The Owatonna People's Press reports in Franken throws support behind DFL candidate:
U.S. Senator Al Franken arrived in town Saturday morning with a special incentive for Jason Engbrecht and his campaign team.
Franken already offered his endorsement to the Democratic Minnesota District 26 candidate earlier this week, but Saturday he hand-delivered the reward for Engbrecht’s day of door-knocking: a Franni Franken apple pie.
Franni Franken became known as the “pie lady” after her apple pies began raising big money during fundraisers for charity and later Franken’s campaigns.
“It’s frustrating to me because I get to smell it (baking),” Franken said. “She’s a very good baker.” . . .. . .Shortly after dark, organizer Emily Jensen said DFL volunteers had knocked on more than 2,100 doors throughout Owatonna.
Southeast Minnesota activist Jacob Grippen was the winner of the apple pie.
Friends at the door knock report that a van with red and white Mike Parry placards on its sides was parked in the Owatonna strip mall lot for the launching site. I'm working to confirm rumors that Parry himself was in the van wearing a black hat.
More on the lurking as details come in. Update: The Steele County DFL chair informs me that Parry had launched his own doorknocking from another business in the area, and that she didn't consider that presence lurking.
Another friend noted that the MNGOP did send a tracker to record Franken's remarks to the Engbrecht volunteer. It doesn't appear that the press covered Perry's doorknocking. No word on a DFL tracker. [end update]
The Owatonna Peoples Press has published Candidates on the issues, the three candidates' responses to the newpaper's questionnaire:
The Owatonna People’s Press and its sister papers in Waseca and Faribault approached the candidates in the special election for the District 26 Senate seat to ask them several questions about the issues facing Minnesota. In addition, we asked each candidate to give a short biography of himself.
Photos: Inside the launch site, Jason Engbrecht and Al Franken admire a beautiful pie (top, photo by D.J. Danielson). The Parry campaign van on a street in Faribault on January 9; this was the vehicle seen in the parking lot outside of the Engbrecht door knock launch site on Saturday, January 16. (bottom, photo from Parry's campaign Facebook fan page)
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