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'08 Session Is The Last For Minn. Legislator

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Jan 2, 2008 4:28 pm US/Central

'08 Session Is The Last For Minn. Legislator

ST. PAUL (AP) ― A history-making state legislator is calling it quits after four terms.

Rep. Neva Walker has informed her colleagues and constituents that she won't seek re-election in 2008. Walker broke ground in 2000 when she became Minnesota's first and only black woman ever elected to the Legislature.

In separate December letters to fellow lawmakers and district residents, the Minneapolis Democrat said she wanted to turn her focus to something else but she hasn't settled on precisely what.

Already, two candidates have launched campaigns to replace her. Community organizer Farheen Hakeem of the Green Party and affordable housing advocate Jeff Hayden of the DFL Party both announced their candidacies Wednesday.



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