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April 28, 2021

Governor Mike DeWine

Riffe Center
77 S High St 30th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215

Governor Pete Ricketts

Office of the Governor

P.O. Box 94848

Lincoln, NE 68509-4848

Dear Governor DeWine and Governor Ricketts,

We write to extend our sincerest thanks for sending members of the Ohio and Nebraska State
Patrol to Minnesota to assist with law enforcement response to civil unrest and security for the
trial of Derek Chauvin.

Your support was critical to ensuring that Minnesota had sufficient personnel to keep the peace
in our communities and protect the First Amendment rights of demonstrators following the
court’s verdict.

On behalf of Minnesotans across the state, we are grateful for the partnership between our states
and the support provided by the members of the Ohio and Nebraska State Patrol.

Sincerely,

Representative Brian Johnson Minority Leader Kurt Daudt

Minnesota House of Representatives Minnesota House of Representatives

Deputy Minority Leader Anne Neu Brindley Representative Tony Albright

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Representative Susan Akland Representative Paul Anderson

Representative Jeff Backer Representative Dave Baker

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Representative Peggy Bennett Representative Matt Bliss

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Representative Greg Boe Representative John Burkel

Representative Brian Daniels Representative Greg Davids

Representative Lisa Demuth Representative Bob Dettmer

Representative Sondra Erickson Representative Keith Franke

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Representative Mary Franson Representative Pat Garofalo

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Representative Steve Green Representative Matt Grossell

Representative Glenn Gruenhagen Representative Barb Haley

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Representative Rod Hamilton Representative John Heinrich

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Representative Josh Heintzeman Representative Jerry Hertaus

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Representative Spencer Igo Representative Tony Jurgens

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Representative Deb Kiel Representative Jon Koznick

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Representative Ron Kresha Representative Eric Lucero

Representative Dale Lueck Representative Joe McDonald

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Representative Shane Mekeland Representative Patricia Mueller

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Representative Jim Nash Representative Nathan Nelson

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Representative Paul Novotny Representative Tim O’Driscoll

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Representative Bjorn Olson Representative Marion O’Neill

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Representative John Petersburg Representative Brian Pfarr

Representative Nels Pierson Representative John Poston

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Representative Duane Quam Representative Donald Raleigh

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Representative Jordan Rasmusson Representative Kristin Robbins

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Representative Joe Schomacker Representative Peggy Scott

Representative Chris Swedzinski Representative Tama Theis

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Representative Paul Torkelson Representative Dean Urdahl

Representative Nolan West