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Sleepy Minneapolis mayoral race gets a wake-up
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| Contributor | Craverguy |
| Last Edited | Craverguy Nov 15, 2008 03:44am |
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| Media | Newspaper - Star Tribune, The (Minneapolis - St. Paul) |
| News Date | Friday, November 14, 2008 04:30:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | What was shaping up as a potentially sleepy Minneapolis mayoral campaign got a jump start with its first entrant Thursday, amid continuing uncertainty over whether Mayor R.T. Rybak will be in the game.
The question about what Rybak will do is keeping several ambitious City Council members and potentially other candidates on the sideline until he decides.
But Robert Miller, who announced he'll run Thursday night at a Whittier eatery, is in the race specifically to challenge Rybak. That introduces an element of City Hall infighting to the contest, because Miller directs the Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program.
Miller plans two overarching issues in his bid for DFL endorsement. He'll argue that Rybak and the council aren't serious about engaging residents in the work of the city and that the city needs more far-sighted financial management.
"We need a new mayor who not only listens but hears what people say," Miller said at the announcement event, which emphasized his government experience stretching from neighborhoods to the federal level.
Miller said he won't challenge a DFL endorsee, and if there's no endorsement he'll weigh finances and support before venturing further. He's hired campaign manager John Schultz and said he hopes to raise $40,000 to $50,000 before the spring endorsing convention. |
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