It’s not unusual for politicians to change positions over the course of a campaign. In the Minneapolis mayor’s race, there’s one issue on which almost all the leading candidates have flip-flopped: the filing fee they paid to put their names on the ballot. At a debate last week, six of the top candidates agreed: It Read more →
Minneapolis mayoral candidate Mark Andrew and a political action committee backing him have together raised $200,000 more than any other campaign. Coalition for a Better Minneapolis, an independent PAC running T.V. ads and sending mail promoting Andrew’s candidacy, reported raising $136,500 in campaign finance documents filed today. In a campaign document released Monday, Andrews reported Read more →
Betsy Hodges’ campaign for Minneapolis mayor received a boost today from the city’s daily paper. The Star Tribune endorsed Hodges as its first choice in the crowded, 35-candidate field. The paper applauded her work on the city’s budget and her willingness to challenge powerful police and firefighter unions on pension issues. “I couldn’t have predicted Read more →
Second in a series. Some of the leading candidates for mayor of Minneapolis say they’ll bring fresh eyes to City Hall. But Jackie Cherryhomes doesn’t think being a political outsider is an asset. “This doesn’t need a fresh set of eyes,” Cherryhomes said during a debate in north Minneapolis this spring. “This needs someone who Read more →
Deep-pocketed supporters of Minneapolis mayoral candidate Jackie Cherryhomes have a new place to send their checks. A political action committee calling itself Minneapolis Forward filed papers yesterday with Hennepin County. “This is a very competitive race and it does take money to get Jackie’s message out to voters,” committee chair Jim Bernstein wrote in response Read more →
Mayoral candidate Betsy Hodges’ campaign has been running a budget deficit for more than half the year, according to an MPR News analysis of campaign finance reports filed earlier this month. The campaigns have reported their fundraising and expenditures through almost the end of August, and those data show Hodges’ campaign has been spending more Read more →
The size of the Minneapolis police department is emerging as an issue in the Minneapolis mayor’s race. At a debate Wednesday night at the Minneapolis Club, candidate and former Hennepin County Commissioner Mark Andrew called for an increase in the police force. But Andrew hasn’t decided how many officers he wants to add. “The police Read more →
Former Minneapolis City Council Member Dan Cohen, who last served in elected office in the 1960s, leads the mayoral money race in Minneapolis, having lent his campaign a whopping $285,000. Cohen is the only candidate funding his campaign almost entirely out of his own pocket. Cohen also has the most cash on hand of any Read more →
Minneapolis City Council Member Gary Schiff is ending his campaign for mayor. Schiff decided to drop out after his disappointing third-place finish at last weekend’s DFL endorsing convention. At the convention, Schiff joined forces with Council Member Betsy Hodges, who succeeded in blocking the endorsement of front-runner Mark Andrew. Today, Schiff endorsed Hodges. “I have Read more →
The Minneapolis DFL has failed to endorse a candidate for mayor, after a convention that lasted more than 12 hours. Mark Andrew, a former chair of the Hennepin County Board, led throughout the balloting process. He reached a bare majority of the vote on the fourth ballot, but failed to achieve the 60 percent needed Read more →
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