Standing Astride Mania, Shouting “Stop”

Joe Kimball at the MinnPost briefly profiles St. Paul school board member Tom Conlon – the sole elected Republican in the city:

Conlon is the lone elected Republican Ranger in a city dominated by DFL office holders. Not since Norm Coleman changed his party stripes in Mayoral Term Two (1997) has there been another Republican elected in the city. Before that you have to go to the 1970s and ’80s with names like Ron Sieloff and John Drew and Joe O’Neill and Bob Pavlak.In those cases, Republicans were elected in St. Paul thanks to their personalities and connections, and despite their Republican affiliation. So, it seems, is the case with Conlon.

“Every time, I hold my breath, thinking: Is this the time they’re going to get me?” Conlon said Wednesday, before heading out to pick up lawn signs from supporters’ lawns all around St. Paul.

So what’s the secret? Conlon points to three things:

Read the whole thing. Note that none of the three things involve any help from the Republican Party, which continues to abandon the parts of the Fourth CD south of County Road C.

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