it was the first time in about 40 years that an incumbent City Council Member had been defeated in a primary. . . . The Elite Few don't want to believe that ordinary people are capable of thinking and making decisions - the EF have to do it for the ordinaries. Zerby's flogging Campbell showed that the Elite Few were wrong. . . . Bob Johnson
And what does winning all the other races in the last 40 years show?
The Minneapolis DFL members have a very successful record of electing their endorsed candidates to office. Because we generally endorse qualified candidates, who are representative of the ward.
We put the candidates thru a whole lot before endorsing them. We have screenings, debates, forums, etc.; and we expect that they will phone up most of the delegates and talk with them. A real stress test for candidates, because they are dealing with activists who know what's happening in the neighborhoods, and are good at separating knowledgeable candidates from flakes or BS'ers. We DFLers fight like feuding siblings over candidate endorsements; then afterwards we work real hard to elect our endorsed candidates.
And we're pretty good at doing that. But that's easier when you have really good candidates to elect!
P.S. And Paul Zerby did not "completely ignore the party". He was on the DFL Sample Ballot for the General Election, and he raised money to help fund that. Plus he & his campaign distributed several thousand of the joint lit piece for the DFL Board candidates. We're very proud to have Paul as a DFL elected official!
Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson
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