Rochester Post Bulletin political reporter Heather Carlson posts in the paper's Political Notebook that Nelson decides against congressional run.
Almost two months ago to the day, Bluestem looked at the rumors in Carla climbing into the clown car? Rochester's Nelson may join MNCD1 GOP endorsement battle. Nelson has answered: no.
Carlson reports that for Nelson, home is where the heart is:
. . ."At the end of the day, I just realized that my heart and soul and passion is serving folks right here in Minnesota as compared to Washington D.C.," she said.
Nelson had been aggressively courted by Republicans at the national and state level to run for the seat. She said she became convinced it is a winnable seat for a Republican, which required her to do some soul searching whether she wanted to run for it.
"I just really feel I can be very effective, more effective here in Minnestoa being one of 67 senators rather than being one out of 435 congressmen," she said. . . .
Or maybe she just knew she might not get the all-important Allen Quist endorsement.
Photo: Carla Nelson had the good sense to stay out of the clown car of contenders now running for GOP endorsement in MNCD1. Bluestem certainly wouldn't want to share a seat belt with Jim Hagedorn, although Mike Benson and Aaron Miller seem nice enough.
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