There are sixteen candidates for mayor this go-round versus thirty-five in 2013. We expect the decline is due to the $500 filing fee, which can be offset by securing 500 valid signatures, which by our measure is too low of a bar for entry. As we did in the St Paul...
4:53 PM We are on-hand for the Minneapolis DFL City Convention it has been a long day. It is 4:53 pm and the first candidate for Mayor Rep. Ray Dehn (DFL-59B, Minneapolis) is speaking. There was a Rules fight earlier in the day that resulted in a process that will...
We are having a bit more trouble getting our hands on the full delegate and alternate list for the Mpls DFL City Convention because the list we have lacks emails and phone numbers. We are aggressively seeking additional information for our list so that we can directly...
We were on-hand for the Minneapolis DFL City Rules Committee meeting yesterday held in a packed conference room at the Minneapolis Central Labor Union Council. This was the second meeting after the first resulted in an impasse. Sunday’s meeting produced a set of Rules...
We contend the institution of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) in municipal elections, is having a detrimental effect on the value of the DFL endorsement. This election we are expecting the races for mayor in both Minneapolis and St Paul will move forward sans endorsement....
