Peterson wins hotdish event among Minnesotans in Congress

Published 10:14 am Thursday, March 9, 2017

MINNEAPOLIS — Rep. Collin Peterson is the winner of this year’s Minnesota congressional “Hotdish Off,” with the help of a key ingredient from a neighboring state.

Peterson won the seventh annual competition among Minnesota’s congressional delegation with his “Right To Bear Arms Hotdish.” One of Peterson’s staffers, Mike Stranz, shot the bear on a hunting trip.

Peterson says it’s an honor to win with a hotdish that recognizes the great outdoors. He also admitted that the bear was shot in Wisconsin.

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Sen. Al Franken started the contest as a way to blend bipartisanship and Minnesota traditions.

The contest was judged by Ed Ehlinger, Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Health; Mee Moua, president and executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice; and Norm Ornstein, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.