Primary

Today's the mayoral primary in both Minneapolis and Saint Paul.

For those of you who live elsewhere, both of the Twins use the primary as a runoff among all the declared candidates.

The upside is that the primary is always wild and wooley; the most amazing nutjobs and wackoes come out before the primary; listening to their speeches and debate appearances is like watching a debate at Irv's Bar in North Minneapolis during breakfast-time three-for-ones.

Downside? In the lefty hives that are the Twin Cities, it pretty much guarantees that the election is between two Democrats. The last mayoral election in Minneapolis, for example, was between incumbent Sharon Sayles-Belton (DFL - Venus) and winner R.T.Rybak (DFL - Pluto).

The options in Minneapolis seem to be not much better this time around, but we have more options in Saint Paul:

Minneapolis and St. Paul will narrow their mayoral fields in today's primary election, setting off nine-week head-to-head races leading to Nov. 8 general election showdowns in both cities.

Mayors Randy Kelly of St. Paul and R.T. Rybak of Minneapolis each seek election to a second four-year term. The two DFLers face their most serious challenges from within their own parties.

See you at the polls.

No, I mean if you live here...

Posted by Mitch at September 13, 2005 06:15 AM | TrackBack