Gale force win: How neighborhood activist R.T. Rybak's unconventional campaign toppled the mayor of Minneapolis. (Case Study).

From: Campaigns & Elections | Date: February 1, 2002| Author: Graham-Silverman, Adam | Copyright information

Democrat R.T. Rybak's grassroots campaign, which hired no consultants and took no money from companies that did business with the city, defeated two-term Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton, the only black woman to lead a major U.S. city, by a margin of almost 2-1.

WHEN MINNESOTA voters go to the polls, strange things can happen. Even before Gov. Jesse Ventura's stunning victory in 1998, the state's electorate had a history of giving their votes to candidates with little regard f...

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