Cottage Grove city incumbents are top campaign spenders
Peterson, Bailey and Olsen top election spending campaign
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2012 funding the reverse of 2010 campaign
RELATED CONTENTCottage Grove City Council members sworn in for second terms
Mayor Myron Bailey and council members Justin Olsen and Jen Peterson begin their second terms.
RELATED CONTENTMinnesota vote up, but more voters possible
More than 76 percent of Minnesota’s eligible voters cast ballots Nov. 6, best in the country, but the state’s top election official says even more would participate if they could vote early.
RELATED CONTENTMcNamara re-elected in District 54B
State Rep. Denny McNamara rolled to re-election but saw his Republican Party lose control of the Minnesota House.
RELATED CONTENTSieben: Back to majority, now in leadership
Katie Sieben is headed back to the state Capitol — and into a Senate majority that she will now help lead.
RELATED CONTENTSenate Democratic leader names committee chairmen
Incoming Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk has announced who will lead committees for the next four years.
RELATED CONTENTSieben to lead Minnesota Senate elections panel
Sen. Katie Sieben will help decide what election changes Minnesota sees in the coming years.
RELATED CONTENTSchoen: Legislative control is 'heavy burden' for DFL
Republicans pulled out a surprising win in south Washington County in 2010 en route to claiming control of the Minnesota Legislature, but the political pendulum swung the other way locally and statewide just two years later.
RELATED CONTENTAfter ballot defeats, a piecemeal approach planned for Cottage Grove park improvements
With voters on Election Day delivering a sizable defeat to a pair of ballot questions that proposed sweeping park and recreation enhancements, Cottage Grove officials say the city will now fall back on a long-term plan to complete piecemeal park improvements over the next decade.
RELATED CONTENTVoter turnout in south Washington County above state rate
Washington County had a higher voter turnout rate last week than the overall state rate.
RELATED CONTENTSieben joins DFL majority leadership
The No. 2 spot in the Senate went to Sen. Katie Sieben, DFL-Cottage Grove.
RELATED CONTENTKatie Sieben picked as Senate deputy leader; Sen. Tom Bakk to be majority leader
Sen. Tom Bakk will be the Minnesota Senate’s leader and Sen. Katie Sieben of Cottage Grove will be the deputy leader.
RELATED CONTENTSieben wins re-election in Senate District 54; Quinlan says voters chose 'career politician'
Katie Sieben is headed back to the state Capitol – and to a Senate controlled again by her fellow Democrats.
RELATED CONTENTCottage Grove voters turn away park referendums
Cottage Grove voters roundly rejected a pair of ballot questions Tuesday that proposed to borrow millions of dollars to pay for wide-ranging improvements to the city’s park system.
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