidate Mitt Romney will be held Oct. 3 at 8 p.m. Central Time.
The second debate between President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney is at 8 p.m., Oct. 16. Check below for more information on that debate and the rest of the debates leading up to Election Day. TV Channels Broadcasting Live: FOX (KMSP), NBC (KARE), CBS (WCCO), ABC (KSTP), PBS (TPT), CNN, MSNBC, FOX NEWS, CNBC and CSPAN Live Streaming Online: You Tube's Election Hub Live Chat with Twin Cities Residents During the Debates: Lakeville Patch Neighborhood Chat Room Comic Relief: Name-calling debate on YouTube, New York Times cartoon, Democalypse 2012 from The Daily Show, Obama vs. Romney on SNL COMPLETE October 3, 2012 The debate will focus on domestic policy and be divided into six time segments of approximately 15 minutes …
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