2005 Endorsements

Individuals

"I’m supporting Ralph Remington because he’s best able to represent the interests and ideals of Ward 10 residents. He also has the better citywide perspective and brings disparate groups together."
—Lisa Goodman, City Council Member Ward Seven

“Ralph Remington will be a strong progressive advocate on the Council for funding the public services our neighborhoods need, and for a strong city living wage policy.  I am proud to support him.”  

— Jim Niland, AFSCME Council 5 Legislative Political Action Director and Former Minneapolis City Council Member

"Ralph Remington will be an excellent member of the Minneapolis City Council. He will also be a council member who cares about our children and their education. Ralph is thoughtful, and has shown his skills by working effectively with non-profit organizations in our community."
— Don Fraser, Former Mayor of Minneapolis

Organizations

• Progressive Minnesota
• Sierra Club
• Minneapolis
  Star Tribune
• Insight News
• Minnesota ACORN PAC
• AFL-CIO LABOR (Minneapolis Central Labor Union Council)
• AFSCME MN
  Council 5
• SEIU
• UNITE/HERE Local 17 and State Council of UNITE/HERE Unions
• Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis
• Somali Business Association of America
• Minneapolis Municipal Retirement Association (MMRA)
• Minneapolis Building & Construction Trades Council
• Minneapolis Professional Employees Association (MPEA)
• Minnesota State Council of Machinists
• United Auto Workers (UAW Minnesota State CAP Council)
• Rock for Democracy
• League of Pissed Off Voters
  

Given an ACCEPTABLE rating by:

DFL Feminst Caucus

Minnesota Stonewall DFL

City Council Members:
Lisa Goodman
Natalie Johnson Lee
Don Samuels
Gary Schiff
Paul Zerby

Former Mayor Don Fraser
Rep. Keith Ellison (DFL-58B)
Rep. Steve Simon (DFL-44A)
Lydia Lee, Mpls.School Board Member
Rod Krueger, Minneapolis Library Board

Al Anderson
Bobbi Anderson
Kay Anderson
Shari Arneson
Titi Bediako
Steve Buckley
Ruth Cain
Pam Costain
Lara Norkus-Crampton
Debbie Jans
Farheen Hakeem
Jeff Hayden

Jean Johnson
Jeremy Kalin
Courtney Cushing Kiernat
Adam Levy
Noah Levy
Tom Madden
Tom Moore
Tom Nordyke
Tom Parsons
Alexs Pate
Christopher Pollard
Jay Pond
Beth Popalisky
Benton Randolph
Mark Ritchie
Niel Ritchie
Aaron Rubenstein
Laura Sayles
Norah Shapiro
Mara Stenback
Mary Streitz
James Thorson
Melissa Weiner
Roger Worm
Harvey Zuckman