Election 2009 St. Paul

The mayoral and school board elections are the big elections in St. Paul this November, with three of the six school board members up for re-election, or not. In addition, a special election will fill the seat left vacant when Tom Conlon moved out of state this summer.

St. Paul also will vote on whether to adopt Ranked Choice Voting (RCV), aka Instant Runoff Voting (IRV), for municipal elections. Across the river, Minneapolis will be using RCVfor the first time in November.

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FREE SPEECH ZONE | You might as well build it right

By Sheldon Gitis, Free Speech Zone

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St. Paul School Board elections have real contest this year

By Art Hughes, TC Daily Planet

The St. Paul school district, the state's second-largest in terms of student population, has four seats to be decided. There are three incumbent positions with 4-year terms and one 2-year open seat up for a special election to finish the term of Tom Conlon, who has stepped down. Six candidates are competing for the three incumbent seats, two candidates are vying for Conlon's position. MORE »

2009 St. Paul and Minneapolis elections

By Michaelynn McCarron, KFAI Radio

2009 St. Paul and Minneapolis Elections

by Michaelynn McCarron

Select a race to hear audio and learn more about the candidates. MORE »

NEWS DAY | St. Paul school board elections – a real contest?

By Mary Turck, News Day

With the teachers’ union endorsing challenger Jean O’Connell, and refusing to endorse incumbents Elona Street-Stewart, John Brodrick, and Tom Goldstein, the school board race is shaping up to be a real fight, reports the Pioneer Press, despite the fact that no incumbent has lost in thMORE »

St. Paul teachers’ union snubs incumbent school board members

By Paul Demko, Minnesota Independent

John Brodrick spent 34 years teaching social studies and coaching hockey in St. Paul public schools. Throughout that time he was a dues-paying member of the St. Paul Federation of Teachers. MORE »

No drama: Few primary contests on the docket today

By Paul Demko, Minnesota Independent

St. Paul holding primaries Tuesday

By Allison Hugill, The Minnesota Daily

Voters are going to the polls Tuesday to narrow down the candidates in November's mayoral race in St. Paul.

There are currently four candidates seeking the position, including incumbent DFL Mayor Chris Coleman. The top two vote getters in Tuesday will earn a spot on the ballot Nov. 3.

Coleman has already been endorsed by the Saint Paul Regional Labor Federation.MORE »

Vallay Varro gets DFL endorsement and will run for St. Paul School Board

By Tom Laventure, Asian American Press

Vallay Varro said that she would run for the St. Paul School Board if she received the endorsement of the DFL party. That endorsement came Thursday night at Johnson High School, and she will now begin a campaign to become the second Hmong on the school board— joining current Board Chair Kazoua Kong Thao.MORE »

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