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Daughter of Minnesota House candidate says he abandoned her
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| News Date | Wednesday, September 5, 2012 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A write-in candidate for the House 7B seat in Duluth has a 20-year-old daughter who claims he abandoned her when she was 2 and since then has never made an attempt to contact her.
Erik Simonson, an assistant Duluth fire chief and president of International Association of Firefighters Local 101, acknowledged that he has not seen his 20-year-old daughter, Leah Simonson, in 18 years. But he said the characterization that he abandoned her is wrong.
“That’s not true. I’ve paid my child support,” he told the News Tribune. “To say the word ‘abandoned’ leads people to believe that I didn’t do what I was supposed to do.”
Simonson announced his candidacy on Aug. 21 after the news that state Rep. Kerry Gauthier engaged in oral sex with a 17-year-old at an Interstate 35 rest stop in July. Gauthier said the next day that he would not run for re-election. |
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