Greetings, blogging brothers and sisters. This is my first time officially blogging under my new username. You may know me as JK Minnesota, under which I blogged about both of my campaigns for the Minnesota House, and even posted once or twice from the House Floor.
Since I worked so hard to earn my seat, I thought it appropriate to share some of our legislative successes under this user name. And, boy do I have good news.
I just completed my first legislative session. After 8 years of a Republican majority in the Minnesota House, the DFL (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) Party gained 19 seats in 2006 without losing a single seat. Our margin in the House is now 85-49 margin; in the Senate it's 44-23.
And boy did that majority pay major dividends for Minnesota's Energy Future! If you'd like to read the end result first, scroll down to "THE NEXT GENERATION ENERGY ACT;" I think you'll enjoy the back story, too, though.
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