Fresh from Tuesday's win, Nolan ready to face (MN) 8th District Rep. Cravaack

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Source: MINNPOST

D.C. Dispatches

Fresh from Tuesday's win, Nolan ready to face 8th District Rep. Cravaack

By Devin Henry | 09:07 am

Fresh from Tuesday's win in a three-way DFL primary, former Congressman Rick Nolan now takes on U.S. Rep. Chip Cravaack in what will be one of the nation's most contested and closely watched House races.

The DFL wants to regain a seat it held for decades but lost to freshman Cravaack in 2010.

Riding the endorsement of the DFL Party, which mobilized behind him on the airwaves and on the ground in the last few weeks of the campaign, Nolan, with 38.7 percent of the vote, defeated former state Sen. Tarryl Clark (31.5 percent) and former Duluth City Council President Jeff Anderson (29.8). Both conceded defeat Tuesday night.

“There are times when you have the wind in your face and times when you have the wind at your back,” Nolan said. “I feel that we have the wind at our back.”

Read more: http://www.minnpost.com/dc-dispatches/2012/08/fresh-tuesdays-win-nolan-ready-face-8th-district-rep-cravaack

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1. So proud that the 8th did the right thing. Nolan will restore some seniority and get the 8th back

on track.

Anderson's time will come. Clark the packsacker can take her dirty tricks and find another district to run in.

[azurnoir]

2. Good Luck to Nolan

hopefully he will defeat Cravaak or "Crakass" as I've seen him called, who can then go back to his other career which was........let me think oh yeah collecting disability checks if memory serves

[Brickbat]

3. Do you know what his disability is?

Apnea.

[azurnoir]

4. really that's it?

I knew he was an airline pilot so I had thought perhaps it was something to do with muscles in the *cough cough* sacroiliac region, but considering he's teapartier I thought that rather ummm interesting

[Brickbat]

5. No, he can't fly because he has apnea.

Rumor is he doesn't have a CPAP because if he did, the disability would be gone.

[glinda]

7. He did not get treatment for sleep apnea. Thus he didn't even try.

[goclark]

9. Apnea as in sleep apnea?

I have a mild case of it and I use a Sleep Machine.

I put on the easy sleeping gear and it helps me to sleep at least 5 hours every night. I never was able for do that for about 8 years

It's great and I highly recommend that people that even suspect it be evaluated.

http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/sleep-apnea/sleep-apnea


PS/ Another thing that helps me is my new pillow! ~ once I put my head on that soft pillow that cradles my head whichever way I turn, Ms.goclarkOBAMA sleeps like a baby.

[goodhue]

10. Yes, in 2007 Cravaack retired on a $79K/yr disability pension due to sleep apnea

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Cravaack

Northwest Airlines career

Cravaack moved to Minnesota and began working as a pilot for Northwest Airlines in 1990. He was out of work for two years in the early 1990s due to strikes, layoffs and the bankruptcy of Northwest, during which time he gave flying lessons.[5][6] He was a union steward for the Airline Pilots Association.[2][6] He served as a "strike coordinator" during the 1998 pilots' strike, bringing military discipline and parade ground style marching to the picket lines.[5] While working as a pilot for Northwest, he was noted for his determination and goal-oriented, linear thinking.[5] He and his family settled in Lindstrom, northeast of Minneapolis.[7] He retired from Northwest in 2007 due to sleep apnea, receiving a $79,000 per year medical disability pension, and becoming a stay-at-home dad for a time.[2][5] In addition, Cravaack has said he drew unemployment benefits during a furlough from Northwest in the early 1990s.

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11. I know several friends

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With APNEA and they are treatable.
Granted they were not associated with flying.
The cpap machine works.

[SoapBox]

6. Background...

from his site:

http://cravaack.house.gov/about-me/

"Rep. Chip Cravaack is a 24 year Navy veteran, and he is the third generation of his family to serve in the United States military. His experience as a Navy helicopter pilot and Northwest Airlines pilot gave him the opportunity to experience and live in multiple areas of the United States, as well as travel to many foreign countries. Chip decided, however, to make Northeast Minnesota his permanent home. He was immediately drawn to the beauty of the 32nd state and the excellent communities found in the 8th District."

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8. Yes, but in July 2011 he moved his family to NH

http://dccc.org/blog/entry/where_is_congressman_chip_cravaack_paying_taxes/

Cravaack Announced His Family Would Be Relocating to New Hampshire. On July 16, after a mere six months in office representing Minnesota’s eighth congressional district, Cravaack announced that he was setting up his reelection campaign sooner than expected and that his wife and children will be moving to New Hampshire, “where they’ll purchase a home.” [Duluth News Tribune, 7/16/11; Seniority List of the House of Representatives, 7/19/11]

Cravaack is Dividing His Time Between Washington, New Hampshire, and Minnesota. According to the Duluth News Tribune “Cravaack has said he tries to spend at least one day each week with his family in New Hampshire and at least one in Minnesota when Congress is in session. When not in session, his staff said Cravaack spends the entire work week in the 8th District.” [Duluth News Tribune, 2/23/12]

Cravaack Criticized His Former Opponent for Living Outside Minnesota. In 2010, Cravaack criticized Rep. Oberstar for living in Potomac, Maryland, rather than Minnesota’s Duluth-based 8th District. “I was shocked to find out he lives in a million-dollar home in Potomac, Maryland,” Cravaack said. [Politico, 10/18/10; Duluth News Tribune, 4/07/10]