State DFL stands firm on its retraction of Minneapolis mayoral endorsement

There will be no DFL endorsement for Minneapolis mayor this year. The party's State Executive Committee on Monday upheld its retraction of an earlier endorsement for candidate Omar Fateh.

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In his appeal of that decision Monday, Minneapolis DFL Chair John Maraist explained that a technical problem left out the votes of alternates who had replaced absent delegates. That resulted in