Chaudhary: Party challenge is because “I hunt and fish”
DFL Sen. Satveer Chaudhary is facing a primary challenge from former DFL Rep. Barb Goodwin. Goodwin filed her candidacy today after mulling it over for a few days. She said she's running because some DFLers and several city officials expressed dismay over Chaudhary's self-described "major league screw up" at the end of the 2010 legislative session.
During an interview today, Chaudhary again apologized for his well-publicized effort to impose new fishing rules on a northern Minnesota lake where he owns a cabin. Chaudhary said he's still committed to running for re-election despite an effort to reconsider his DFL endorsement. He also said he thinks part of the resentment against him is because he's an outdoorsman.
"There is a small, and I emphasize small, handful of people who resent that I hunt and fish as much as I do," Chaudhary said. "And when you boil it all down, that's what you come up with."
Asked to clarify the comments, Chaudhary said there are people who have stated that he "should not be fighting for conservation or chairing committee where we help protect the environment in his community as well as statewide."
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