BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — A three-term state senator was lured into a police sting in which a vice officer posed online as a sex-hungry 16-year-girl. The charge against Jason Eichorn, 40, of Grand Rapids, was soliciting a minor for prostitution. The arrest was about 6 p.m. near the 8300 block of Normandale Boulevard just off Interstate 494. Eichorn drove up in a pickup truck and was arrested without incident, police said. The arrest of Eichorn, a Republican, raised immediate questions about the narrowly divided Minnesota Senate. Democrats hold a 34-33 majority, Were Eichorn to resign, perhaps to serve a prison sentence, Democrats would be futher ahead with a 35-32 margin.
Senator profile
State senators are elected to four-year terms, They earn $52,000 plus $86 a day for away-from-home expenses in St. Paul.
Eichorn. First elected in 2016 from Senate District 6, which includes Brainerd and Grand Rapids. Age 40. Family, four children Graduate of Itacca Community, College, Concordia University. Small business owner. A Trump devotee. Image: Bloomington police