Sorry, Jay, I didn't notice that you had specified Primary. But the
newspaper report is still wrong; this is not the first in 40 years.
Since the change to non-partisan primaries in Minneapolis (where
the top 2 regardless of party advance) there have indeed been very few of
these -- this may have been the only one.
But that change was only 10-15 years ago, I think. Prior to that,
this was fairly common. For example, Kathy O'Brien beat Judy Corrao in the
primary in 1981; Jackie Slater beat Earl Netwal in the 1977 primary; and
there were probably others (Scallon defeated Zollie Green in the 1979, but
I think that was in the general). Others can probably remember more examples.
This is incorrect, and I wouldn't believe it even if Steve Brandt wrote it! :)
Tim Bonham, Ward 12
At 08:45 PM 03/01/2002, you wrote:
>Van White was knocked out of office by Cherryhomes in the general
>election.
>
>Campbell was knocked out of office in the primary by Zerby and Gordon.
>
>Mr. Bonham's example does not disprove the newspaper report that
>Campbell was the first council incumbent knocked out in the primary in
>40 years.
>
>And I do not believe everything I read in newspapers. Unless, of
>course, it is written by Steve Brandt.
>
>Jay Clark
>Cooper
>
>
>Tim Bonham wrote:
> >
> > >The voters of Ward 2 showed their opinion of their Council Member who
> > >was effectively the Chief Financial Officer of the City Council. A
> > >newspaper report claimed that it had been about 40 years since an
> > >incumbent DFL City Council Member had been defeated in a primary
> > >election.
> > Not correct. Don't believe everything you read in newspapers!!
> > For example, it was much less than 40 years ago that Jackie Cherryhomes
> > defeated Van White in the 5th ward. At that time, she was the young
> > reformer from the neighborhood running against the entrenched politician
> > supported by the downtown business interests.
> > The more things change, the more they stay the same.
> >
> > Tim Bonham, Ward 12
> >
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