This is another frustrating race but at least it’ll be quick to write up.

On the ballot:

Emily Koski (DFL-endorsed incumbent)
Gabrielle Prosser (Socialist Workers Party)

Emily Koski is a conservative lackey of the mayor — I really liked this take on her time in office, which observes how she centers and pays deference to the concerns of business owners but not poor and marginalized Minneapolis residents. Gabrielle Prosser is from the Socialist Worker’s Party, which offers zero actionable plans when they run for office. She and the other SWP candidate responded to the Star Trib’s candidate questionnaire together and you can read it on their site (they have exactly the same answers) and it’s full of responses like, “There is no solution to the crisis of homelessness under capitalism.” (Compare that to Democratic Socialist Robin Wonsley’s housing page.)

I have some good friends who live in Ward 11 so I’d probably write one of them in. What a depressing set of options. ETA: I would write in Theresa Dolata, who according to a friend who left a comment, is considering a run next time. (See comments section.)

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