Two more candidates join hunger forum
As we reported last week, Hunger Solutions Minnesota is hosting a gubernatorial forum this Wednesday in St. Paul, at the River Centre.
Organizers announced today that two more candidates,
R.T. Rybak
and Leslie Davis, have agreed to participate. That makes eight DFLers and four Republicans who'll be there.
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Republican David Hann and Democrat Chris Coleman are no longer listed as partcipating. Hann had a scheduling conflict. Coleman announced last week that he's no longer running for governor.
Here's the new roster: Tom Bakk, Leslie Davis, Mark Dayton, Tom Emmer, Susan Gaertner, Mike Jungbauer, Margaret Anderson Kelliher, John Marty, Tom Rukavina, R.T. Rybak, Marty Seifert and Paul Thissen.
UPDATE
A spokesman for Rybak says the mayor will not attend.