At the beginning of the 2001 election cycle, we understood a deal had been struck among the various members of the St. Paul Trades and Labor Assembly to forgo any endorsements from any part of the group and stand unified behind a single candidate. This prospect...
Sunday was the final day in the St. Paul Mayoral caucus process. Now all of the numbers are known. There is a fixed number of delegates from named sub-caucuses, unnamed sub-caucuses, and super-delegates totaling 556. In the battle for named sub-caucuses Jay...
The first round of the St. Paul precinct caucuses were held on Tuesday on the East and North sides of St. Paul. There is no clear early favorite, but Jay Benanav performed over expectations. He locked up 32 delegates on the side of the city believed to be the base...
There is some talk in political circles about the possibilities for the various candidates in the race for Mayor of St. Paul. The attention in the DFL endorsement is being focused mainly on City Councilmember Jay Benanav (DFL-Ward 04, St Paul) and former Council...
We have simplified the election contest in the city of St. Paul down to a simple calculation: the first two candidates to achieve 8000 votes in the primary will be the likely candidates on the general election ballot. We come to this assessment based on the results...
