Anyone going to the mayoral caucus in St. Paul?

[hermetic]

Tomorrow night. Anyone from Ward 7? This will be my first caucus and I'm looking forward to learning a lot. Aside to Eric - Raphael Ortega and Chris Coleman will run against Kelly. There is not much info out there about this event. I only knew about it because of this: http://www.ortegaformayor.com click on Caucuses button

[northernsoul]

1. I'm gonna try to make it

I think Coleman has a better chance of beating Kelly, but I'm keeping an open mind.

[Eric J in MN]

2. Will the caucus determine whether Ortega or Coleman challenges

Randall Kelly?

[goodhue]

3. yes, indirectly

At the caucus you can become a delegate to the DFL city convention which will in turn endorse a mayoral candidate, probably Ortega and Coleman. There will be a primary in September and top two vote getters will move on to general election. A perennial question at endorsing conventions is whether the candidates seeking endorsement will honor the process and drop out if they fail to get endorsement.