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Read This: Mr. Walz goes to Washington

Rep. Tim Walz, like other newly-elected Freshman Congressmen and women, is in Washington now at orientation sessions. Before the elections last Tuesday, the Winona Daily News followed Walz as he “knocked on doors, rallied supporters, listened to voters’ gripes, and ultimately convinced voters to let him represent more than 615,000 Minnesotans.”

Read the piece here.

An excerpt:

Walz estimates he averaged 90 hours a week on the campaign and drove more than 130,000 miles. He says he is driven by the people he met along the way.

At the 101 Main Restaurant in Mankato, hostess Glenda Williams was seating Sunday breakfast customers. “There’s a frightening widening gap between the people that have and those who do not,” said Williams, a single mother of two. “And the tax policies in place now are making things worse.”