Kline gets a GOP challenger
GOP Rep. John Kline will be getting a primary challenge this year. The Faribault Daily News says Mahamoud Wardere, who calls himself "An anti-war GOP candidate who is an immigrant from Somalia, an African-American, too, and Muslim" will challenge Kline.
Wardere spent the past six years working as a community liaison for former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman.
A spokesman for Kline says Kline "fully intends to run for reelection."
You can read more here.
Update:
The story doesn't specify that Wardere will run in a primary but he sent MPR News an e-mail stating a primary run.
The Pi Press says he'll abide by the GOP endorsement.
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