State Rep. Cedrick Frazier, a former public defender and labor lawyer, defeated former prosecutor Anders Folk on Tuesday, Nov. 3, to become Hennepin County attorney. He will be the first African American county attorney in Minnesota’s 168-year history.
Frazier won despite a steep fundraising gap; Folk raised $742,000. Speaking to a packed crowd at Pillar Forum, Frazier credited his volunteers and small donors.
“We didn’t have big time donors,” Frazier said. “We didn’t have folks that could say, ‘I can just give you $1,000.’”…