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Progressives swoon over Ellison role in Chauvin trial
Politico
The left wants to see the former congressman in higher office. But there are limited opportunities in Minnesota, where Democratic incumbents hold both Senate seats and the governorship.
By HOLLY OTTERBEIN and DANIEL PAYNE
04/22/2021 07:46 PM EDT
When Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison was tapped last year to take the lead in the prosecution of police officer Derek Chauvin, he took on a major political risk. Failing to secure a conviction could have blown up the Democrat’s career with the entire world watching.
But the gamble paid off, thrusting Ellison into the national spotlight and adding another chapter to a career that’s taken him from Congress to an unsuccessful run for the Democratic National Committee chairmanship in 2017 to statewide office. Now, armed with enhanced name recognition after Chauvin’s guilty verdict, progressives are buzzing about the 57-year-old’s prospects for higher office — if there are any.
“Whatever future he wants to lay out for himself, there are many of us who would support him in that,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal, leader of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, told POLITICO. “It adds to a record of his successes in the many roles that he’s had over the years. And it got a lot of public attention, so the recognition of him and what he did for our country — and it really is for our country, and for Black people across the country — is immeasurable.”
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The left wants to see the former congressman in higher office. But there are limited opportunities in Minnesota, where Democratic incumbents hold both Senate seats and the governorship.
By HOLLY OTTERBEIN and DANIEL PAYNE
04/22/2021 07:46 PM EDT
When Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison was tapped last year to take the lead in the prosecution of police officer Derek Chauvin, he took on a major political risk. Failing to secure a conviction could have blown up the Democrat’s career with the entire world watching.
But the gamble paid off, thrusting Ellison into the national spotlight and adding another chapter to a career that’s taken him from Congress to an unsuccessful run for the Democratic National Committee chairmanship in 2017 to statewide office. Now, armed with enhanced name recognition after Chauvin’s guilty verdict, progressives are buzzing about the 57-year-old’s prospects for higher office — if there are any.
“Whatever future he wants to lay out for himself, there are many of us who would support him in that,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal, leader of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, told POLITICO. “It adds to a record of his successes in the many roles that he’s had over the years. And it got a lot of public attention, so the recognition of him and what he did for our country — and it really is for our country, and for Black people across the country — is immeasurable.”
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