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Sources: Sen. Amy Koch Resigned After Allegations
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch resigned her post Thursday after she was confronted by GOP Senate leaders about allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a...
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Esme’s Blog: MN Republicans Had A Very, Very Bad Week
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The coming year that is 2012 should be a banner one for Republicans. But in Minnesota the party faithful have to be reeling, wondering how their leaders could have let them down at...
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Dayton’s Response To Koch’s Resignation, Election Set
ST. PAUL (WCCO) — Minnesota Senate Republicans have set next Tuesday as the day they will elect a new Majority Leader. That’s the person who will replace Senator Amy Koch, who resigned suddenly last...
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Sen. Koch Issues Statement On Relationship With Staffer
ST. PAUL (WCCO) — Former Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch says she’s “deeply sorry by engaging in a relationship with a Senate staffer” in a statement issued Wednesday. According to high...
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Minn. Senate GOP Secretive In Picking New Leader
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The contest among state Senate Republicans to replace fallen majority leader Amy Koch is happening behind closed doors at the State Capitol, with most of the leading candidates...
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Minnesota Senate GOP Picks New Majority Leader
ROSEVILLE, Minn. (WCCO) — Minnesota Senate Republicans have a new leader. They chose Dave Senjem of Rochester Tuesday night. He will replace Sen. Amy Koch, who resigned amid accusations she had an...
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Minn. Republicans Meet To Elect New Leadership
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Republicans meet Saturday to elect a new chairman during a difficult time for the party. Party officials say the state GOP is nearly $1.3 million in debt — and legal...
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Republican Caucus Names Sviggum Executive Assistant
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Senate Republican Caucus has named former Minnesota House Speaker Steve Sviggum as its executive assistant and communications director. Senate Majority Leader David Senjem...
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Minn. Senate Leader: No Complaint In Koch Matter
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – New Senate Majority Leader Dave Senjem says he doesn’t plan to file an ethics complaint against Sen. Amy Koch or other senators in connection with events leading up to Koch’s...
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WCCO Interview: Sen. Koch On Stepping Down, Aftermath
ST. PAUL (WCCO) — In her first television interview since she stepped down as Minnesota’s Senate Majority Leader, Amy Koch is rethinking her decision not to run for reelection after admitting she had...
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Humbled Minn. Sen. Koch Says No Reelection Bid
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — State Sen. Amy Koch said Monday that she is sticking with her decision not to seek re-election after engaging in a relationship with a subordinate, despite comments last week...
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Edina Senator Geoff Michel Will Not Seek Reelection
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Add Geoff Michel’s name to the list of lawmakers who are calling it quits. The Edina Republican announced Monday that he will not seek reelection to a fourth term in the Minnesota...
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Attorney: Brodkorb, Koch Had Intimate Relationship
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An attorney for a fired Senate staffer confirmed Wednesday that his client had an intimate relationship with former Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch. Attorney Phil Villaume said the...
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Brodkorb Threatens To Expose Other Capitol Affairs
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) — A fired Minnesota Senate GOP staffer is threatening to expose adulterous affairs by other legislators as part of a potential lawsuit over his firing, according to a document...
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Senate DFLer Files Ethics Complaint Against Michel
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP/WCCO) —A Democratic state senator has filed an ethics complaint against Republican Sen. Geoff Michel over his handling of allegations of infidelity against former Senate Majority...
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GOP Leaders Want Ethics Complaint Resolved Quickly
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) — The Republican Senate wants to hold a hearing on the ethics complaint against Senator Geoff Michel as soon as it can. “In fact Senator Geoff Michel wanted to have the hearing...
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Brodkorb Takes Step Toward Lawsuit
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – A former Minnesota legislative employee who was fired in connection to an affair with the Senate majority leader is taking a concrete step toward a possible lawsuit. Michael...
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Minn. Ethics Panel Bogs Down Over Senator’s Case
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota Senate ethics hearing stemming from a sexual affair that brought down the Senate’s majority leader devolved Friday into a testy episode of can’t ask, can’t tell. Two...
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Minn. Senate Saga To Cost Public Win, Lose Or Draw
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Legal costs are mounting at the public’s expense even before former high-ranking state Senate staffer Michael Brodkorb sues over his dismissal. The Senate has hired an outside...
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Fired Senate Staffer Denied Unemployment Benefits
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP/WCCO) – The Republican Senate staffer fired for an affair with the majority leader had been denied jobless benefits, reports Minnesota Public Radio. Michael Brodkorb was fired in...
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