For Immediate Release

October 28, 2004

Exit Poll Results from UFE Candidate Forum

Uniting For Equality, Centro Cultural, and the Somali Organizing Committee held a Candidate Forum on October 28, 2004. Candidates from Minnesota
Legislative House District 9A and Clay County Commission Candidates attended the forum.

All Candidates were present at the forum except for Mike (Mac) McCarthy, Clay County Commission District 5 Candidate.

An Exit Poll was conducted at this forum. Audience members were asked to choose a candidate for each office based on what they experienced at this forum.
Exit Poll Results
There were 55 People in attendance at this Forum
Total Ballots Cast = 48
State Representative District 9A

Lauri Winterfeldt-Shanks =     32
Democratic-Farmer-Labor

Wade Hannon =                     13
Green Party

Morrie Lanning =                     3
Clay County Commissioners

District 1
Jim Cummings =                      26
Ben Brunsvold =                     16

District 2
Jerry Waller =                         30
John Young Jr. =                     11

District 5
Mike (Mac) McCarthy =         5

GOALS OF UFE: TO INCREASE VOTER PARTICIPATION IN OUR COMMUNITIES TO HOLD POLICY MAKERS ACCOUNTABLE TO OUR
“CORE COMMUNITY VALUES”

UNITING FOR EQUALITY COLLABORATIVE MEMBERS:
YWCA of Fargo Moorhead, Freedom Resource Center for Independent Living, Dorothy Day House of Hospitality, Minnkota Health Project, Minnkota Center, F-M Area Coalition for Homeless Persons,  Women’s Network of the Red River Valley, Moorhead Justice Circle, MSUM Social Work Dept., People Escaping Poverty Project (PEPP), Great Plains Food Bank, Trinity Lutheran Church Social Concerns Committee, Creative Care for Reaching Independence (CCRI), Presbyterian Women of the First Presbyterian of Moorhead  Clay Wilkin Homeless Assistance Prevention Program, Lakes and Prairies Community Action Partnership Incorporated, The Social Concerns Board of the First Congregational Church, Churches United for the Homeless, Red River Friends (Quakers), Habitat For Humanity, Mujeres Unidas, Social Action Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Church, Social Connextions, and Individual members.

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