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2008 Mar 16 05:41 UTC

The SD58 part of Minneapolis (roughtly the northwest corner) held their
endorsing convention today.  Over 520 people in attendance, and they stayed
there for a long time.

Both the A & B side denied endorsements to the incumbent House legislators.

On the A side, 3 ballots were held, and it was basically a deadlock between
Peggy Flanagan (47%) and Joe Mullery (52%), and the convention then voted "No
Endorsement" (until after the primary).  This motion passed almost unanimously;
with both campaigns saying the results were a victory for them.

On the B side, the first ballot had Bobbie Joe Champion at 54% and incumbent
Willie Dominguez at 45%.  Bobbie Joe increased his lead on each ballot, until
receiving 68.7% on the 4th ballot and thus the DFL endorsement.

The convention also voted on Resolutions for the DFL platform, and had many
sub-caucuses to choose delegates for the State DFL Convention.