WINONA, Minn. – A political scientist at Winona State University, Darrell Downs, is managing the Sarah Kruger campaign for Winona’s 26-A seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives. At Winona State he teaches American public policy with special interest in natural resource management and higher education labor issues. He holds a 1992 doctorate from Colorado State and earlier degrees from Oregon State and | Montana State. He’s 65. He has been president of the Winona State faculty and an advisory board member of MN Vote Smart.