 During the week-long filing period for the House, it was announced that Senate District 16 Senator Betsy Wergin would be appointed by Governor Tim Pawlenty to be Public Utilities Commissioner and would be resigning her seat.This created a special election which Olson and Republican Activist Allison Krueger both filed for.After successfully defeating Krueger for the endorsement of local Republicans, elected Republican members of the State Senate and U.S.