The 2025 Minneapolis DFL Coordinated Campaign continues full speed ahead!

The Minneapolis DFL and the 2025 Coordinated Campaign are gearing up for the push to Election Day.  We are moving full speed ahead in support of our endorsed candidates:

• For City Council,

• Ward 1: Council President Elliott Payne

• Ward 3: Council Member Michael Rainville

• Ward 4: Council Member LaTrisha Vetaw

• Ward 6: Council Member Jamal Osman

• Ward 7: Elizabeth Shaffer

• Ward 8: Soren Stevenson

• Ward 9: Council Member Jason Chavez

• Ward 11: Jamison Whiting

• Ward 12: Council Member Aurin Chowdhury

• Ward 13: Council Member Linea Palmisano

• For Park Board,

• At-Large: Michael Wilson, Tom Olsen, Amber Frederick

• District 1: Dan Engelhart

• District 2: Charles Rucker 

• District 3: Kedar Deshpande

• District 4: Jason Garcia

• District 6: Ira Jourdain

• For the Board of Estimate and Taxation, Steve Brandt and Bob Fine

The caucus and convention process gives everyday citizens a more level playing field when seeking office.  The process requires candidates to connect with neighbors on caucus night, when they select delegates to represent them at an endorsing convention.  A candidate earns endorsement only with the votes of at least 60% of the delegates at the convention.

So the DFL endorsement reflects true grassroots support of neighbors who take the time to get to know the candidates and their platforms. The caucus and convention process is a bold contrast to a primary-only system, where candidates depend much more heavily on large donors for the higher hurdle of a primary election.

The state party's bid to set aside Senator Omar Fateh's endorsement by convention delegates has temporarily paused new mailings of DFL slate information, and may cause some confusion as mailers introducing the original DFL slate move through bulk mail delivery.  The Coordinated Campaign is now working on updated designs for sample ballots highlighting our City Council, Park Board, and Board of Estimate and Taxation candidates in local precincts, and we are looking forward to driving up turnout in this year's election.

Join us for doorknocking or phonebanking!  Our candidates welcome newcomers and old hands.  Campaign events kick off with a quick training, and a summary of what the campaigns have been hearing recently from voters.  A calendar of campaign events with the endorsed candidates is available on the home page of the Minneapolis DFL, minneapolisdfl.org.

The Coordinated Campaign funds campaign mailing, literature, activities, and events for endorsed DFL candidates up-and-down the ticket.  To support the Coordinated Campaign, make your donation at secure.actblue.com/donate/mpls-dfl-coordinated.