Local voters send DFL candidates to Minnesota House, Senate

DFL 11A House candidate Mike Sundin pulled in a total of 12,610 votes (nearly 64 percent) to Republican candidate Jim Putnam’s 5,931 and Independence Party candidate Cory Pylkka’s 1,164 votes. State Senator Tony Lourey (DFL) had 24,342 votes to Republican candidate Bill Saumer’s 13,505 votes.

By: Jana Peterson, Pine Journal