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Jon Collins

Taxpayers League of Minnesota elects Ted Lillie as president

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Ted Lillie
Ted Lillie, who was elected president of the Taxpayers League of Minnesota on Thursday. (Photo courtesy of the Minnesota Senate photographer's office)

The Taxpayers League of Minnesota board elected former Republican state Sen. Ted Lillie as the organization’s new president on Thursday.

The conservative anti-tax group has been active in Minnesota since 1997. The group scores lawmakers yearly on their friendliness to anti-tax proposals.

Lillie is the publisher of Lillie Suburban Newspapers, which puts out weekly newspapers in the St. Paul suburbs. He was first elected to the state Senate in 2010. He lost his reelection bid last year to DFL state Sen. Susan Kent of Woodbury.

Lillie said in a statement that he’s concerned about Gov. Mark Dayton’s tax policies.

“We should strive to lead the nation in job creation not tax creation,” Lillie wrote. “Minnesota is losing jobs by the thousands. We won’t be competitive if we don’t do something to correct the path we are on.”

Lillie succeeds former state Rep. Phil Krinkie, who the league said has resigned to focus on his run for the 6th Congressional District seat left open by the retirement of U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann.