Keith Ellison, Chris Fields Respond to Patch Readers' Questions

Ellison is defending his seat representing Minneapolis in Congress.

Posted Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 10:42 pm CT|Updated Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 5:15 am CT

5th District Patches recently asked readers to . This week, we are running the candidates' answers to some of the best questions we received.

The reader questions ran the gamut from reducing the federal budget deficit to gun control to how the government can create jobs

Believe it or not, the two politicians gave us some substantive and detailed answers.

In case you missed them earlier this week, here are links to each interview:

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