Lakeville's Thompson Out as Senate's Assistant Majority Leader
New GOP leadership said the previous caucus leadership team, which included Thompson as an assistant majority leader, volunteered to step aside.
Last week, rumors were swirling that State Sen. Dave Thompson (R-District 36) of Lakeville, was the leading candidate to replace the embattled Senate Majority Leader Sen. Amy Koch (R-District 19) of Buffalo, who resigned as the GOP's caucus leader amid allegations of an inappropriate relationship with one of her staff members. But just before Christmas, Thompson announced he wasn't seeking the post, and on Dec. 27, Republicans announced an entirely new leadership structure for the Senate—a structure that doesn't include Thompson. He'll no longer be an assistant majority leader—at least not for 2012. At the Dec. 27 vote held by Senate Republicans in Roseville, the caucus elected State Sen. David Senjem (R-District 29) of Rochester, the new …
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Doreen Machin
3:17 pm on Wednesday, December 28, 2011
I think State Senator Amy Koch has done a good job, only I wouldn't of agreed to give Gov. Dayton more then $32 billion, that I wasn't happy with as he got more money to spend then he should of. Why doesn't she run for Senator Amy Klobuchar's seat as we need a big change there. I watch her voting record in the Pioneer Press Sunday paper & she supports every spending program Pres. Obama wants … more ›