Christine Gunhus, who sent out anonymous e-mail attacks on a Democratic senatorial candidate during the 2000 election cycle, has received a fine and a suspended sentence.
Gunhus, who managed incumbent Republican Sen. Rod Grams’ campaign in the 2000 Minnesota Senate election, pled guilty in June to distributing the anonymous e-mail attacks on Mark Ciresi, who was vying for the Democratic party’s nomination.
Under state law, all political advertising must carry a disclaimer identifying the source.
Gunhus paid a $300 fine, was held responsible for $35 in court costs and was also given a 30-day suspended sentence, which she will not have to serve unless she commits another offense within a year.
Gunhus might have saved herself the trouble: Ciresi was defeated in the Democratic primary by Democrat Mark Dayton, heir to the Dayton-Hudson retailing fortune.
After his defeat in the election, Gunhus married Grams.
She ought to feel right at home in the family: In June, Grams’ son Morgan was sentenced to 10 years and 364 days for crimes including illegal possession of a shotgun in New Mexico, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
