Former Minnesota state Senator Nicole Mitchell won a seat on the Woodbury City Council on November 3rd, edging out an incumbent by 101 votes just over a year after a jury convicted her of burglarizing her stepmother’s home. The Democrat had resigned from the Legislature days after the verdict. On Tuesday, she finished second in a field of ten candidates, high enough to claim the last of two seats on her hometown council.
Woodbury voters had three city offices to fill. Mayor Anne Burt faced challenger John Sebastian in one contest, while the ten council candidates competed for two at-large seats in a separate race. Of the two council members whose seats were on the ballot, only Steve Morris sought another term. Jennifer Santini declined to run again, leaving an open seat in the same election in which Mitchell unseated Morris.
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