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State Sen. Cohen tapped for arts post

By Paul Demko | 11.03.09 | 10:21 am

Dick CohenState Sen. Dick Cohen has been picked to serve on the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. The committee advises the federal government’s three primary cultural…

Potential Bachmann foe didn’t fare well in prior run for elected office

By Paul Demko | 06.04.09 | 11:32 am

cohenChris Johnston, the Woodbury attorney who is mulling a primary challenge against Michele Bachmann, has run one previous campaign. In 2002 he challenged state Sen. Dick Cohen (pictured), a St.…

Two Minnesota records: Earliest budget, longest span without a second U.S. senator

By Paul Schmelzer | 03.23.09 | 1:00 pm

minnesota_state_sealAccording to two local blogs, we’re seeing history here: The still-unresolved U.S. Senate race, now in its 79th day, sets a Minnesota record for the longest span gone without a second senator, and the state budget, according to Democrats,…