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 is the new chair of the state Republican Party. Carnahan, a Minneapolis businesswoman, was elected Saturday at the State Central Committee meeting in St. Cloud.

 of three Republican insiders — Chris Fields, deputy chair of the committee, national committeeman Rick Rice, and David Hann, former GOP Senate minority leader. 

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Jennifer Carnahan is new to the committee and the founder of the a chain of boutique clothing stores called Primrose Park. She beat out three Republican insiders.

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