Minnesota senator arrested, accused of soliciting a minor for prostitution

UPDATE (8:30 PM 03/18/25) ST. PAUL (AP) — Senate and House Republicans are calling for Rep. Justin Eichorn to step down, but not Senate Democrats who stopped short of calling for him to quit.

They have also stood up for Democratic Sen. Nicole Mitchell, of Woodbury, who was arrested last spring on a felony charge for allegedly burglarizing her estranged stepmother’s home. Senate Democratic leaders have said she deserves to have the legal process play out first.

“The felony allegation against Senator Eichorn is deeply disturbing, and raises serious questions that will need to be answered by the court, as well as his caucus and constituents,” Democratic Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy, of St. Paul, said in a statement that echoed what she has said about Mitchell.

Minnesota’s DFL party is calling for his immediate resignation.

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (KVRR/FOX 9) — A Minnesota senator from Grand Rapids is arrested for soliciting a minor for prostitution.

Bloomington Police say they were communicating with a man who thought he was talking to a 16-year-old girl.

Justin Eichorn, 40,  was arrested after pulling up to an area Monday in Bloomington where a detective was waiting.

He has not been formally charged at the time.

According to his bio, Eichorn is a Republican who is married with four children.

He is one of five lawmakers to sponsor a bill that would declare “Trump derangement syndrome” a mental illness.

Minnesota’s DFL party is calling for his immediate resignation.