Elections

Every November, somebody's running for something. In 2013, Minneapolis has mayoral and city council elections and St. Paul has a mayoral election and school board contests. Here's where to go for our election coverage:

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Minneapolis mayoral candidates get into nitty gritty differences in second debate

By Sheila Regan, TC Daily Planet

Full debate - thanks to The Uptake!

Things heated up in the mayor’s race on Wednesday, April 3 at Solomon’s Porch, a nonprofit Christian center in South Minneapolis. There were two additions from the debate last week, when Don Samuels, Jackie Cherryhomes, Gary Schiff, Betsy Hodges and Mark Andrew debated at the Humphrey School, vying for the DFL endorsement. The April 3 debate, hosted by the League of Women Voters, included Cam Winton, a conservative candidate who’s running as an independent, and Jim Thomas, a Minneapolis Public Schools teacher. The candidates sat in comfy armchairs in the densely packed room (I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a code violation with how many people were crammed on the balcony) and got into the nitty gritty of where they differ on the issues.

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Q&A with Minneapolis Ward 9 DFL City Council candidates

By Rebekah Peterson, My Broadsheet

With the DFL caucuses coming up quickly, we wanted to find out more about the people running for City Council in our local wards. All candidates seeking DFL endorsement were invited to participate in our Q&A. Thanks to everyone who submitted questions for the candidates!

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Will Minneapolis's next mayor be a hipster like R.T. Rybak—and is that what the city needs?

By Sheila Regan, Behind the Story

Photo by Cynthia Frost

I have a long-held belief that the Portlandia mayor is secretly based on R.T. Rybak. Okay, I know, I know, it’s probably more likely that Portlandia’s mayor is based on Sam Adams, who was mayor of Portland when the IFC show—a satire of contemporary hipster culture—first aired in 2011, and who made a cameo on the show. Still, you have to admit that Portlandia’s mayor has a bit of a Rybak-esque quality, or vice versa.

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Hofstede vs. Frey in Minneapolis Third Ward city council race

By Sheila Regan, TC Daily Planet

The Third Ward is one of the most disparate wards in the city, particularly after the new re-districting, which added the North Loop, Mill City, Downtown East and Downtown West into the mix. Somehow, the councilperson overseeing the ward has to juggle the needs of downtown with parts of North Minneapolis and Dinkytown. As my friend Chris Stellar put it, “It’s such a non-uniform ward, no end of it connects meaningfully with another. It seems like Yugoslavia or something.” 

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Persuasion: Decoys, anchors, brands

By Grace Kelly, Minnesota Progressive Project

Context is so important in making a choice. Context can even fool us. In the central circle illusion, both of the two central circles are the same size. The punchline is if you want to be noticed, surround yourself with smaller circles.

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Yang to run, for Minneapolis 5th ward this time

By Margo Ashmore, North News

Mai Neng Moua and Blong Yang enjoy a joke with friends after fixing Pho, a beef soup, for supporters. (Photo by Margo Ashmore)

“We surprised people. In any other election 28,000 votes would have won,” said Blong Yang of his second place finish in the special District 2 Hennepin County race.

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Kris Brogan is Minneapolis 4th Ward challenger

By Margo Ashmore, North News

Kris Brogan and family, at The Warren. (Photo by Margo Ashmore)

“The 4th Ward has great assets. We came here to open a business, then moved here. We truly love it,” said Kris Brogan. Surrounded by extended family and friends, she kicked off her campaign to unseat incumbent Council Member Barbara Johnson.

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We're the best in voting…but not good enough

By Jake Levy-Pollans, Minnesota 2020

Good news first: when it comes to voter turnout, Minnesota kicks some serious butt. We’ve got a history of high turnout and didn’t disappoint in 2012, with 76.1% of voting eligible citizens turning out, besting runner up Wisconsin by nearly three percent. How’s it feel, Badgers, sting a little bit?

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Minnesota 2020

Who won the first DFL mayoral debate in Minneapolis?

By Sheila Regan, TC Daily Planet

Full debate - thanks to The Uptake! 

UPDATED 3/29/2013: It was a battle of the progressives on Wednesday, March 27 at the Humphrey School as five remarkably similar progressive candidates showed off their feathers in a packed auditorium.  There’s a lot to like about many of the candidates, so we’re breaking it down to find the winners and losers on various issues, such as who hates the stadium the most, who's the BFF of North Minneapolis, and more.

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2013 election issues: Housing preservation, development, and the Vikings stadium

By Jeff Skrenes, North by Northside

In past elections, this blog has been used as a platform to endorse specific candidates. This year, or at the very least this early on in the campaign season, I'm trying a different approach. Because ranked-choice voting and a lack of an incumbent running for either mayor or the fifth ward, a large number of candidates are expected to stay in the running for those seats for much of the election. Instead of openly endorsing anyone here, I plan to lay out issues that are important to me and hopefully pertinent to north Minneapolis as well. In that way, more candidates will craft their strategies around these issues.

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