Kenneth James McDonald (November 28, 1930 – October 4, 2012) was an American politician and businessman. McDonald was born in

Watertown, Minnesota Watertown is a small city in Carver County, Minnesota, United States, along the South Fork of the Crow River, on the outskirts of the Twin Cities metro area. The population was 4,659 at the 2020 census. History Watertown was platted in 1858 a ...

. He went to Watertown High School and to vocational school in

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. McDonald served in the

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during the

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and was an aerial photographer. McDonald was involved with the insurance business and was a photographer. He served in the

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from 1977 to 1990 and was a Republican. McDonald served as mayor of Watertown from 2005 until his death in 2012. His son Joe McDonald currently serves in the Minnesota Legislature. McDonald died from a brain tumor in Watertown, Minnesota.Longtime Republican K.J. McDonald has died in Watertown
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