Storm Over Edina
By Mitch Berg
Nothing official yet, but Zack at MNPublius notes that…:
A reliable source at the Capitol tells MN Publius that Ron Erhardt will file as an Independent candidate for the State House in 41A shortly before the filing deadline next week.
I’m torn; I think it’s possible Erhardt will take more votes from the DFL than from Keith Downey, the endorsed GOP candidate.
Did I say Keith Downey? Yes, I did. If you’re a Republican in Edina, or in one of the safer Congressional Districts, it behooves us all to get out and get behind Keith Downey.
Oh, and I love this bit of DFLer boilerplate.
Erhardt was denied the Republican endorsement for reelection after he voted to override the Governor’s veto of the transportation bill despite decades of service to the MN GOP.
I wish I’d had a blog in 1996: “Norm Coleman was chased from the DFL after he took a moderate line on taxation and abortion despite decades of service to the Saint Paul and Minnesota DFL”.
To say nothing of 2005: “Randy Kelly was purged from the DFL after governing to the center, and endorsing on pure foreign-policy principle George W. Bush, despite decades of loyal service to the Saint Paul DFL”.
Anyway, where was I? Oh, yes. Keith Downey is running in 41A. Keith Downey. Keith Downey.
July 11th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
“I think it’s possible Erhardt will take more votes from the DFL than from Keith Downey, the endorsed GOP candidate. ”
That question is phrased like Erhardt might act as a spoiler, determining which of the major party candidates will win. I don’t think that’s the case.
I think it’s likely that Erhardt will take nearly all of the votes from the DFL candidate. The DFL candidate will place a distant third.