Legislative candidates Pratt, Mortensen appear to win contentious GOP primaries
The Tuesday, Aug. 9, primary election featured a handful of contests in legislative races across Carver and Scott counties.Two of them were content...
The Tuesday, Aug. 9, primary election featured a handful of contests in legislative races across Carver and Scott counties.Two of them were contentious GOP battles.In Senate District 54, Sen. Eric Pratt (R-Prior Lake) appeared to defeat Natalie Barnes, a Prior Lake nurse who had won the Scott County GOP endorsement earlier this year. Pratt won 54 percent of the vote, according to election returns compiled by the Minnesota Secretary of State's office.The county party had censured Pratt during the primary campaign for deciding to run in the primary rather than abide by the endorsement process, a move that Pratt flatly rejected.