GRANDSON OF THE FOUNDER OF GENERAL MILLS HAS NO MONEY FOR HIS CAMPAIGN
Ford Bell announces Senate bid
Democrat Ford Bell, a veterinarian by training, announced Friday he will join the field of candidates running for the open U.S. Senate seat in 2006.
"It is time for us to take back our government," said Bell, in his announcement in front of Minneapolis' Westminster Presbyterian Church where he is an elder.
Bell, who is on the board of several non-profit organizations and is president the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, said he was elected to the Senate he would push a universal single payer health plan, a sustainable energy plan and peace.
"When I go to Washington, I will be a strong voice for peace," said Bell.
Bell is the grandson of James Ford Bell, founder of General Mills, and son of Ford Bell, founder of the Red Owl grocery chain, but he said Friday that he could not self-finance a multi-million dollar Senate race. "I don't have any money to throw in," he said.
Bell said he supports abortion rights, banning assault weapons and is against constitutional amendments to ban same-sex marriage. He is a lifelong Democratic-Farmer-Laborite but he had not yet decided if he will abide by the DFL endorsement.
Although Election Day is more than 15 months away, at least seven people have already declared their intent to run for the Senate seat being vacated by DFL U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton.
They include Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Kennedy, DFLers Amy Klobuchar, Hennepin County Attorney, Patty Wetterling, public safety advocate, Kelly Doran, real estate developer, Jerry Janezick, former state Senator and former Independence Party chair Jack Uldrich. Source: Pioneer Press, July 22, 2005
Democrat Ford Bell, a veterinarian by training, announced Friday he will join the field of candidates running for the open U.S. Senate seat in 2006.
"It is time for us to take back our government," said Bell, in his announcement in front of Minneapolis' Westminster Presbyterian Church where he is an elder.
Bell, who is on the board of several non-profit organizations and is president the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, said he was elected to the Senate he would push a universal single payer health plan, a sustainable energy plan and peace.
"When I go to Washington, I will be a strong voice for peace," said Bell.
Bell is the grandson of James Ford Bell, founder of General Mills, and son of Ford Bell, founder of the Red Owl grocery chain, but he said Friday that he could not self-finance a multi-million dollar Senate race. "I don't have any money to throw in," he said.
Bell said he supports abortion rights, banning assault weapons and is against constitutional amendments to ban same-sex marriage. He is a lifelong Democratic-Farmer-Laborite but he had not yet decided if he will abide by the DFL endorsement.
Although Election Day is more than 15 months away, at least seven people have already declared their intent to run for the Senate seat being vacated by DFL U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton.
They include Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Kennedy, DFLers Amy Klobuchar, Hennepin County Attorney, Patty Wetterling, public safety advocate, Kelly Doran, real estate developer, Jerry Janezick, former state Senator and former Independence Party chair Jack Uldrich. Source: Pioneer Press, July 22, 2005
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