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St. Cloud area voters pick new lawmakers
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| Contributor | Eric |
| Last Edited | Eric Dec 27, 2005 10:25pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, December 28, 2005 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | ST. CLOUD, Minn. - Voters in the St. Cloud area cast ballots for two new state legislators in special elections Tuesday.
The District 15B House race pitted Stearns County Commissioner Larry Haws, a Democrat, against a write-in effort by Republican Kay Ek, a retired anti-abortion activist.
With seven of 23 precincts reporting, Haws had 75 percent of the vote to 23 percent for Ek.
In the District 15 Senate race, Tarryl Clark, a Democrat who directs an association of community social service groups, defated Dan "Ox" Ochsner, a GOP talk radio host, who conceded the race.
With 20 of 42 precincts reporting, Clark had 55 percent of the vote to 38 percent for Ochsner and 7 percent for the Independence Party's Dan Becker.
In the closely watched House race, Ek made a late entry into the race one week before the election, That was after the Minnesota Supreme Court removed her daughter Sue from the ballot, saying she hadn't lived in St. Cloud long enough to qualify as a candidate.
The election fills the seat vacated by DFL Rep. Joe Opatz, who left to become interim president of Central Lakes College in Brainerd.
The House district covers the core of St. Cloud, including St. Cloud State University, whose students are currently on break.
In the Senate race, Clark had already run for the seat twice, losing by just 496 votes in 2002.
Republican Sen. Dave Kleis won a race for St. Cloud mayor in November, prompting him to resign from the Senate seat he'd held since 1994.
The district takes in St. Cloud as well as a mostly suburban area to the west and south. |
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