Tim Bonham wrote:
Let's talk about the origins of the "new" DFL. When Sharon won the endorsement over Rip Rapson, it was hard fought.
Sharon did NOT win the endorsement; that Convention adjourned without endorsing a mayoral candidate. (In fact, Sharon never won an endorsement battle all through her career. She was only endorsed when she ran without opposition.)
You are both right and wrong at the same time. True, she was not endorsed. But, she won when Fraser endorsed her. He was a guy who retired out of office after we had elected him and re-elected him for both the fed. house office and the mayor's office. When he came down on Sharon's side, Rapson lost in the same moment. In the end, the preponderance of folks who would vote in the election followed Fraser's lead.
Also, when she ran the first time, she had an endorsement battle on her hands. I don't remember all those who lost. I was very new to Mpls. politics at that point and most of the names were pretty much a wash for me.
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