WHO'S FIRST? EVERYBODY!!
This is just silly.
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DFL candidates for governor are all on first, they declare
Kelley, Hatch and Lourey claim the lead in convention delegate strength.
A time-honored ritual in multicandidate races for party backing was played out Wednesday.
All three of the major contenders for the DFL gubernatorial endorsement claimed to be ahead among delegates selected so far for the state convention.
There is no neutral source for reliably determining the preference of hundreds of delegates chosen over the past few weeks at legislative district and county conventions around the state.
So the campaigns themselves are phone-calling and counting, and they typically contend they are ahead or doing better than expected in actual count.
State Sen. Steve Kelley of Hopkins said he's ahead by a whisker in a "hard count," with 131 delegates, to 127 for Attorney General Mike Hatch, and 72 for state Sen. Becky Lourey of Kerrick. Kelley claimed that his count was tops in exceeding expectations after a party straw poll at precinct caucuses earlier this month.
Lourey said she was the one ahead. She also claimed a narrow lead over Hatch, 132 delegates to 130, while it was Kelley who lagged behind, with 86. Lourey, who makes a claim to being most in tune with the party's idealistic activists, said delegates are responding to her as the candidate of "conviction."
Hatch, the front-runner, offered no specific numbers but said he is first, Lourey is second and Kelley is third. Hatch said he is doing particularly well in southern and western Minnesota and the northern and southern suburbs of the Twin Cities. Hatch said that Lourey is doing best in her home turf of northeastern Minnesota and that Kelley is ahead around his district in the western suburbs.
In precinct caucuses earlier this month, Hatch won the straw poll of attendees, 39 percent to 23 percent for Lourey and 22 percent for Kelley. Those attendees have gone on to district conventions and are electing state convention delegates. Source: Star Tribune, March 30, 2006
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DFL candidates for governor are all on first, they declare
Kelley, Hatch and Lourey claim the lead in convention delegate strength.
A time-honored ritual in multicandidate races for party backing was played out Wednesday.
All three of the major contenders for the DFL gubernatorial endorsement claimed to be ahead among delegates selected so far for the state convention.
There is no neutral source for reliably determining the preference of hundreds of delegates chosen over the past few weeks at legislative district and county conventions around the state.
So the campaigns themselves are phone-calling and counting, and they typically contend they are ahead or doing better than expected in actual count.
State Sen. Steve Kelley of Hopkins said he's ahead by a whisker in a "hard count," with 131 delegates, to 127 for Attorney General Mike Hatch, and 72 for state Sen. Becky Lourey of Kerrick. Kelley claimed that his count was tops in exceeding expectations after a party straw poll at precinct caucuses earlier this month.
Lourey said she was the one ahead. She also claimed a narrow lead over Hatch, 132 delegates to 130, while it was Kelley who lagged behind, with 86. Lourey, who makes a claim to being most in tune with the party's idealistic activists, said delegates are responding to her as the candidate of "conviction."
Hatch, the front-runner, offered no specific numbers but said he is first, Lourey is second and Kelley is third. Hatch said he is doing particularly well in southern and western Minnesota and the northern and southern suburbs of the Twin Cities. Hatch said that Lourey is doing best in her home turf of northeastern Minnesota and that Kelley is ahead around his district in the western suburbs.
In precinct caucuses earlier this month, Hatch won the straw poll of attendees, 39 percent to 23 percent for Lourey and 22 percent for Kelley. Those attendees have gone on to district conventions and are electing state convention delegates. Source: Star Tribune, March 30, 2006
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