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DFL hopeful Angela Nelson spent her afternoon door-knocking in the rain, hitting one beige apartment with vinyl siding after another in Coon Rapids.
Her message was that Republican Jim Abeler – despite his moderate record – had been in office for decades to improve Minnesota, and had not done enough.
Nelson’s message sufficiently resonated. She defeated Jim Abeler in Minnesota Senate District 35 with 54% of the vote, knocking off a politician who had represented the Anoka area in the Legislature since 1998.
“I want to thank my constituents for their support over the many years I’ve been privileged to serve,” Abeler said in a statement late Tuesday night. “God bless our state.”
