Day to bypass GOP endorsement to run in 1st District primary

02/20/2008

Associated Press | February 20, 2008



ST. PAUL - State Sen. Dick Day will skip over the Republican party endorsement and run in a primary in Minnesota's 1st Congressional District.

Day says he wants the voters to decide which Republican challenges Democratic U.S. Representative Tim Walz.

Day says the September primary election is more democratic than letting a few hundred GOP activists pick the candidate at a district convention.

First District Republicans are scheduled to make their endorsement on March 29th.

State Representative Randy Demmer and Mayo Clinic physician Brian Davis are the other Republicans running in the southern Minnesota district.