I see that some Republican tart ran for office earlier in the year:
Of course, she ran as a conservative “independent” (“Republican” is the kiss of death up there in Minneapolis). That didn’t fool anyone, so she duly lost 46-54% to some liberal “independent”. Yeah, her background is kinda shady too, so that may have had something to do with it.
Too bad, because:
Rather toothsome, wot? We need to see more of that kind of representation, methinks.