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Tim Pugmire

Extra filing time fills just one of four vacancies

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State officials briefly re-opened the candidate filing period for three Minnesota House districts and one congressional district, but they filled only one of the partisan vacancies.

The Minnesota Secretary of State’s office announced the move last week after candidate withdrawals left major-party nomination vacancies in four locations. The new process was authorized by a 2013 law change, and this was the first time it was used.

In Minnesota House races, Bruce Lundeen filed this week for the Republican candidate vacancy in 62A, which is in south Minneapolis. But no one stepped forward to fill the Independence Party vacancy in House District 13B in central Minnesota, or the DFL vacancy in District 34A, which is in the Rogers area.

The vacancy for an Independence Party candidate in the 8

th

Congressional District also remained unfilled.