...We're not just going to roll over," he said. "We'll go to court if it looks like we're getting the shaft." Peter Wattson, counsel to the Senate and an expert on redistricting, said "I wouldn't be surprised to see lawsuits again in...

...Governor's Mansion, two miles from the Capitol, but found only Ventura's adult son there. Later, a Senate lawyer, Peter Wattson, accompanied Timmons to Ventura's private residence in Maple Grove. But they were turned away by state troopers...

...for defendants in a redistricting lawsuit brought by GOP activists. "My members don't feel they can trust Mr. (Peter) Wattson," said Sen. Bill Belanger, R-Bloomington. Senate Majority Leader Roger Moe, DFL-Erskine, defended Wattson...

...raced to finish the bill Thursday so Ventura would have to act on it by Monday. Shortly after 9 p.m., Timmons and Peter Wattson, a lawyer for the state Senate, drove to Ventura's private residence in Maple Grove. At 10:03, they asked troopers...