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Erin Tobin Wins District 21 Senate Seat

Erin Tobin Wins District 21 Senate Seat

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Erin Tobin of Winner won big in the District 21 Senate race this week, getting seventy nine percent of the vote over democrat Dan Kerner Andersson of Burke.

She says she didn’t expect that big of a margin…

Tobin defeated House Majority Leader Lee Qualm of Platte in the June primary. She says that helped her in this election.

Tobin says she has a lot to learn before the January session…

The 2021 legislative session starts on January twelfth.

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