Koch group targets lawmakers on Vikings stadium vote

Americans for Prosperity Minnesota, the local arm of the conservative Americans for Prosperity, is targeting three state Senate incumbents for supporting the new Vikings stadium.

In an unusual twist, two of those targets are Republicans: Sen. Julie Rosen of Fairmont who is running in SD 23 and Sen. Bill Ingebrigtsen of Alexandria who is running in SD 8. The third, Sen. Terri Bonoff of Minnetonka, is a Democrat running in SD 44.

“We simply don’t agree with publicly funded stadiums,” said John Cooney who is state director of Minnesota’s branch of Americans for Prosperity (AFP).

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