Marty is the Great Pumpkin in early DFL straw poll for guv
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Late results of a very early straw poll in the race for DFL governor show state Sen. John Marty slightly ahead of former U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton for the lead, with Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman running neck-and-neck close behind. The number of DFL gubernatorial candidates (and near-candidates) who gathered at Farmer John’s Pumpkin Patch outside Austin on Saturday: Ten. Number of straw-poll voters: 129. Here are the results (via mnpACT):
21 – John Marty (16.28 percent)
20 – Mark Dayton (15.50 percent)
16 – Chris Coleman (12.40 percent)
16 – R.T. Rybak (12.40 percent)
12 – Tom Bakk (9.30 percent)
10 – Matt Entenza (7.75 percent)
10 – Susan Gaertner (7.75 percent)
10 – Paul Thissen (7.75 percent)
6 – Steve Kelley (4.65 percent)
4 – Margaret Anderson-Kelliher* (3.10 percent)
4 – Tom Rukavina (3.10 percent)
*Anderson-Kelliher was in Philadelphia for a legislative leadership conference and sent state Rep. Terry Morrow in her stead, according to mnpACT’s Dave Mindeman.
7 Comments
Comment posted July 28, 2009 @ 4:00 pm
YES!!! Go John Marty Go! He’s the one MN needs, more than ever! He’s always been right on this issues (a true progressive!), and he clearly has a well organized campaign around him this time! It’s finally Marty Time!
Comment posted July 29, 2009 @ 12:21 am
Doesn’t hurt Marty to be sure, though we never know what straw polls mean.
Typo alert: Rybak’s votes are 6, but he’s tied with Coleman who has 16.
Comment posted July 29, 2009 @ 9:41 pm
Actually, John Marty has racked up three recent straw poll victories. I think people are getting the fact that he has a winning message for these times. After all, he has been right on the issues since his first election in 1986!
Comment posted July 30, 2009 @ 10:08 am
It’s such a shame that people thought John Marty’s ideas were off the mark in 1986. John Marty showed prophetic vision in the 1980s with his ‘common good’ compassion based vision for politics, when the majority of the electorate was buying into the ‘greed is good’ and everyone for themselves vision of politics sold by the Republicans and their backers. He was right then, and now that we’ve collectively made the mistakes we’ve made since then, it is so much clearer now, he’s the best choice now.
Comment posted July 30, 2009 @ 7:10 pm
John Marty is a social liberal and fiscal conservative. He always has the most progressive view on every issue. Even better he stands by his principles even when doing so seems not to be in his own political best interests (has deep integrity). In a field of good choices, I am pleased, but not surprised to find out that he came in in first place. I support John Marty wholeheartedly.
Comment posted August 3, 2009 @ 3:33 pm
Good job Minnesota! John Marty is the kind of leader who cares about people and takes the time to listen to everyday people’s concerns. He is the kind of politician that is not interested in pleasing his party or special interest groups, instead he is interested in pleasing the people that he represents. We need healthcare reform in this state, and John Marty is the ONLY candidate with a SINGLE-PAYER Health Plan (MN Health Plan). Vote John Marty!
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