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.
Coming into the DFL State Convention, it was hyped that a progressive group called reNEW Minnesota would throw its weight behind one DFL gubernatorial candidate to push them over the top. But the group couldn’t choose between their three supported candidates and opted not to vote together. Instead an old-school political force showed its strength, as labor supporters facing the choice between labor-friendly Margaret Anderson Kelliher and R.T. Rybak, who has taken heat for his relations with Minneapolis unions, flocked to Kelliher to win her the DFL endorsement.
“Gearin’ up for the new year” was Gov. Pawlenty’s self-described status on talk radio. Then Wednesday a different Gearin — Judge Kathleen — threw a wrench in his unallotment plans, prompting DFLers’ own status updates, declaring “v
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak romped to a third term while openly flirting with a 2010 gubernatorial bid. Today a state agency rebuked him for mingling funds while pursuing the dual political contests. Will the ruling hurt Rybak’s political viability?
There is a grassroots effort underway to draft Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher to run for governor. The campaign has set up Facebook and Twitter accounts to generate momentum…
Ballot referendum measures in Minneapolis and St. Paul will be decided by voters next week, but the cities’ daily newspaper editorial boards say today how those votes should go. The Star Tribune says to vote yes on…
AFSCME Council 5, the state’s largest union for public employees, has endorsed former U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton for governor.
“Mark Dayton has won statewide elections — twice,” said Eliot Seide, director of AFSCME Council 5, in a press release announcing…
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak isn’t officially running for governor, but he’s already secured his first endorsement. Teamsters Local 120 is backing Rybak for the state’s top post. The union is the largest Teamsters local in the state and the fifth…
The results of a DFL-sponsored “practice” election for governor using instant-runoff voting (IRV) would have been the same even if IRV hadn’t been used: The winner was state House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher – who made…
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak raised roughly $260,000 during the first eight months of the year, according to his campaign. The two-term incumbent had $67,000 cash on hand at the start of September.
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