Articles written by Matt Sepic

Matt Sepic, MPR|Dec 7, 2011

Minneapolis — The daughter of a longtime city councilman won a crowded DFL primary for a northeast Minneapolis state senate seat Tuesday evening. Kari Dziedzic won a third of the vote in a five-way race. She'll face Republican Ben Schwanke in a special election January 10. The winner will replace DFL Senator Larry Pogemiller, who resigned in October to take a new job as director of the Office of Higher Education. Dziedzic says the campaign was quick but intense. "It was a sprint. I think we w...