Elections 2023: Saint Paul City Council, Ward 4

Going to knock this one off because it is VERY VERY FAST. On the ballot:

Mitra Jalali
Robert Bushard

Mitra is a progressive Democrat who supports transit, housing, bike lanes, etc.

Robert Bushard is a Republican who brags about personally clearing a homeless encampment, refers to the murder of George Floyd as “the death of a career criminal,” scaremongers about LGBTQ+ people, wants to ban bail funds, and at least flirts a bunch with election denial. Even if you oppose the Summit bike trail, he is a bad, bad, bad choice. Although very unlikely to win.

I would vote for Mitra Jalali.


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Elections 2018: Saint Paul Ward 4 City Council, SPECIAL ELECTION AUGUST 14

Do you live in Saint Paul Ward 4? Then on August 14th, in addition to having a bunch of primaries, you also have an actual real election. That’s right, your City Council race is not a primary. (We have Instant Runoff Voting in St. Paul city races, so primaries in those are not a thing.)

On your ballot, and you can rank them in order of preference:

Mitra Jalali Nelson
Shirley Erstad
David Martinez

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