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DFL-endorsed challenger, Jen McEwen
District 7 Sen. Erik Simonson
DFL Duluth Senate early stage is a “Race of Consequences� escalated by mining divisions The upcoming election for early August will match incumbent District 7 Sen. Erik Simonson versus a DFL-endorsed challenger, Jen McEwen. McEwen, an attorney who stands for employees with handicap cases, stated she was motivated to run due to frustration with the status quo.
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xperiencing the start of the pandemic this springtime actually triggered me to reexamine my engagement in creating modification and what my role must be as well as could be in relocating points ahead," she stated.
as it relates to natural resources-related concerns. "I believe that Duluth ought to have a legislator who is really mosting likely to be in St. Paul fighting for the kinds of values as well as the kinds of change we need with a sense of necessity," she claimed.
Notably, McEwen revealed disappointment with Simonson's voting document
Simonson, who aims for a second term in the Us senate after serving two runs in
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the Minnesota Legislature, stated he was somewhat surprised to shed the party recommendation to a political newbie. McEwen won the DFL nomination with a 70% backing. "The event is changing, which's been taking place for a while. I first discovered it in 2016, where it came to be very apparent that there's a growing team of
