Anti-incumbent momentum continues in Minneapolis [View all]

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http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/206124721.html

The biggest potential political shake-up in a decade steamed toward Minneapolis City Hall on Saturday, as a fourth City Council member failed to capture DFL endorsement for re-election.

Attorney Jacob Frey easily snagged the Ward 3 nod Saturday, after Diane Hofstede bowed out before the first ballot, calling the endorsement process “flawed.” Hofstede, who plans to run in the November election, is the fourth council member who has left their local DFL convention without an endorsement in recent weeks. Her ward covers much of the central riverfront, including parts of downtown and northeast.

If the voters follow suit and send the four incumbents packing in November, a very different council will be shaping budgets, mulling development projects and changing regulations alongside a new mayor in 2014. Another three of the 13 council seats are open because their occupants are running for mayor.

Four DFL incumbents already have won endorsements, one is unopposed and the final ward is represented by a member of the Green Party.

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