Paulsen, Dillon and Madia face off at AARP forum

The candidates vying to succeed U.S. Rep. Jim Ramstad, R-Minn., debated issues ranging from Iraq to Social Security to gay marriage in a forum this evening sponsored by AARP and Twin Cities Public Television.

You can listen to it here.

And here's what the candidates looked like while they were waiting for the show to start.

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Left to right: Independence Party candidate David Dillon, DFLer Ashwin Madia and Republican Erik Paulsen.

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