Amy Klobuchar to run for Hennepin County attorney and to seek higher office after that. Wellstone and his wife, Sheila, encouraged Sen. Several candidates who are in the White House race or are weighing a bid call the Minnesota Democrat an inspiration, and some issues he championed remain party priorities.

Paul Wellstone is palpable in the 2020 presidential campaign. He is a longtime Johnson aide.More than 16 years after his death, the legacy of Sen. Dean Johnson, DFL-Willmar, took over the majority leader's job two years ago. John Pollard has been the leader's executive assistant and communications director since Sen. He also operates a service to help Minnesotans find their way through the private health-care system, mostly helping those whose insurance companies did not pay for services.Ī North Dakota State University graduate is the Minnesota Senate majority leader's new chief of staff. The nurse group's decision came in part because the Minnesota Democratic senator has funded 'Rx Express' bus trips to Canada so the elderly can buy less-expensive prescription drugs. Mark Dayton has won the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Social Justice Award for working toward better health care, the Minnesota Nurses Association reports. 'Nothing can be done to clarify the situation before the 2006 elections,' Neumann said. The task force expects that finding the answers will take a while. The public wouldn't support giving up elected judges, he said. 'These are the fleas that go with that dog.' 'I don't see any way to avoid that if we continue to have judicial elections (instead of appointments),' he said. He said the task force is concerned about what effect open judicial campaigns will have on fairness and impartiality. The long-term consideration is how to modify North Dakota campaigns and still 'avoid wide open political races,' said Bill Neumann, executive director of the State Bar Association. The courts have said judges have the right to political party and issue groups' endorsements and to express opinions on issues. Janet Napolitano as leaders of an effort to help states update their preparedness plansĪ North Dakota task force is struggling to change how judicial candidates campaign, now that federal courts have ruled that restrictions limiting what they can say have been struck down.

The National Governors Association named Pawlenty and Arizona Gov.

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