In final push, Kelliher campaign releases video citing historical firsts

The day before the primary decides which state Democrat will go up against Republican candidate Tom Emmer, DFL-endorsed Margaret Anderson Kelliher has released a final video.

It’s part of a strong push, including grassroots campaigning, by Kelliher, who has consistently trailed former Sen. Mark Dayton in the polls.

The video prominently features praise for her by U.S. Sen. Al Franken and other DFL luminaries like Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, who was bested by Kelliher’s campaign for the DFL endorsement.

In a campaign where wonky solutions to the expected $6 billion deficit next biennium have loomed large in the DFL debate, the video focuses on the historical nature of Kelliher’s candidacy as the first woman to gain the DFL endorsement for governor, and the possibility that she’d be the first female governor (and first DFL governor in two-and-a-half decades).