Lisa Bender Gains DFL Endorsement Over Ward 10 Incumbent Meg Tuthill

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." ...

Bender said she had interpreted the pledge, which came during a question-and-answer session, to mean Tuthill would support the winner. “People want a change of leadership and that’s what we saw here today,” Bender said.

Read the full article at startribune.com.

Also on Saturday, Ward 11 City Council Member John Quincy won DFL Party endorsement for re-election Saturday at the party's ward convention at Washburn High School. Quincy had no opposition, the Star Tribune and MPR reported.

Ward 8 and Ward 13 DFL conventions are on May 11, also at Washburn High School.

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