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I LIN, % Mark Ourada (R), former Former senator Dave Terri Bonoff,aformervice Aweek before the special state senator from Kleis (R) made a president at Tonka Toys, election in St. Cloud, the Buffalo, Minnesota, successful run for mayor challenged Plymouth Supreme Court agreed resigned his seat after 11 of St. Cloud and resigned Mayor Judy Johnson with a lower court ruling years in the legislature. his seat in November (R) for the open seat in that Sue Ek (R) had not He is now working in 2005. Dan Ochsner (R), Senate District 43. David been a resident of St. external affairs for the a St. Cloud radio person- Gaither (R) left office Cloud long enough to Center for Energy and ality, challenged DFL after being appointed be on the ballot. Her Economic Development candidate Tarryl Clark. chief of,staff in the office mother, Kay Ek (R), was in Alexandria, Virginia. Clark, who came close of Governor Pawlenty. a write-in candidate, but PAGE The special election to defeating Kleis in the Johnson was considered could not muster enough to fill the vacancy was 2002 election, defeated the favorite in the race, momentum to take on held in November 2005. Ochsner by a margin but Bonoff prevailed in a Larry Haws (DFL), who Without surprise to of nearly 20%. Clark 54-45%victory. ■ won the race with 71% of those monitoring the is a former commis- the vote. Haws replaces race, the Republicans sioner of the Housing Joe Opatz (DFL) in the held on to the seat, and Redevelopment Minnesota House, who electing Amy Koch. Authority of St. Cloud left his seat after 13 years Koch is an Air Force and has been a long-time to head the Central Lakes veteran and long-time activist with the DFL. ■ College in Brainerd. ■ Republican activist. She won in a three-way race with 52% of the vote. ■ EMINENT DOMAIN LECISLATION M Continued From Page I move toward a vision for the future. These groups requested to hear the proposals. These committees argue that minor changes to the eminent domain will have to hear the proposals within the first four procedures will ensure that cities retain the authority weeks, as the first legislative deadline has been to respond to local concerns and priorities, while set for March 28. Achieving reform during the protecting property owners from abusive use of the 2006 legislative session will require cooperation power. on the part of the authors, interest groups and legislative staff. The legislation authored by Representative Johnson and Senator Bakk has a long road ahead of it. In a Stay tuned for more information on the issue of session that is intended to run under 12 weeks, a eminent domain throughout the session. ■ number of committees in the House and Senate have