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Support your Endorsed Candidates

Please consider supporting our DFL endorsed candidates with your time and/or your money:

Al Franken (U.S. Senate)
Rep. Keith Ellison (Congress 5th District)

Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher (60A)
Rep. Frank Hornstein (60B)

Carla Bates (Mpls School Bd)
Jill Davis (Mpls School Bd)
Lydia Lee (Mpls School Bd)

Here are the endorsed candidates for other congressional districts:
Rep. Tim Walz (1st District)
Steve Sarvi (2nd District)
Ashwin Madia (3rd District)
Rep. Betty McCollum (4th District)
El Tinklenberg (6th District)
Rep. Collin Peterson (7th District)
Rep. Jim Oberstar (8th District)

In addition, the following has been endorsed by the Minneapolis DFL: Vote Yes for Kids

Coordinated Campaign Doorknock

08/09/2008 - 10:00am

Thanks for your help knocking on doors and recruiting others to help this past Saturday. We had a very successful event.

All told we had 32 volunteers knock on the doors of 2140 people which resulted in 382 contacts. That is roughly an 18% contact rate, which is amazing! Congratulations. It was the best turnout of all the doorknocks in the state this weekend and one of the most successful of the election year. Know that the id's obtained from this and other doorknocks provide the coordinated campaign with the information needed to win on November 4--the personal contact of a doorknock truly is invaluable.

Some of you were unable to join us . . . rest assured you'll get more opportunities. We intend to plan a series of weekend doorknocks through election day eventually hitting each and every precinct. If you would like to plan for a knock specific to your precinct, let me know via our contact page.

Central Committee Meeting

07/16/2008 - 7:00pm

Painter Park
33rd and Lyndale

Central Committee Meeting

06/18/2008 - 7:00pm
06/18/2008 - 8:45pm

Wednesday
Painter Park
33rd and Lyndale

In addition to discussing the picnic and our summer program (doorknocks, etc), we will be joined at 8 p.m. by a guest: former Speaker Matt Entenza will present for ~15 minutes on his MN 20/20 project.

Congratulations to Speaker Kelliher

Our own representative, Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher just led the House through another challenging session. According to Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller, "the speaker of the House made this happen."

Stories at TPT Almanac's At the Capitol and the Star Tribune

Minneapolis DFL Convention report

At Saturday's City DFL Convention, the Strong Schools Strong City Referendum was endorsed and three candidates were endorsed for the Minneapolis School Board: Carla Bates, Jill Davis, and Lydia Lee.

Here are the numbers (courtesy mnblue.com):
On the 1st ballot, Carla Bates and Jill Davis were endorsed. Lydia Lee was close but required a second ballot to retain her DFL endorsement for her reelection campaign.

1st ballot:
Carla Bates - 80%, Jill Davis - 77%, Lydia Lee - 58%, Dan Miller - 27%

Central Committee Meeting

05/21/2008 - 7:00pm
05/21/2008 - 9:00pm

7 p.m., Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Painter Park, 620 W. 34th Street

Proposed Agenda

  1. Opening Business
    1. Call to Order / Welcome / Introductions
    2. Adoption of Agenda
    3. Approval of Minutes
  2. Reports
    1. Chair Report
    2. Treasurer Report
    3. Other Reports
  3. SD60 Picnic Planning
  4. Report from Precinct Coordinators on precinct organization efforts
  5. Update on District Planning
  6. Guest Speaker?
  7. New business
  8. Announcements?
  9. Adjourn

Resolutions passed by SD60

At our convention in February, we passed the resolutions contained in the attached Word document.

Blue BBQ

06/14/2008 - 11:00am
06/14/2008 - 3:00pm

Our annual Blue BBQ yesterday was a tremendous success. The weather was beautiful, the food was delicious, and the politics were fresh. Thanks to all of our volunteers and to all of our guests. Thanks also to Something Else and Unlimited Next Level Dance and Drill Team for their performances.

Additional photos are available in this gallery and at our Facebook site. If you'd like to add some photos to this gallery, let me know via the contact form.

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Blue BBQ 2008 sponsored by: DFL Senate District 60
Saturday, June 14, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Linden Hills Park
43rd Street and Xerxes Avenue South

  • All-American Fare, including vegetarian & pork-free options
  • Popular Elected Officials, and some who hope to be