Officials endorse Rybak

[goodhue]

For those of you following the Minneapolis mayoral race, here is the list of officials who endorsed R.T. yesterday:

Former Vice President Walter Mondale
U.S. Senator Mark Dayton
Former Governor Wendell Anderson
Former State Attorney General Warren Spannaus
Former State Auditor Judi Dutcher
County Commissioner Mike Opat
County Commissioner Gail Dorfman
Council Member Barbara Johnson
Council Member Paul Ostrow
Council Member Don Samuels
Council Member Lisa Goodman
Council Member Scott Benson
Council Member Barret Lane
Former Council Member Barbara Carlson
Former Council Member Dore Mead
State Senator Jane Ranum
Former State Senator Allan Spear
Former State Senator George Pillsbury
Representative Keith Ellison
Representative Margaret Anderson-Kelliher
Representative Frank Hornstein
Representative Paul Thissen
Representative Jean Wagenius
Former Representative Len Biernat
School Board Chair Joe Erickson
School Board Member Peggy Flanagan
School Board Member Lydia Lee
School Board Member Audrey Johnson
Former School Board Chair Catherine Shreves
Former School Board Member Al Gallmon

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1. Wow, that's a veritable "Who's Who" of Mpls & MN politics

My current councilmember (Goodman), my state rep (Kelliher), and my former state senator (Spear) are on the list-- as is former Republican councilwoman and talk show host Barbara Carlson!

I wonder if the other Mpls reps and sens have made endorsements?

[Deja Q]

2. Those people do understand that Rybak endoresed *, yes?

:shrug:

[dpbrown]

3. R.T. Endorsed Dean and attended the DNC in Boston

The mayor of St. Paul, Randy Kelly, endorsed Bush.

[goodhue]

4. Your confused. That was St. Paul Mayor Kelly.

Rybak was Deaniac who worked hard for Kerry.

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5. I sat across the table from R.T. at the state DFL convention last year

In fact, he lives in my state Senate district, and he most definately did NOT endorse the Shrub.

[katinmn]

10. No way. That was the other mayor.

:kick:

[Demrock6]

6. So for clairicfation...

Both Mayors are DFL?

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7. Yes, both are DFL

But Doug Kelly in St. Paul is a lot like his predecessor in that office, Sen. Norm Coleman. Kelly endorsed Dubya in 2004, and didn't get the DFL endorsement last time he ran for mayor (although he won anyway).

IMHO, Kelly will be "officially" out of the DFL within a couple years-- although most DFLers in St. Paul haven't considered him one in years, due to his GOP-friendly stands on the issues.

[goodhue]

8. except Mayor Randy Kelly is persona non grata in most DFL circles

He openly campaigned for Bush.

Remember Dayton reportedly endorsed Kelly the day before Dayton dropped out, and the huge backlash against Dayton from St. Paul DFLers no doubt played into Dayton's decision.

[goodhue]

9. kick