Re: [Mpls] PIM Tidbits re Mpls Legislative Re-Districting

[Cara Letofsky]

Phyllis Kahn also picks up Green Party leader Cam Gordon in north Seward.  Could this mean a hot race between a couple of feisty candidates with a lot of energy and a lot to say?   Cam would certainly pull a lot of support out of the West Bank/University of Minnesota precincts.

Cara Letofsky
Seward
south of Franklin, old and new District 62A



Dooley, Bill wrote:

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From POLITICS IN MINNESOTA (Volume 20, Number 14) March 21, 2002

 

" . . . Rep. PHYLLIS KAHN (DFL-Minneapolis) was happy to pick up the staunch DFL Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, even though to do so required that she lose her new constituents, DFL heavyweights Sam & Sylvia Kaplan. . . "

 

" . . . Reps. MARY JO MCGUIRE (DFL-Falcon Heights) and ALICE HAUSMAN (DFL-St. Paul) were paired. They talked, on Tuesday, about the court's insensitivity to gender. Three of the six senior women in the House were paired. MCGUIRE and HAUSMAN against each other, and Rep. JEAN WAGENIUS (DFL-Mpls.) against Rep. WES SKOGLUND (DFL-Mpls.). The court's rationale published with the plan makes it clear, however, that they did not consider incumbency or gender. Once they got done with perfect population balance and respecting community boundaries, there wasn't really any room for incumbency considerations. So far the two have said they won't run against each other. In the SKOGLUND-WAGENIUS pairing the early betting is on WAGENIUS. . . "

 

" . . . In the open Senate District 60 seat (DFL Sen. Myron Orfield is retiring), incumbent House members Reps. SCOTT DIBBLE (DFL-Minneapolis) and MARGARET KELLIHER (DFL-Minneapolis) met last night to see who would try to move to the Senate . . . "

 

Bill Dooley

Ward 13

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