Comments on: Incumbents romp in Minneapolis council contests http://minnesotaindependent.com/48925/incumbents-romp-in-minneapolis-council-contests News. Politics. Media. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:48:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Tim Bonham http://minnesotaindependent.com/48925/incumbents-romp-in-minneapolis-council-contests/comment-page-1#comment-42619 Tim Bonham Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:47:20 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=48925#comment-42619 "But this year she narrowly survived a battle with Parker for the DFL endorsement" That is a very inaccurate statement. Barb Johnson had 55% on the first ballot, and increased her lead consistently after that. From the 3rd ballot on, she needed only 1 or 2 votes to get the endorsement. When she started out nearly 20% ahead of Troy Parker, and increased that to 25% and eventually 30% ahead of him, that is hardly "barely survived"! (See http://www.scc.net/~t-bonham/MPLS2009SWC04DET.HTM for an accurate list of the ballots.) “But this year she narrowly survived a battle with Parker for the DFL endorsement”

That is a very inaccurate statement. Barb Johnson had 55% on the first ballot, and increased her lead consistently after that. From the 3rd ballot on, she needed only 1 or 2 votes to get the endorsement.

When she started out nearly 20% ahead of Troy Parker, and increased that to 25% and eventually 30% ahead of him, that is hardly “barely survived”!

(See http://www.scc.net/~t-bonham/MPLS2009SWC04DET.HTM for an accurate list of the ballots.)

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