A GOP Tax-Law Writer Faces Skeptics in His Minnesota District

Eden Prairie, MN—Rep. Erik Paulsen followed the classic congressional playbook: Score a plum committee spot, rack up bipartisan accomplishments, raise millions in campaign cash and help write a major tax law delivering tangible gains back home.

That may not be enough.

Seeking a sixth term in the Twin Cities’ western suburbs, Mr. Paulsen faces a pair of problems. The tax law isn’t popular among Americans—and neither is the president who signed it.

View the complete October 8 article by Richard Rubin on the Wall Street Journal website here.