By Lawrence Schumacher lschumacher@stcloudtimes.com
Published: July 17. 2007 12:30AM - Last updated: July 17. 2007 1:08PM
Orono tax lawyer and bank owner Bob Olson announced today he will seek the DFL endorsement in a 2008 6th Congressional District race.
Olson, who decided to leave a crowded DFL field in a 2008 U.S. Senate race that included Al Franken and Mike Ciresi, becomes the second DFLer to challenge U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn.
Stillwater trial lawyer Bob Hill entered the race earlier this summer.
Olson, who founded the American Sustainable Energy Council, ran unsuccessfully against U.S. Rep. Jim Ramstad, R-Minn, in 1994.
He is a majority owner of St. Stephen Community Bank and a member of the St. Cloud Chamber of Commerce. He owns a townhome in St. Cloud.
The 6th Congressional District covers all or most of Anoka, Benton, Sherburne, Stearns, Washington and Wright counties and includes the St. Cloud area.
