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Sen. Carla Nelson Announces Retirement From Minnesota Senate
Nelson cited three decades of public service and legislative wins, including Destination Medical Center and $1.3 billion in school funding.
- On Thursday, Minnesota State Senator Carla Nelson announced she will not seek re-election this November, ending her tenure representing communities in Olmsted and Dodge counties.
- Nelson began her political career with a two-year term in the Minnesota House in 2003, then served in the Minnesota Senate from 2010 as a moderate Republican holdout in a shifting district.
- Her legislative record includes co-authoring the Destination Medical Center, authoring a K-12 education budget bill investing an additional $1.3 billion in Minnesota public schools, and the 2018 Safe and Secure Schools Act investing nearly $20 million in security.
- "Serving the people of Rochester and southeastern Minnesota has been a great privilege and responsibility," Nelson said, noting constituent interactions reminded her of her purpose throughout three decades of public service.
- There are fewer than six months before the general election, with no clear successor yet identified. Nelson indicated she looks forward to new ways to serve beyond her legislative role.
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Sen. Carla Nelson to retire from Minnesota Senate
ROCHESTER — State Sen. Carla Nelson announced Thursday that she will not seek re-election this November. Nelson, whose Senate district includes communities in Olmsted and Dodge counties, called her three decades of public service a “great privilege.” “Serving the people of Rochester and southeastern Minnesota has been a great privilege and responsibility,” Nelson said in a press statement. “Every constituent call, every heartbreaking story, ever…
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