Coleman-Mondale Debate
On the day before the general election that decided the fate of their one-week campaign, former Vice President Walter Mondale and former St. Paul Mayor Norm Coleman debated at the Fitzgerald Theater.
Listen | Read (11/4/02)

Final gubernatorial debate
All four major party candidates appeared on TPT's Almanac Read. (11/2/02)

6th District
Three candidates for the 6th Congressional District seat debated for the first and only time. Listen | Read. (10/31/02)

Senate-Rochester
All four major-party candidates for U.S. Senate appeared together for the first time since the State Fair. U.S. policy toward Iraq was a central focus of the debate. Listen | Read . (10/17/02)

Senate - Concordia College
Sen. Paul Wellstone, Republican Norm Coleman and Independent Party candidate Jim Moore debated in a 90-minute debate in Moorhead. Listen (10/15/02)

Governor - General debate
Moe, Pawlenty, Penny and Pentel appeared on MPR's Midday for a general debate of issues in the race. Listen (10/14/02)

Governor - Higher Education
Three of four major party candidates discuss their plans for higher education, including the premise that budget woes will cause cuts. Listen (10/09/02)

Senate - Concordia College
Sen. Paul Wellstone, Republican Norm Coleman and Independent Party candidate Jim Moore debated in a 90-minute debate in Moorhead. Listen (10/15/02)

Governor - General debate
Moe, Pawlenty, Penny and Pentel appeared on MPR's Midday for a general debate of issues in the race. Listen (10/14/02)

Governor - Higher Education
Three of four major party candidates discuss their plans for higher education, including the premise that budget woes will cause cuts. Listen (10/09/02)

Governor - Transportation
The four major party candidate for governor spar over how to pay for transportation projects. Listen (9/30/02)

High-tech debate - Eden Prairie
Candidates for governor offered different approaches as they debated business and high-tech issues. Listen (9/19/02)

Governor candidates debate health care - Brainerd
The four major-party gubernatorial candidates talk debate the impact of the looming state budget deficit on health care.
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Governor candidates debate - St. Catherine's
Ken Pentel, Roger Moe, Tim Pawlenty, and Tim Penny face each other in the first debate since the primary election in a live broadcast on MPR. Listen (9/12/02)

Green Party Senate Candidates Debate
Senate candidates Ray Tricomo and Ed McGaa joined MPR host Gary Eichten for a pre-primary debate. Listen (9/4/02)

Senate Debate - State Fair
Before a lively audience at the State Fair, major candidates for U.S. Senate debated foreign policy and domestic issues. (8/30/02)
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Debate for Governor - State Fair
Tim Penny, Roger Moe, Tim Pawlenty, and Ken Pentel debated at the State Fair, taking questions from the audience at Carousel Park. (8/30/02)
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Farmfest gubernatorial debate
Roger Moe, Tim Pawlenty, Ken Pentel debated agriculture policy issues during a debate at Farmfest 2002 in Redwood Falls. (8/7/02) Listen | Read story.

Farmfest Senate debate
Paul Wellstone, Norm Coleman, Ed McGaa and Jim Moore met for the first time at a debate at Farmfest in Redwood Falls. The issues predominantly were agriculture and the environment. (8/6/02) Listen | Read story.

Rural Issues Summit Forum
The three major candidates for governor participated in a forum in Duluth at the rural issues summit. Economic and health care issues in rural Minnesota dominated the debate. (6/25/02) Listen.

League of Minnesota Cities Gubernatorial Debate
Roger Moe, Tim Pawlenty and Ken Pentel held their first debate. The Rochester debate was the first since Gov. Ventura decided not to run for re-election. (6/20/02) Listen.

Pre-convention GOP Debate
Tim Pawlenty and Brian Sullivan debated each other on June 11 at at Macalester College. Listen.

MPR Debate
DFL candidates for their party's endorsement for governor debated on May 1, 2002 in a debate sponsored by Minnesota Public Radio and the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Listen

U of M gubernatorial debate
Republicans Tim Pawlenty and Brian Sullivan, and DFLers Judi Dutcher, Becky Lourey and Roger Moe answered questions from a student-dominated crowd on 4/17/02. Listen

Business Democrats
DFLers Roger Moe, Judi Dutcher and Becky Lourey participated in a debate on business issues 4/4/02. Listen

Gubernatorial candidates
Several major candidates attended a forum sponsored by the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce on 2/28/02. Listen