Overheard at the convention: Marquart was lobbied by colleagues to turn down LG spot

by Steve Perry, Politics in Minnesota

April 25,2010

On the way out of the Duluth convention center last night, I ran into a senior House DFL legislator who said that several colleagues asked House property tax chair Paul Marquart of Dilworth to decline Margaret Anderson Kelliher’s invitation to be on her lieutenant governor short list.

“Everyone thinks that if Margaret were elected, [House Taxes Committee chair] Ann Lenczewski would be the commissioner of Management and Budget,” the rep noted. “Paul is the best taxes person we would have then. We can’t afford to lose him.”