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Dozens of Minneapolis campaign, PAC financials delayed or missing

By Chris Steller | 09.24.09 | 9:19 am

Although Minneapolis held no primary election this year, candidates for city office still had to file “pre-primary” campaign-finance reports under a new ordinance passed this summer. Yet for two weeks after the Sept. 8 deadline, confusion and other delays kept a couple dozen candidate and political committee reports from reaching the public.

It’s on: Race for Minneapolis mayor begins

By Andy Birkey | 12.11.08 | 3:08 pm

As one election season ends, another’s just begun: With the DFL convention only six months away, candidates in Minneapolis are positioning themselves to run for the city’s top leadership spot, but all eyes are on City Hall, where Mayor R.T. Rybak is pondering whether he’ll stay on or take a shot at the governor’s mansion in 2010.