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Education Minnesota Issues Statement on Appointment of Smith to Senate
December 13, 2017
ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Dec. 13 -- Education Minnesota issued the following statement by President Denise Specht in response to the news that Gov. Mark Dayton will appoint Lt. Gov. Tina Smith to the U.S. Senate to replace Sen. Al Franken:

"Tina Smith worked with Gov. Mark Dayton to make historic investments in the students of Minnesota, including giving every family access to all-day kindergarten, while repaying billions of dollars owed to the schools and fixing structural deficit . . .

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