MINNEAPOLIS – Democrat Doron Clark won a special election to the Minnesota Senare by a kandskide, giving the party a 34-33 majority in the Senate. Clark an ethics and compliance officer at the medical device company Medtronics, takes the District 60 seat that had been held 12 years by Senator Kari Dziedzic. She died in December. In the special election Clark defeated Republican Abigail Wolters 91% to 9%. Historically the southeast Minneapolis district has been heavily Democratic. Clark’s election is expected to end of a power-sharing deal between Senate Democrats and Republicans with the chamber, until now, was equally divided. Meanwhile, the House has yet to settle a leadership quagmire resulting from a 67-67 split that has made a quorum impossible.
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Clark: “I want to take our local stories to St. Paul to fight for our community’s needs. No one can ever fill Kari Dziedzic’s shoes, but I will do everything in my power to live up to her legacy.”
Clark. Holds a 1996 Hamline University degree in religion and economics.