On Monday, the congresswoman Bachmann visits a coal power generation plant in Becker, the nuclear plant in Monticello and an electric cooperative in St. Joseph. On Tuesday she’ll pump gas at a filling station in Lino Lakes and meet with gas station owners.

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“I am thrilled to accept the endorsement of Governor Tim Pawlenty in my race for reelection to Congress,” said Bachmann. “Governor Pawlenty and I will work together to make Minnesota ‘red’ in 2012.”

Bachmann also earned the support of Minn. Representative Joe Hoppe (34B) and Minn. State Senator John Pederson (SD15). Their endorsements join a growing list of local leaders and elected officials who have signaled their commitment to reelecting Bachmann to Congress. The official list of endorsements is available at michelebachmann.com/endorsements.

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At issue is whether government can compel Americans, by virtue of the fact that we breathe, to purchase a product or service which government specifies. The power grab is breathtaking and unprecedented and will change our relationship to government forever.

Obamacare represents the greatest expansion of federal power, the largest entitlement program and the largest social-engineering project of our lifetimes. Obamacare allows the government to tell you what you must purchase. But government should never infringe on personal liberty like this, as it opens a gateway to more egregious government abuses of power that border on tyranny, including socialized medicine.

Obamacare remains widely unpopular with the American public. A recent USA Today/Gallup poll found that 72 percent believe that the individual mandate, the heart of the bill requiring all Americans to purchase insurance or pay a fine, is unconstitutional. A CNN poll found that 59 percent oppose the law. That opposition is based on the American spirit that burns in us that something is wrong with the government requiring us to purchase goods or services.

My opposition to Obamacare goes far beyond the constitutional questions the court heard. I agree with President Obama that we want health care costs to decrease, not increase. But Obamacare will do the opposite. The bill’s own architect, Jonathan Gruber, recently backtracked on the claim that premiums would fall and admitted that they will rise sharply as a result of the reforms in Obamacare.

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“Today was a victory for the people of the sixth district of Minnesota with the release of the district map leaving our district largely unchanged. Though the court changed the district by drawing my residence out of the district and into district four, the vast majority of the people I currently represent remain in district 6. The area covered by our district isn’t just a place I represent in Congress; it is the community I call home. We are neighbors, business owners, friends and family. It is the place I grew up and where I graduated from high school. The voice of the people of the sixth district has been heard in the halls of Congress and across the nation. It is a common sense voice of the heartland of Minnesota, and I am honored to serve the people.

This spring, at the 6th District Convention, I will humbly ask my constituents for their endorsement to run on behalf of our party for a fourth term to Congress. Between now and that convention, I will be reaching out to the delegates from every corner of our district, asking for their support.

Minnesotans supported my Congressional campaigns since 2006 because I work tirelessly to shrink the size and impact of government, to cut bureaucratic red-tape, and to restore our individual liberties. In the upcoming campaign I will also work to bring more and higher paying private sector jobs to our district and to Minnesota, to fight to increase and legalize American energy production to bring down the high cost of gasoline and to stop the out-of-control, wasteful spending in Washington. And I will continue to make sure our country remains free, safe and sovereign.

My experience as a tax attorney, job creator and mother continue to guide my belief that we need a government that unleashes the free market, taxes less, and spends no more than it takes in. Despite no longer representing portions of Washington County, I will continue to press toward the goal of building a new bridge over the St. Croix River. I will also continue the fight reforming burdensome government regulations to help small businesses in Minnesota create jobs, and repealing Obamacare and Dodd-Frank. I am looking forward to working together with my supporters to run an aggressive campaign. And most importantly, I look forward to continuing to serve the people of Minnesota in district 6 and taking their voice and values to Washington, D.C.”

Bachmann first won Minnesota’s 6th Congressional district in 2006 and was elected again in 2008 and 2010.

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