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Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Politics
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Republican candidate wins Minnesota Senate special election Tuesday night
Republican Keri Heintzeman won the Minnesota state Senate District 6 special election Tuesday night. She garnered roughly 12,750 votes, or 60.27%, while her Democratic opponent Denise Slipy amassed approximately 8,376 votes, or 39.6%, according to the Minnesota Secretary of State. Heintzeman ran her campaign on reining in wasteful spending, pro-life policies, lowering taxes and protecting the Second Amendment right to have a gun, according to her campaign website. She was the director of President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign in Minnesota's 8th Congressional District, according to the Minnesota Reformer. More: Minnesota Sen. Eichorn resigns after underage prostitution arrest Heintzeman, who is married to state Rep. Josh Heintzeman, R-Nisswa, won the seat after former Republican Sen. Justin Reichorn resigned, following being arrested for allegedly soliciting an underage prostitute. The Heintzeman couple has six children, according to the Minnesota House of Representatives. The Republican's Tuesday night win narrows the Democratic majority in the Minnesota Senate back to one vote. Senate District 6 includes Brainerd, Grand Rapids and Breezy Point. Corey Schmidt covers politics and courts for the St. Cloud Times. He can be reached at cschmidt@ This article originally appeared on St. Cloud Times: Republican Keri Heintzeman wins Minnesota Senate special election
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Politics
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Republican wins special election in Senate seat vacated by Justin Eichorn
Minnesota's 6th Senate District will remain in the Republican column after a Tuesday special election to fill the seat vacated following the arrest and resignation of Sen. Justin Eichorn. With all 80 precincts reporting in the north-central Minnesota district, Republican Keri Heintzeman defeated Democrat Denise Slipy 60% to 40%. Heintzeman, a business owner and the wife of House District 6B Rep. Josh Heintzeman, R-Nisswa, easily won an eight-candidate GOP primary on April 15. Slipy, an environmental health and safety professional from Breezy Point, ran unopposed in the DFL primary. The outcome of Tuesday's special election won't affect the balance of power in the Senate, where Democrats currently have a two-vote majority. District 6, which stretches from Brainerd and Baxter north to Grand Rapids, has shifted Republican but Democrats had hoped political winds might be shifting. Eichorn resigned last month after he was charged with attempting to solicit a minor in what turned out to be an underage sex sting operation in Bloomington. The Grand Rapids resident recently pleaded not guilty to a federal charge of attempted enticement of a minor for prostitution. Small tornado confirmed in southern Minnesota after Monday's severe weather Remains of woman missing since 2016 are found in St. Cloud area U.S. Rep. Angie Craig joins the race for retiring Sen. Tina Smith's seat Letters: St. Paul Council should delay vote on rent-control amendments Francois Nguyen: 50 years since the fall of Saigon: a reflection
