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Will Rossbach and Diana Longrie
Will Rossbach avenged his electoral defeat from four years ago, ousting Maplewood Mayor Diana Longrie by a 51-39 percent margin on Tuesday. In the previous campaign, Longrie prevailed with 53 percent of the vote.
Rossbach will likely have a friendly city council to work with over the next four years. Kathleen Juenemann and James Llanas, both of whom are viewed as Rossbach allies, won spots on the municipal body. They received support from 27 and 25 percent of voters respectively. Dave Hafner was a close third with 23 percent of the vote.
Maplewood’s notoriously acrimonious and odd politics were once again evident this campaign season. Llanas was the target of fliers that attempted to raise questions about his sexuality and ethnicity. Write-in campaigns by Ken Smart and DelRay Rokke employed some creative logic in suggesting which votes should be counted in their columns. But apparently such electoral ploys didn’t resonate with voters this year.
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Comment posted November 5, 2009 @ 9:41 am
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