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St. Paul, Minn.

Duluth City Council member to challenge Cravaack

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Duluth City Council Member Jeff Anderson announced he's running for the DFL endorsement in the 2012 race to represent the Eighth District in the U.S. Congress.

Anderson, 34, is an advertising executive at Red Rock Radio in Duluth.

"I'm a fourth-generation Iron Ranger," Anderson said. "I represent 87,000 people on the City Council in Duluth. I'm a business man. I'm a veteran. I'm an elected official, and I believe I know what's important to people in northeastern Minnesota, and I want to represent them and their values in Washington."

The Ely native said he believes voters are feeling "buyer's remorse" for electing Republican Chip Cravaack.

"I don't believe he represents the values of the people of northern Minnesota," Anderson said. "When you vote lock-step with the Tea Party and Michele Bachmann and support big oil and billionaires on Wall Street, you're not representing the values of the people of northern Minnesota."

Anderson, who's currently in his first term on the Duluth City Council, joins Tarryl Clark in the race, which is expected to be a crowded field.

Cravaack's office has not responded to a request for comment, but earlier this month he said he "looks forward to engaging whoever the DFL endorses on the issues that matter to the people of the Eighth District."