Bachmann endorses Parry for Day’s Senate seat

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., has endorsed Republican Mike Parry to fill retiring state Sen. Dick Day’s seat.

Bachmann, whose congressional district doesn’t include Senate District 26 — the area that Parry seeks to represent — issued a statement this morning praising Parry.

“Mike is a strong fiscal conservative who will be a powerful voice for lower taxes, limited government and economic opportunity in St. Paul,” Bachmann said. ” … The people of Waseca, Steele and Rice counties will be well served by this steadfast champion of conservative values who will stand up to the big-spending, big-taxing liberals in the Legislature.”

A special election to fill Day’s seat is scheduled Jan. 26. Parry has two opponents: the DFL-endorsed candidate, Jason Engbrecht of Faribault, and Waseca Mayor Roy Srp, who is running under the Independence Party banner.

U.S. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., has publicly endorsed Engbrecht, calling him a strong advocate for education.

Day resigned last month to become a lobbyist.

3 Responses to “Bachmann endorses Parry for Day’s Senate seat”

1. Karl Says:
   January 19th, 2010 at 2:24 pm

   One homophobic bigot endorses another homophobic bigot. Sort of a “dog bites man” kind of story isn’t it?

2. Dave Johnson Says:
   January 19th, 2010 at 3:45 pm

   boy- You liberals must be having a bad day! I thought only republicans were “mean spirited”. Get used to it! Americans are fed up with Obama and the liberals.

3. prairiepopulist Says:
   January 20th, 2010 at 10:09 am

   This is good news. I was worried that Parry would just disappear and this would be a two-person race between Engbrecht and Srp. This ensures that the part of the base that responds to Rep. Bachmann will turn out to help Parry, making it a three-way race … and more likely for the more progressive candidate — Engbrecht — to win. This is certainly good news.