Veteran And Advocate Trent Dilks Enters Senate Competition
MAIN PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP (WJON News) -- Another candidate has announced his bid for the State Senate.
Maine Prairie Township resident Trent Dilks is running for the open seat in Senate District 13 as a DFL candidate. That is the seat currently held by Republican Jeff Howe of Rockville. He has announced he is retiring at the end of the upcoming legislative session.
In a news release, Dilks has spent more than a decade as a legislative director advocating for Minnesota's veterans in St. Paul and in the nation's capital. Dilks helped craft Minnesota's first Veterans Omnibus Bill and advanced property-tax relief for surviving spouses of veterans. Dilks served two tours in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He says his priorities are veterans, affordability, and agriculture.
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