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Legislative Scorecard

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the Ban

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 Supports

 the Ban

Comments

1A

 

 

Dave Olin(DFL)

Dave voted for the ban, but he also supported the smoke shack

amendment. 

1B

Bernie

Lieder(DFL)

 

 

Bernie fought the ban, but the ban won.

2A

Steve Green(R)

Kent Eken(DFL)

 

 

Kent voted against the ban and for the smoke shack.

Steve believes that business owners and citizens should have

the right to decide for themselves.

2B

Doug Lindgren(R)

Brita Sailer(DFL)

 

Doug made his own business smoke-free in 1996, but believes

the business owner should be making that choice, not the

government.

Brita voted for the ban, although she would have preferred

exemptions.

3A

Tom Anzlec(DFL) 

Marv Ott(R)

 

Tom was a sponsor of the smoke shack amendment. 

Marv might support exemptions.

3B

Loren Solberg

(DFL)

 

Carolyn

McElfatrick(R)

Loren voted against the ban and for the smoke shack

amendment.

Carolyn responded, but did not indicate if she was on our side.

We're guessing she is not.

4A

Adam Steele(R)

John Carlson(R)

 

 

Adam believes bar owners should make the choice whether or not to

allow smoking.

John wants to preserve private property rights and does not

support the way the ban was passed into law. 

4B

Larry Howes(R)

 

 

Larry is on our side and was a sponsor of the smoke shack

amendment. 

5A

Tom Rukavina

(DFL) 

 

 

Tom was one of the biggest opponents to the statewide

smoking ban.

5B

 

Tony Sertich(DFL)

 

 

 

John Larson(R)

John owns a bar, but feels the damage has been done and

would not support exemptions or repeal of the ban.

Tony does not agree with the ban.

6A

David Dill(DFL)

 

 

David has been against the ban all along. 

6B

 

 

Mary Murphy(DFL) 

Mary voted for the ban and wants no exemptions.

7A

Ryan Stauber(R)

 

Tom Huntley(DFL)

Tom was an author of the smoking ban. Fire him.

Ryan is against the ban and would vote in favor of exemptions,

but would probably not vote to repeal the ban.

7B

 

 

 

 

8A

 

 

Bill Hilty(DFL) 

Get rid of Bill; he's not a fan of liberty. 

8B

 

Tim Faust(DFL) 

 

Tim voted in favor of the ban, but to his credit, he did

the smoke shack amendment. 

9A

 

Morrie Lanning(R) 

 

Morrie voted for the ban, but he wanted exemptions and he

voted in favor of the smoke shack amendment.

9B

Paul Marquardt

(DFL)

 

 

Paul voted against the ban and for exemptions.

10A

Bud Nornes(R)

 

 

Bud voted against the ban and does not support it.

10B

 

 

 

 

11A

Torrey Westrom(R)

 

 

Torrey is on our side and voted against the ban. 

11B

Mary Ellen

Otremba(DFL)

 

 

Mary is opposed to the ban and did not vote for it. 

12A

 David Allan

Pundt(R)

 

John Ward(DFL) 

John voted for the ban and against the smoke shack.

David believes the business should decide.

12B

 Al Doty(DFL)

 

 

Al voted against the ban and for the smoke shack. 

13A

 

 

 

 

13B

 

Al Juhnke(DFL)

 

Al voted for the ban, but supports exemptions. 

14A

 

 

Dan Severson(R) 

Dan was a sponsor of the ban. Kick him out of office. 

14B

Larry Hosch(DFL) 

Jim Stauber(R)

 

 

Both Jim and Larry would like the smoking ban to be

history. 

15A

 

 

Steve Gottwald(R) 

Another hater of freedom of choice, Steve sponsored the ban.

15B

Joshua Behling
(R)

 

Larry Haws(DFL) 

Joshua believes in choice and does not support the smoking

ban. Please support him. 

Larry voted in favor of the ban, but supports the smoke shack.

16A

Sondra Erickson(R)

Gail Kulick Jackson

(R)

 

Gail supports property rights, but is unsure about 

supporting a bar owner's right to allow smoking.

Sondra is a better choice and fully opposes the ban.

16B

 

 

 

 

17A

Rob Eastlund(R) 

 

 

Rob opposes the ban and voted against it. 

17B

 

Jeremy Kalin(DFL)

 

Jeremy voted for the ban, but supports exemptions. 

18A

Ron Shimanski(R)

 

 

Vote for Ron, he is against the ban. 

18B

 

Dean Urdahl(R)

 

Dean originally supported the ban, but has gone on the record

stating he'd like exemptions to help hurting businesses. 

19A

Bruce Anderson(R)

 

 

Bruce would fight to get rid of the ban. 

19B

Tom Emmer(R)

 

 

Tom is a top-notch Representative. We need more reps like him to

fight the good fight. 

20A

 

 


 

20B

Lyle Koenen(DFL)

 

 

Lyle fought the ban and was a sponsor of the smoke shack

amendment. 

21A

Marty Seifert(R)

 

 

Marty strongly opposes the ban.

21B

 

 

 

 

22A

Doug Magnus(R)

 

 

Doug voted against the ban. 

22B

 Rod Hamilton(R)

 

 

Rod would vote to repeal the ban. 

23A

 

 

Terry Morrow

(DFL)

Mike Bidwell(R)

 Terry was a ban sponsor. Enough said.

Mike also believes adults need how to be told how to live their

lives. We're not sure who is the lesser of the two evils.

23B

 

 

Kathy Brynaert

(DFL)

Kathy was also a sponsor of the ban. 

24A

 

Bob Gunther(R)

 

Bob voted for the ban, but he was a sponsor of the smoke

shack amendment. 

24B

 

Tony Cornish(R)

 

Tony also voted for the ban, but would vote in favor of 

exemptions. 

25A

Laura Brod(R)

 

 

Laura completely opposes the ban. 

25B

 

 

David Bly(DFL)

David supports the ban. He may support very limited exemptions.

26A

 

 

 

 

26B

 

 

Patti Fritz(DFL)

Patti is a ban sponsor...boo! 

27A

 

 

Robin Brown(DFL)

 

27B

Brian Thiel(R)

 

Jeanne Poppe(DFL)

Brian is opposed to the ban and states, "Kinda sad isn't 

it...you can burn a flag in public but not a cigarette." 

Jeanne fully supports the ban.

28A

Tim Kelly(R) 

 

Sandy Wollschlager

(DFL)

Tim is completely opposed to the government making that

choice for private business owners.

Sandy supports the ban, but might consider exemptions. 

28B

Steve Drazkowski

(R)

 

 

Steve say the ban violates the property rights and personal

liberties of bar owners across the state.

29A

Randy Demmer(R)

 

 

Randy has always opposed the ban. 

29B

 

 

Kim Norton(DFL)

Kim is a ban sponsor and helped put the Olmsted County

ban into place.  

30A

Jake Dettinger(R)

 

Tina Liebling(DFL)

Jake says he would be in favor of repealing the ban.

Tina is another ban sponsor. She thinks that tobacco smoke is

"poison". Tina is poison to liberty, get rid of her.

30B

 

 

Andi Welti(DFL)

Andy is yet another rep who is disgusted by liberty. 

31A

 

 

Gene Pelowski,

Jr.(DFL)

 Gene voted for the ban, also, and does not support

exemptions.

31B

 

 

Ken Tschumper

(DFL)

Get rid of Ken! Yet another sponsor of the ban.

32A

Joyce Peppin(R)

 

 

 Joyce supports common sense and freedom of choice.

32B

Kurt Zellers(R)

 

 

 Kurt would gladly see the ban disappear.

33A

 

 Steve Smith(R)

 

Steve supports the ban, but based upon his voting record, he wants

exemptions.

33B

 

 Connie Doepke(R)

 

Connie currently has no opinion on this issue. We will work

to educate her. 

34A

Paul Kohls(R)

 

 

Paul supports us and he voted against the ban. 

34B

Joe Hoppe(R) 

 

 

Joe also supports us, so please support him. 

35A

Michael Beard(R)

 

 

Michael also understands what this country was founded upon. 

35B

Mark Buesgens(R)

 

 

Mark not only opposed the ban, he was a smoke shack sponsor. 

36A

Mary Liz

Holberg(R)

 

 

Mary also supports freedom of choice. 

36B

Pat Garofalo(R)

 

 

Pat gets a big thumbs up from us! 

37A

 

 

Shelley Madore

(DFL)

Shelley supports the ban and is opposed to any exemptions. 

37B

Judy Lindsay(R)

 

Phillip Sterner

(DFL)

Judy tells us she would most certainly vote to repeal the ban.

A resident of district 37B tells us that Phillip refuses to answer

the question without getting the resident's view. Watch out.

38A

 

 Sandra Masin

(DFL)

 

Sandra voted for the ban, but did support the smoke shack

exemption. 

38B

 

 

Lynn Wardlow(R)

 Lynn supports the ban, but she may be convinced to allow exemptions.

39A

Bill Jungbauer(R)

 

Rick Hansen(DFL)

Bill says he would likely support exemptions.

Rick was a sponsor of the ban. Slight chance he would support

exemptions. 

39B

 

 

Joe Atkins(DFL)

Joe is a waste of time. Get him out! 

40A

 

 

Will Morgan(DFL)

 Will is also a big time nanny. He'd take good care of your

children, but doesn't care about his voters.

40B

 

 

Ann Lenczewski

(DFL)

 Ditto for Ann. Time for her to retire.

41A

 

 

Ron Erhardt

Ron got himself kicked out of the Republican Party. Now let's

get him kicked out of office (Ban Sponsor). 

41B

 

 

Neil W.

Peterson(R)

 Neil is another freedom-hating ban sponsor.

42A

 

 

Maria Ruud(DFL)

Maria is another sponsor of the nasty ban.  

42B

 

 

 

 

43A

Sarah Anderson(R)

 

 

Sarah is one of us--please support her. 

43B