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Tom Scheck

Endorsements in the 5th Congressional District

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Former DFL Party Chair Mike Erlandson is getting the endorsement of Pennsylvania Democratic Congressman John Murtha this afternoon. Murtha has been a vocal critic of the war in Iraq.

State Rep. Keith Ellison received the endorsement of The Sierra Club and Clean Water Action.

Former State Senator Ember Reichgott Junge got the backing of Lavendar Magazine. The biweekly magazine's audience is mostly the GLBT community.

The three candidates, along with four others, are all running in the DFL Primary on September 12th. The winner will face Republican Alan Fine, Green Party candidate Jay Pond and Independence Party member Tammy Lee in the November election.