February 24, 1994 - Midday presents a broadcast of St. Paul Jaycees' Candidate Forum for 1994 U.S. Senate primary race in filling David Durenberger's Minnesota U.S. Senate seat. Candidates from multiple parties debate their positions. Topics include Bosnia conflict, Russia, business, term limits, endorsement process, and President Clinton’s administration.
February 25, 1994 - Mike Freeman (DFL), Mike Hatch (DFL), Dick Kimbler (I-R), John Marty (DFL), Todd Otis (DFL) and Allen Quist (I-R) participate in St. Paul Jaycees gubernatorial candidate forum. Topics included welfare, campaign ethics, and term limits. Karen Moros asked questions and moderated event.
March 23, 1994 - Ben Whitney, co-chair of Minnesotans for Term Limits; and Joan Higinbotham, executive director of Common Cause, discuss the debate of term limits. Whitney and Higinbothom also answer listener questions.
August 25, 1994 - Live from the Minnesota State Fair, Midday’s Gary Eichten moderates a debate between the primary DFL gubernatorial candidates Tony Bouza, Mike Hatch, and John Marty. The candidates for governor battle over the topics of crime and ecomony.
September 20, 1994 - A debate between incumbent Governor Arne Carlson and DFL-endorsed candidate for governor John Marty. The debate was recorded at the annual meeting of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce.
October 27, 1994 - On this Midday program, MPR’s Mike Mulcahy interviews I-R candidate Gil Gutknecht; and DFL candidate John Hottinger, both running for the 1st District. Following that, MPR’s Gary Eichten interviews incumbent DFL candidate Martin Sabo; and I-R candidate Dorothy Legrand, both running for 5th District.
October 28, 1994 - On this Midday program, a second day of broadcasts with Independent Republican and DFL candidates for Congress. MPR’s Gary Eichten interviews incumbent DFL Bruce Vento I-R and his I-R challenger Dennis Newinski, both running for the 4th District. Following that, a lively in-studio interview with DFL candidate Bill Luther and I-R candidate Tad Jude, both running for 6th District.
October 31, 1994 - Manning Marable, author and the director of the Institute of Research in African American Studies at Columbia University in New York, speaking at Faith, Reason and World Affairs Symposium at Concordia College in Moorhead. The topic of symposium was on multiculturalism, and was titled, “With Respect to Difference: Voices of a Multicultural Society.” Marable shared his view on the importance and need for an emphasis on multiculturalism.
October 31, 1994 - Linda Chavez, a former director of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and a former White House aide during the Reagan administration, speaking at Faith, Reason and World Affairs Symposium at Concordia College in Moorhead. The topic of symposium was on multiculturalism, and titled, “With Respect to Difference: Voices of a Multicultural Society.” Chavez’s address was Chavez shared her serious misgivings about the emphasis on multiculturalism. Chavez writes a syndicated column that appears in newspapers across the country and has done broadcast commentaries for several radio and TV outlets, including National Public Radio.
November 1, 1994 - In the last of a Midday series of interviews with candidates of major Minnesota political races, MPR’s Gary Eichten interviews incumbent I-R Jim Ramstad; and his DFL challenger Bob Olson, both running for 3rd District.