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11-2-05 For Immediate Release
Jim Moore, State Party Chair - (612) 306-6563
Laura Knudsen, Public Relations Chair - (651) 283-1166

PRESS RELEASE

...and then there were three

The Independence Party is poised to send a second state senator to St. Paul. Del Haag, Independence Party Candidate for Senate District 19, is one of three major party candidates to move on to the November 22 general election. Independence Party strategists have long identified his district as fertile ground for IP candidates, due to its strong base of pragmatic, results-oriented voters.

Support for Del Haag is running high throughout the district. “I have had more request for signs this last week, than I have in five times running for the Buffalo City Council,” reported Haag at the recent Independence Party Meet-up, held in Buffalo. Haag, who was unopposed in today’s primary, provides voters with vast public experience that will enable him to hit the ground running in the next legislative session.

When asked how the campaign is progressing, Del commented, “Things are picking up speed. I’m hearing a lot of discontent with what has been going on in St. Paul; ‘time for a change’; ‘too much partisan politics,’ and stuff like that.”

“He is exactly the kind of common sense leader we need in the state legislature. His credentials are outstanding,” states Tim Penny.

“On the heels of two failed legislative sessions, the voters of Senate District 19 have an enormous opportunity to send not only a message to St. Paul, but a solution…and that solution is Del Haag,” added Independence Party Chair, Jim Moore.

Del Haag served the City of Buffalo for 35 years, and is in his fifth term on the City Council. When not in office, Haag has been a Buffalo city employee. Haag worked 21 years for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, 4.5 years as the Public Works Director for the City of Montrose, and is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force.

Haag has served on many organizations, including as a board member of the National League of Cities (NLC), past Chair of NLC Small Cities Council, current NLC Advisory Council member, a past president and current board member of the League of Minnesota Cities, past president of the Minnesota Wastewater Operators Association, and was appointed by Governor Ventura to serve on the 17-member Metropolitan Radio Board.