Minneapolis/ St. Paul Mayoral Elections

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There is enough people from Minnesota on here to start this thread.

With 70% In:

CHRIS COLEMAN               9,172           51%    DFL endored
 (i) RANDY KELLY                4,816           26%
 ELIZABETH DICKINSON    3,582            19%    Green Party endorsed


As of now it appears that Kelly will atleast make the run-off. It looks like Kelly is taking a beating for endorsing Bush in 2004.

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RT Rybak? I've read good things about him. Is he mayor of Minneapolis?

Yep, those results are just starting to come in:

61% In:

Ryback:          44%
McLaughlin:   34%
Hakeem:        14%
Others:          ~8%

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Mason Dixon Poll +/- 5%

Coleman      61%
Kelly             28%

From the Pioneer Press:
"Former City Council Member Chris Coleman's nearly 2-to-1 primary election lead over St. Paul Mayor Randy Kelly appears to be widening significantly, according to a poll conducted this week for the Pioneer Press.

Coleman now leads Kelly 61 percent to 28 percent, according to a telephone survey of 400 registered St. Paul voters who say they plan to cast a ballot on Nov. 8. The poll, conducted Tuesday and Wednesday by Mason-Dixon Polling and Research, has a margin of error of 5 percent.

The numbers appear to reflect an actual drop in support for the incumbent since the Sept. 13 primary. Coleman, by contrast, received 50.7 percent of the primary vote and appears to be gaining ground on his former political ally.

"It's a staggering result," said University of Minnesota political science professor Larry Jacobs, who is conducting his own poll and expects to have results next week. "This is the first time in over three decades that an incumbent St. Paul mayor seems to be heading not just for a defeat, but a trouncing."

In fact, only two St. Paul mayors in the past half-century have been defeated at the polls after one term: John Daubney was beaten by Joe Dillion in 1954, and Charles McCarty finished third in the 1972 primary."

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Star Tribune Poll, October 30th-November 4th, +/- 4.3%

Saint Paul
Coleman     66%
(i) Kelly        25%

Minneapolis
(i) Rybak     55%
McLaughlin  33%

http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/13098088.htm