Field of dreams? DFL looks to regain a footing in Minnesota farm country the party ceded to GOP
Lohmann is on the local school board. He’s served on the township and country education boards, too. And now, running as a Democrat, Lohmann is a first-time state Senate candidate in a district that's Republican territory. His farming background makes him a rarity in a party that isn't popular in rural Minnesota these days.
He’s among a handful of candidates Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party leaders are promoting this election cycle in a bid to court rural voters who once exemplified the "Farmer" in the party's name. With the Legislature closely divided, every race counts – even if it hasn’t been blue in decades.
Lohmann said he's disappointed in the DFL because urban concerns have gotten the party's lopsided attention while voters in greater Minnesota have gravitated toward conservative candidates.
“They literally have ‘Farm-Labor’ in the name, and they have literally forgotten about farmers for the last 20 years,” Lohmann said. “They've decided that they've had their vote, they don't need to talk to them. And you hear that from people in the rural areas: ‘You guys don't want to talk to us. Why should we vote for you?’"
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