(Pioneer Press) Keith Ellison and Doug Wardlow spent the better part of an hour Sunday night trying to characterize the other as extreme — and defend himself from the other’s attacks, which ranged from Louis Farrakhan to gay rights.
Ellison, a Democratic congressman representing Minneapolis, and Wardlow, an attorney and former Republican state lawmaker, are running for state attorney general in what has emerged as one of the bitterest campaigns of a pretty bitter and busy campaign season.
In a nutshell, Wardlow accuses Ellison of being an extreme left-wing politician who would use the office to further his political agenda. Ellison says the same about Wardlow — except that Wardlow’s right-wing.
The two squared off Sunday night in a debate in St. Paul as part of a series of debates hosted by KSTP-TV.
