Unlike her husband Ralph, a 1985-1986 one-term wonder in the Minnesota House most remembered for his dildo-banning bill, Minnesota ALEC state co-chair and state senator Mary Kiffmeyer (R-Big Lake) has had something of a political career.
In Kiffmeyer mulls run for Secretary of State, St. Cloud Times reporter Mark Sommerhauser touches on some of the highlights of that run of luck:
Kiffmeyer was Secretary of State from 1999 through 2007. She drew notice in 2004 by reportedly saying at a National Day of Prayer event that the “five words” that are “probably most destructive” are “separation of church and state.”
Kiffmeyer continued to court controversy in the Legislature. While in the state House, she charged former state Rep. John Kriesel, an amputee and Iraq War veteran, with having “no courage” for not running for re-election in 2012 after he voted for the Minnesota Vikings stadium measure, which Kiffmeyer opposed.
Kiffmeyer also sponsored a proposed amendment to the state Constitution that would have required voters to show photo IDs at the polls. Voters rejected that amendment in the 2012 election.
Apparently, having voters reject her Big Idea isn't going to stop Kiffmeyer from thinking about clawing her way back into the Secretary of State's office:
Kiffmeyer says she’d still like lawmakers to consider a photo ID law, and that secretary of state would be a prime post from which to advocate for it.
“My message as secretary of state (to lawmakers) would be: ‘If you decide to implement photo ID, my office is ready to enact it,’ ” Kiffmeyer said.
Read more about Kiffmeyer's brilliant career in the City Pages and Firedoglake.
But Sommerhauser reports that Kiffie isn't just thinking about running for Minnesota Secretary of State:
Kiffmeyer also is mulling a run for Congress in Minnesota’s 6th District after Rep. Michele Bachmann said she won’t seek re-election. Kiffmeyer said Thursday she doesn’t yet have a preference in terms of which office she might seek.
“It’s just kind of a matter of taking a look at all the options,” Kiffmeyer said.
Kiffmeyer said she has no timetable to decide on a run for either office, except that she will do so sometime in 2013.
Oh good.
Photo: Will Mary Kiffmeyer be able to relaunch her war on voters from the Secretary of State's office?
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