Ray Cox

Senate GOP Asks Ritchie to Step Aside

Mary Lahammer — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:21:58 -0600

Senate Republicans want Secretary of State Mark Ritchie to step aside and let a deputy oversee the Jan. 3 special election to fill Sen. Tom Neuville's seat. Minority Leader David Senjem said secretaries of states "live in glass houses and that glass has been broken."
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Special Election Jan. 3

Mary Lahammer — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:22:23 -0600

Gov. Pawlenty has set the date for the special election to fill Sen. Neuville's seat for Thursday Jan. 3. That is the day students return to class at St. Olaf and Carleton, so Democrats should be pleased it's at least not during the school break, which many of them were anticipating.
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Ray Cox Running for Neuville's Seat

Mary Lahammer — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:33:56 -0600

I think you're hearing it here first, former State Representative Ray Cox just told me, "yes, I do plan to run" for the seat Sen. Tom Neuville is expected to vacate today. Cox told me he had coffee this morning with Sen. Neuville and he encouraged Cox to attend Gov. Pawlenty's announcement at 1:00 in Faribault where the governor will appoint a new judge to the Rice County bench.
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