Departure of longtime Minneapolis council member brings opportunity for political newcomers
The retirement of longtime Council Member Lisa Goodman means that for the first time in 25 years, the seat spanning part of downtown and some of the city’s most affluent neighborhoods is up for grabs.
On a recent day, more than a dozen volunteers for Katie Cashman gathered around a picnic table in Kenwood Park then fanned out in pairs to knock on doors. This grassroots outreach is Cashman’s strategy to win the election, in which she’s struggled to keep up with the fundraising of her main opponent, Scott Graham.
“The government is how we take care of people, it provides public housing, it provides public health care, it provides public services,” Cashman said. “Those all need to be quality so all residents can enjoy a top quality of life in our city.”
Cashman was raised in Minneapolis and worked as an environmental sustainability advocate for a local nonprofit and at the U.N. as an urban planning consultant. She says her experience in the public sector gives her an advantage over Graham, her main opponent for the seat. Kenneth Foxworth is also on the ballot, but doesn’t list any endorsements on his website and reported little fundraising.
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