TINKLENBERG CALLS WETTERLING'S SWITCH "POLITICAL OPPORTUNISM"
Tinklenberg: Wetterling to run in 6th District
Patty Wetterling will enter the Sixth District Congressional race today, according to a competing candidate she had earlier endorsed.
Tinklenberg, a former state transportation commissioner, said Wetterling called him Thursday afternoon and told him of her plans.
Tinklenberg, who has said that he got into the race relying on Wetterling's assurances that she would not run against him, said he asked her how she could go back on her commitment.
Children's safety advocate Patty Wetterling will announce her candidacy for the DFL nomination for Congress from the Sixth Congressional District today, according to her new rival in that race, former Blaine Mayor Elwyn Tinklenberg.
Wetterling's candidacy has been an open secret in political circles for a few days since she dropped her bid for the U.S. Senate, and she will officially announce it in Anoka this morning.
Tinklenberg, a former state transportation commissioner, said Wetterling called him Thursday afternoon and told him of her plans.
Tinklenberg, who has said that he got into the race relying on Wetterling's assurances that she would not run against him, said he asked her how she could go back on her commitment.
Tinklenberg said Wetterling told him that "things change, the world moves on."
Tinklenberg said he is disappointed. "I think that's what commitments are all about," he said.
"They become most important when things change."
He said he supported Wetterling when she sought the seat in 2004, in part because he believed she was not a typical politician. But her decision to switch races strikes him as "political opportunism," he said.
Tinklenberg said that he would stay in the race and seek the DFL endorsement but that he would not challenge Wetterling in a primary if she were to get the endorsement.
Wetterling's campaign manager, Carol Butler, said Wetterling would announce her plans today and declined to comment Thursday on Tinklenberg's statement.
The seat is open because Republican Rep. Mark Kennedy is seeking the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by DFL Sen. Mark Dayton. In the 2004 race, Kennedy defeated Wetterling by 8 percentage points.
There are four active Republican candidates in the Sixth District race: state Sen. Michele Bachmann, state Rep. Jim Knoblach, state Rep. Phil Krinkie and St. Cloud executive Jay Esmay. Source: Star Tribune, February 3, 2006
Patty Wetterling will enter the Sixth District Congressional race today, according to a competing candidate she had earlier endorsed.
Tinklenberg, a former state transportation commissioner, said Wetterling called him Thursday afternoon and told him of her plans.
Tinklenberg, who has said that he got into the race relying on Wetterling's assurances that she would not run against him, said he asked her how she could go back on her commitment.
Children's safety advocate Patty Wetterling will announce her candidacy for the DFL nomination for Congress from the Sixth Congressional District today, according to her new rival in that race, former Blaine Mayor Elwyn Tinklenberg.
Wetterling's candidacy has been an open secret in political circles for a few days since she dropped her bid for the U.S. Senate, and she will officially announce it in Anoka this morning.
Tinklenberg, a former state transportation commissioner, said Wetterling called him Thursday afternoon and told him of her plans.
Tinklenberg, who has said that he got into the race relying on Wetterling's assurances that she would not run against him, said he asked her how she could go back on her commitment.
Tinklenberg said Wetterling told him that "things change, the world moves on."
Tinklenberg said he is disappointed. "I think that's what commitments are all about," he said.
"They become most important when things change."
He said he supported Wetterling when she sought the seat in 2004, in part because he believed she was not a typical politician. But her decision to switch races strikes him as "political opportunism," he said.
Tinklenberg said that he would stay in the race and seek the DFL endorsement but that he would not challenge Wetterling in a primary if she were to get the endorsement.
Wetterling's campaign manager, Carol Butler, said Wetterling would announce her plans today and declined to comment Thursday on Tinklenberg's statement.
The seat is open because Republican Rep. Mark Kennedy is seeking the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by DFL Sen. Mark Dayton. In the 2004 race, Kennedy defeated Wetterling by 8 percentage points.
There are four active Republican candidates in the Sixth District race: state Sen. Michele Bachmann, state Rep. Jim Knoblach, state Rep. Phil Krinkie and St. Cloud executive Jay Esmay. Source: Star Tribune, February 3, 2006
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