BROWNSDALE, Minn. – “Absurd,” said State Senator Gene Dornick, R-Hayfield, about a legal challenge to his residency. The complaint, by three self-appointed citizen investigators, alleges that Dornick doesn’t live in District 23 and isn’t eligible to run. The complaint is before the state Supreme Court Responding, Dornick issued a statement: “I’ve been living at the home in Brownsdale since May. Maybe these investigators didn’t see me the six times they visited because I am working during the day and campaigning in the evening. I have been getting a great reception at the doors, parades, and fairs, and I will be continuing on the campaign trail. I look forward to the prompt dismissal of the frivolous accusation.”
Redistricting woes
Dornick was elected to the State Senate in 2020 to represent Senate District 27. He lived in Hayfield in the district. When district boundaries were redrawn in 2021, Dornick himself in the wrong djstrict. A carpenter, he decided move to a house he was building jn redrawn District 23. First he announced he would be residing in Brownsdale. Later he said Glenville. Both are in the redrawn District 23.
Dornick. In a pre-email era, would his statenent have been postmarked Hayfield? Brownsdale? Glenville?