Candidates for Congress line up in MN's 1st, 2nd, 6th Districts

ST. PAUL (AP) A National Guardsman on his way home from Iraq could end up among the attorneys and state legislators running for Congress next year.

Races in Minnesota's First, Second and Sixth Districts are taking shape.

Sergeant First Class Steve Sarvi is a Democrat demobilizing this week in Wisconsin. He's considering a Second District matchup with G-O-P Representative John Kline, a retired Marine colonel.

Plenty of action is also expected as candidates line up to unseat Democrat Tim Walz in southern Minnesota's First District and Republican Michele Bachmann in the Sixth.

Tax attorney Bob Olson announced he would end his U-S Senate campaign to challenge Bachmann. Democrat Bob Hill, a Stillwater attorney, is also running in the Sixth. The Independence Party's Dean Barkley says he's toying with the idea of running.

Meanwhile, the Republicans lining up to take on Walz include former state Senate Minority Leader Dick Day, state Representative Randy Demmer of Hayfield, Mayo doctor Brian Davis and Mark Meyer, a school board member from Lake Crystal.

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