Postby twincitizen » May 12th, 2014, 3:41 pm
Election is tomorrow. I'm more than a little worried Marion Greene is going to win this thing.
I don't actually have anything against her, I just don't like the (previously mentioned) way the primary turned out. She doesn't have broad support across the district. She and Lisa Goodman and co just turned out an insane amount of voters in a small handful of precincts (Kenwood, Lowry Hill, et al). I do genuinely believe Anne Mavity would be a better representative for the district.
Regardless of who wins, even if Anne eeks it out somehow, I truly hope the winner of this low turnout special election will face a challenger in November. The primary turned out 5.5% of the electorate. I don't anticipate tomorrow will be much better, considering only two weeks have passed and there has been little to no press or broad campaigning. The citizens of District 3 deserve a more public debate on the future of Hennepin County policies. This seat is too important to be decided by an election with ~6% turnout.