TINKLENBERG: WETTERLING IS RUNNING FOR CONGRESS
Patty Wetterling, who dropped out of the U.S. Senate race last month, will announce Friday that she is running for Congress in the 6th Congressional District, a rival said.
Democratic congressional candidate Elwyn Tinklenberg told The Associated Press Thursday that Wetterling informed him that she has decided to run against him and will make the announcement on Friday.
Wetterling's Senate campaign manager, Carol Butler, declined to comment Thursday, except to say that Wetterling will make an announcement on Friday.
Tinklenberg said he told Wetterling he was disappointed in her decision, because she had previously assured him she would not run for the seat.
"I told her that my wife and I decided to do this only after visiting her and her husband and being assured she would run for Senate, and that she would not run for the 6th," he said
"And she was very encouraging for me to get in the race.''
Wetterling's entrance sets up a two-person DFL primary for the seat now held by Rep. Mark Kennedy, a Republican who is running for Senate. The Republican candidates are state Sen. Michele Bachmann, state Rep. Jim Knoblach, state Rep. Phil Krinkie and St. Cloud executive Jay Esmay.
Earlier this week, Wetterling turned down Attorney General Mike Hatch's offer to be his running mate on the DFL Party's gubernatorial ticket this fall. Source: Associated Press, February 2, 2006
Democratic congressional candidate Elwyn Tinklenberg told The Associated Press Thursday that Wetterling informed him that she has decided to run against him and will make the announcement on Friday.
Wetterling's Senate campaign manager, Carol Butler, declined to comment Thursday, except to say that Wetterling will make an announcement on Friday.
Tinklenberg said he told Wetterling he was disappointed in her decision, because she had previously assured him she would not run for the seat.
"I told her that my wife and I decided to do this only after visiting her and her husband and being assured she would run for Senate, and that she would not run for the 6th," he said
"And she was very encouraging for me to get in the race.''
Wetterling's entrance sets up a two-person DFL primary for the seat now held by Rep. Mark Kennedy, a Republican who is running for Senate. The Republican candidates are state Sen. Michele Bachmann, state Rep. Jim Knoblach, state Rep. Phil Krinkie and St. Cloud executive Jay Esmay.
Earlier this week, Wetterling turned down Attorney General Mike Hatch's offer to be his running mate on the DFL Party's gubernatorial ticket this fall. Source: Associated Press, February 2, 2006
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