DFLers Pick Linea Palmisano for Ward 13 Minneapolis City Council Race

Delegates gave her the margin over rival Matt Perry after three ballots, according to Twitter reports and the Southwest Journal.

Ward 13 delegates gave Linea Palmisano the DFL Party endorsement for Minneapolis city council Saturday afternoon, according to a party announcement online and the Southwest Journal. Palmisano needed three ballots at Washburn High School to achieve the required 60 percent support, Nick Halter reported at swjournal.com, and afterwards she saluted her opponent: The race was much closer on the first ballot, when Palmisano got 162 votes to Perry’s 138 from the 304 original delegates. ... Perry went from 138 delegates to 110 delegates between the first and third ballots. ... “I’m humbled by your trust and faith in me,” Palmisano said to the crowd. Read the full article at swjournal.com. Ward 13 has an open city council seat this election year …

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Cam Winton Launches Minneapolis Pothole Contest: Local Voices

Citizens can post their entries to the mayoral candidate's Facebook and Twitter pages.

Lisa Bender Gains DFL Endorsement Over Ward 10 Incumbent Meg Tuthill

Unopposed, Minneapolis City Council Member John Quincy won the DFL Party's Ward 11 endorsement. Ward 8 and 13 DFL conventions are set for May 11.

Minneapolis Ward 10 City Council Member Meg Tuthill said she has "no plans to do anything" after losing a battle for DFL Party endorsement to challenger Lisa Bender Saturday at the ward convention at Jefferson Elementary, the Star Tribune reported: In Uptown, Council Member Meg Tuthill finished the day unsure whether to continue her campaign after losing the 10th Ward nod to urban planner Lisa Bender. ... Tuthill pledged during the proceedings to suspend her campaign if someone else took the endorsement. When Bender won after five ballots, however, Tuthill questioned what “suspend” really meant. “It didn’t say for how long, it didn’t say permanently, it didn’t say for 20 minutes, it didn’t say for four years,” Tuthill said. “I don’t know…

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Cam Winton to Participate in Humphrey School Conversation

Independent Mayoral candidate Cam Winton will participate in a one-on-one conversation with Professor Larry Jacobs of the Humphrey School at the University of Minnesota Thursday.

'Excited to Be a Delegate': SW Minneapolis DFL Precinct Caucuses

Some delegates-to-be evidently spent time on their devices, judging by the social media action during Tuesday's gatherings.

See a Storify of Minneapolis caucus talk above or at Storify.com.

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Pre-Caucus Catchup: What's Been Printed and Posted on Mpls. Candidates

Here's a roundup of links about the 2013 Minneapolis mayoral and city council elections from several local news sources.

With DFL Party caucuses taking place Tuesday, April 16, 2013, some people in Minneapolis might want to bone up on who's running for mayor and other city offices. Here is a sampling of links to posts at local news outlets: Here are related posts at Southwest Minneapolis Patch:

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Minneapolis Building Trades Endorse Mark Andrew for Mayor

Mark Andrew is one of six announced candidates vying for R.T. Rybak's seat this November.

Mark Andrew's bid for mayor of Minneapolis was endorsed by the Minneapolis Building Trades Friday. According to a campaign press release, the Minneapolis Building Trades said: “Today our 25 affiliate Locals and our 13,000 members are proud to be endorsing Mark Andrew for Minneapolis Mayor. We endorsed Mark because he has what it takes to lead all of Minneapolis and help write the next best chapter of our city. The reasons we endorsed Mark are numerous but the quality that sticks out the most is that Mark is a bold, innovative leader who has a vision for our city. Mark has proven his ability to make big visions reality. "Mark Andrew is a bridge-builder literally and figuratively. He had the vision for the Hennepin Avenue Bridge and the …

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VIDEO: Minneapolis Ward 13 City Council Candidate Forum

Matt Perry and Linea Palmisano tangled April 9, 2013 at the Washburn Library in a debate sponsored by the Southwest Journal and the League of Women Voters.

Watch candidates Matt Perry and Linea Palmisano in action Tuesday night at a Ward 13 Minneapolis city council candidate forum at Washburn Library. The event was sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Minneapolis and the Southwest Journal, which posted this video at YouTube.

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HEAR: Minneapolis Mayoral Candidates in Final Forum before Precinct Caucuses

Minnesota Public Radio highlighted their differences on how the city should handle charges of police misconduct.

On Sunday, candidates for mayor of Minneapolis participated in the last public debate scheduled before precinct caucuses on April 16, 2013, billed as the Black Press & Black Pulpit Minneapolis Mayor Candidate Forum. Minnesota Public Radio reported they differed on how to deal with police-brutality complaints. Hear MPR's audio of the full debate above or at MPRNews.org. Read MPR's article at MPRNews.org. If you can't see an audio player above, please click here to play the audio at MPRNews.org.

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