Kansas court decision spurs activity in Minnesota
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A Golden Valley lawyer has asked a federal judge to consider a recent ruling from another state in his bid to loosen speech restrictions on judicial candidates.
Greg Wersal filed a federal lawsuit in March to allow judicial candidates to personally solicit campaign contributions and to endorse other candidates for political office.
Wersal's attorney wrote a letter to federal judge Ann Montgomery asking her to consider last week's ruling by the Kansas Supreme Court.
That ruling struck down as unconstitutional a Kansas rule, which like Minnesota barred judicial candidates from personally soliciting campaign contributions.
That same court upheld a ban against endorsements.
The Minnesota Attorney General's office also filed a letter to notify Montgomery that the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a judicial campaign funding case involving a West Virginia justice.
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