Months ago Minn. State Sen. Paul Koering made headlines by taking a porn star to dinner. Well, that didn't sit well with many folks, gay and straight alike.
He was warned that it may cost him his seat... And it did, Paul Gazelka beat him in the primaries.
Gazelka defeated Koering with 56.8 percent to 43.2 percent of the vote.
The race between Gazelka, a former state representative, and Koering, R-Fort Ripley, was notable for its focus on Koering’s personal life, and for efforts by state Republicans — who endorsed Gazelka — to investigate Koering’s past.Koering, Minnesota’s only openly gay Republican senator, made headlines in June by dining with a gay adult-film actor. Reports of the date surfaced on Twitter and made national news.
Social issues were a factor in the race, as Gazelka made his opposition to same-sex marriage and benefits a leading issue.
Koering blasted the Minnesota Republican Party last month for what he called its effort to “dig up dirt.” A party researcher wrote sheriffs in Morrison and Crow Wing counties, asking if they had law-enforcement records on Koering.
Well Paul, I guess you can't have your cake and eat it too.
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