After sexism fight, West St. Paul mayor harassed with box of tampons

A few minutes into Monday night's West St. Paul City Council meeting, Mayor Jenny Halverson announced she would not seek reelection this year.

Halverson, a council member before she was elected mayor in 2016, explicitly encouraged women in that city to run for her office, and others.

"I'm calling on all the women in West St. Paul to step up this year," she told the audience, noting that she had been "the only woman at this table for the last six years."

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After the meeting, proof that Jenny Halverson is treated differently than a male mayor arrived on her doorstep. Literally. In a Facebook post, Halverson posted photos of a box of tampons that had been left outside her family's home, which she says arrived after someone "creeping" around "under the cover of night." She also says someone, or more than one person, has been ringing the doorbell and running off.

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