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12 Reasons Minneapolis’ Mayoral Election Is More Interesting Than Yours
35 candidates. Two Bobs, two Marks, two Christophers, two Johns, two Jameses. Captain Jack Sparrow and The Rock. Ranked choice voting. Welcome to elections in the City of Lakes.
Read MoreMinneapolis Projected to End 2010 with 2nd Lowest Number of Homicides in 25 Years
Despite media cries of a murder rampage in January, the number of homicides in Minneapolis is on pace to tie its second lowest tally since 1986
Read MoreThe Sky Is Not Falling: Minneapolis 2010 Homicide Tally Settling at Decade-Long Average
Despite rash of homicides in January, number of murders in Minneapolis projected by end of 2010 right at 10-year average
Read MoreHow Predictive is the Recent Spate of Minneapolis Homicides?
Episodic events at the beginning of the year should not be cast as signs that the City is in the midst of a violent crime frenzy
Read MoreShould RT Rybak Run His Gubernatorial Campaign as a Tough-on-Crime Democrat?
Minneapolis October ’09 Crime Rate Falls 10 Percent from a Year Ago Despite 27 Percent Rise in Unemployment
Read MoreWas Ranked Choice Voting a Success in Minneapolis?
Less than half utilized 2nd choice option in mayoral race; voter turnout down by 25,000+ from 2005
Read MoreChris Coleman Posts Largest St. Paul Mayoral Victory in a Quarter Century
Coleman received 68.7 percent of the vote – one tenth of a percentage point higher than his 2005 victory when he unseated Randy Kelly
Read MoreHow Competitive Can Eva Ng Make the 2009 St. Paul Mayoral General Election?
Barack Obama won all 104 precincts in St. Paul, winning 75.6 percent of the vote and notching a 53.2-point margin of victory over McCain city-wide
Read MoreMinneapolis Index Crime Rate Falls 18 Percent from April 2008
The Minneapolis Police Department’s official Uniform Crime Report data for April 2009 finds crime in Minnesota’s largest city down 18 percent from one year ago. The 18 percent 12-month drop is the largest in the city dating back more than…
Read MorePolitical Luminaries Rally in Support of Ranked Choice Voting at FairVote Minnesota Fundraiser
More than two hundred Minnesotans – from party leaders, to legislators, to mayors, to city council members, to interested citizens – rallied in support of ranked choice voting at a fundraising event held for FairVote Minnesota in Minneapolis Tuesday evening….
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