About That Henco District 6 Special Election
By Mitch Berg
Heather “Lawnmower Barbie” Edelson, beat Marisa Simonetti, 54-45.
In other words: A woman with near 100% name recognition, especially among people who come out for special elections, beat someone nobody had heard of three weeks before the election.
By nine points.
In a district Keith Ellison won by 20, and Governor Klink by 30:
There’ll be another round in November.
While the district is a little less “blue” than most of Hennepin County, this can’t be great news for the DFL headed into the fall
May 18th, 2024 at 4:11 pm
In the land of 10,000 close elections, chalk up another GOP loss. I predict much the same in November – several close, but alas, lost races continuing DFL control.
The DFL will see it as a message to double down, I wonder what message republicans will hear…. I’m thinking the most useful message will be “leave, you’re not wanted”.