Negative campaigning goes both ways

State DFL dirties the water

Kathy Sheran, DFL candidate for State Senate in District 23, is disgusted. “It’s a shocker,” she says. “I was anticipating something happening, and waiting for it to happen to me.” She’s talking about negative campaigning, but it’s not against her. It’s against her opponent, Republican Mark Piepho.

The piece, which arrived in Mankato mailboxes yesterday, is labeled as an “Independent expenditure paid for by the Minnesota DFL Party.” It also sates, “Not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.”

“I met for two hours yesterday trying to figure out what to do about it,” Sheran said. “I think it stinks and is very poor judgment on the part of the DFL.”

Sheran is squaring off against Piepho in a district that encompasses Mankato, North Mankato and St. Peter, as well as all of rural Nicollet County and parts of Sibley County. The seat has been held by DFLer John Hottinger for the last 15 years, which he won from Piepho in 1990.

More…The piece states:

Not Mark Piepho.
Piepho LOBBIED TO RAISE THE GAS TAX