[Mpls] Ward 1:7 (Tuttle School)

[David Brauer]

On Nov 3, 2004, at 12:31 PM, Seamus at pro-ns.net wrote:
>
> The surprising thing in the results, though, was that Amanda Hutchings 
> - The
> Republican candidate for State Rep in 59B - got 20 pct of the vote.  
> Near as I
> could tell, she didn't even campaign.  Every election guide I saw had 
> a note
> under her name saying "did not respond".  This is clear evidence that 
> people
> voting in National elections just vote the party line if they've not 
> paid
> attention to their local races.

For what it's worth, Ms. Hutchings did respond to our interview request 
for Skyway News, as did the other 59B candidates. She responded to all 
our requests (photos, follow-ups) in a timely way.

I'm just guessing here, but some more conservative Republicans have a 
beef with the Strib over alleged bias, particularly the Minnesota 
Poll's Presidential findings  (which was closer to the final mark than 
the PiPress poll this year, BTW). Perhaps the refusal to be in the 
Strib's Voter's Guide was something of a boycott? Counterproductive, if 
true, IMHO.

David Brauer
Kingfield
Editor, Skyway News and Southwest Journal