744:, one of the attendees of the post-election event, died from complications due to COVID-19 on December 18. Relph's daughter called on Gazelka to apologize for his role in her father's death, saying that the event Gazelka hosted was a "frivolous and vain action." Through a spokeswoman, Gazelka declined to say if he bore any responsibility for Relph's death. Asked whether he regretted participating in the superspreader event, he said, "I don't regret that we had the celebration. The Republican majority was the No. 1 target to switch from Republican to Democrat." In a statement, Gazelka said the event had been legal according to guidelines at the time, and called for an end of the "blaming and shaming" of Senate Republicans for hosting it.
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433:. During his term, he served as vice chair of the Commerce and Financial Institutions Committee and on the Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy Finance Committee, the Transportation Committee, and the Commerce and Financial Institutions Subcommittee for the Tourism Division. Gazelka was defeated for reelection in
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Gazelka notified the host venue of the outbreak 10 days after it occurred. Senate
Republicans notified their own caucus members of the outbreak but did not inform Democrats, who had been in session with Republicans earlier that week; Democrats learned about the outbreak only from later news reports.
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In 2017, soon after he became majority leader, Gazelka brokered deals with
Democrats for state/federal tax code reconciliation and short-term relief for individuals with high health insurance premiums. He also pressed for expedited budget committee deadlines, expressing a desire to avoid a repeat of
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October 2020, Gazelka and Minnesota Republican leaders launched a campaign (with the theme "Contract to Open Up Minnesota") that called for an end to state-mandated COVID-safety protocols such as wearing masks and limited restaurant capacities and called for returning more children to in-person
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After redistricting, Gazelka was placed in Senate
District 9. He was reelected to the Senate in 2012, 2016, and 2020. Republicans lost control of the Minnesota Senate in 2012. As a member of the minority, Gazelka was known for his interest in tax and insurance issues. After the
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Minnesota Senate majority leader." But in 2017, upon becoming majority leader, Gazelka said that he intended to focus on transportation, health care, timely passage of a state budget, and tax cuts, and to avoid contentious social issues.
842:, an anti-same-sex relationship psychologist. Amid a subsequent Minnesota Senate debate over a proposal to ban conversion therapy, Gazelka's child (now an adult) described the practice as a form of psychological "harassment" she called "tantamount to torture."
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Gazelka criticized Walz for ordering the closure of public schools in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic; in 2021, the state Senate passed a bill that would block governors from closing schools in the state or from altering school schedules. Gazelka opposed
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Republican legislator, was partially credited to the criticism
Koering received for going to dinner with an adult film star, and Gazelka's subsequent legislative career has included efforts to oppose same-sex marriage and government funding of abortion. The
561:" for minors in Minnesota, though he has said that he did not support "coercive or aversive counseling." Gazelka and his wife once sent their child to an anti-same-sex relationship psychologist who has been characterized as a conversion therapist.
740:(who called for Gazelka's resignation as majority leader) and Governor Walz. It was believed that an election night dinner on November 3, 2020, was the original source of the post-election outbreak. Republican State Senator
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639:" training that promoted aggression, and mandated that officers intervene when another officer uses excessive force. In 2021, Gazelka opposed a bill, supported by Walz and passed by the state House, that would ban
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learning. Gazelka and
Minnesota Republicans praised the Dakotas for having few COVID-19 related restrictions, although the Dakotas had the highest case rates in the nation at the time.
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907:"Legislators Past & Present: Member Record: Gazelka, Paul E."
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Minnesota Senate Leader Says Legal Pot Bill Has 'Zero Chance'
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House, Senate agree to compromise police reform package
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Paul Gazelka campaigning for governor in Cass County.
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1648:. Lake Mary, FL: Creation House Press.
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1436:Briana Bierschbach,
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718:testing for COVID-19
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1111:Duluth News Tribune
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615:In 2020, after the
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16:American politician
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2179:Mary Kunesh-Podein
1785:Bobby Joe Champion
1574:Melissa Turtinen,
1461:(August 10, 2021).
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1341:The New York Times
1308:Minnesota Reformer
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1035:. Minnesota Senate
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559:conversion therapy
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