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McFadden gears up for final weeks of campaign to unseat Franken

US Senate candidate Mike McFadden
Republican US Senate candidate Mike McFadden at a State Capitol complex news conference about problems at MNsure.
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Sunfish Lake business executive Mike McFadden is challenging Sen. Al Franken in the November elections.

The first-time candidate says he can apply his business expertise to make the federal government more efficient and less intrusive. McFadden wants the Affordable Care Act repealed. He also says the federal government over-regulates business, holding back the economic recovery.

McFadden received the Republican Party's endorsement and exhibited an early ability in the campaign to raise money.

Mike McFadden joins The Daily Circuit to talk about his candidacy - and take listener questions.

MPR News has invited Sen. Al Franken to join The Daily Circuit, but he hasn't committed to a date.

Learn more about McFadden:

• McFadden hits Franken over MNsure woes

• McFadden challenges Franken on Obama ISIS strategy

• McFadden makes mining an issue in Senate race against Franken

• Primary 2014: McFadden wins GOP Senate primary

More: Election 2014 | All politics | Policast podcast | Capitol View blog