Newspaper Clipping - Newspaper Clipping Scan - District 38 (Eagan) elections results - 11/11/2000
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Sen. Deanna Wiener awaits ,election returns accompanied by her husband, Jim Tilsen, 'tltesday
night. Photo by Rick Orndorf ;2004
-Wiener keeps District 38 seat
Pawlenty and Wilkin re-elected to state House
by Dan Gearino approach to tax cuts. for small business and abortion
Staff Writer McGinn, of Eagan, said he rights.
was disappointed with the McGinn emphasized tax
Deanna Wiener (DFL) nar- result of the vote, but not dis- cuts,. opposition to the
rowly * defeated challenger appointed with the political Metropolitan Council and
Mike McGinn (R) to hold on to process. social conservatism.
the District 38 Senate seat. "I have no regrets," he said. Republican leaders consid-
Wiener has now been elect- "We lost it fair and square." ered the District 38 seat
ed to the seat three times. ' Wiener works for Cardinal winnable. Last month, Brian
"I'm very relieved," Wiener Realty, an east-metro small McClung, a Republican Senate
said at her victory party. "I'm business owned by her family. strategist, called the Wiener-
proud to serve our district McGinn is now an inde- McGinn race "one of the top
again." pendent consultant after a dis- legislative races in
Wiener, of Eagan, said vot- tinguished career in the St, Minnesota," and said McGinn
ers in the district support her Paul Police Department. was in an excellent position to
because they care about educa- : Wiener campaigned on her win.
tion and believe in a balanced voting record as an advocate So* Lplslaturs, 8A
Lsgisl*turejContinued
"Minneapolis-style liberal," a
label that Mike Kennedy, DFL
Senate caucus director, said
wouldn't stick because of
Wiener's moderate voting
record.
Wiener, while a member of
the DFL leadership as a major-
ity whip, has had her fair share
of conflicts with the leader-
ship, most notably in her sup-
port of workers' compensation Tim Pawlenty Tim Wilkin
reform. Her stance on workers'
compensation further endeared cities of Eagan, Lilydale, ern Eagan and parts of'Apple
her to small business interests Mendota and Mendota Valley and Burnsville.
while earning the ire of organ- Heights, and small parts of Tim Wilkin (R) of Eagan
ized labor, Kennedy said. Apple Valley and Burnsville. won a second term, defeating
McGinn didn't rule out run- Tom Weisbecker (DFL) of