Information for Those Interested in Exploring Your Potential Candidacy
We would like your presence at a public meeting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 22, at Blaine City Hall.
The meeting will be conducted by District 51 DFL and will essentially be the announcement that we are looking for a candidate for the state legislature in House District 51 A. All of 51A is in Blaine.
We are asking you because you represent a part of the community of Blaine. We don’t expect you to have any affinity or commitment to the DFL nor do we expect you to make even the slightest political commitment of any kind. The atmosphere will be as apolitical as we can make it. There will be no stump speeches or critiques of any political candidate or party.
Our goal is to maximize the spread of information. We hope that someone you know or someone you may meet may make a good candidate and legislator.
We feel that for the two-party system to work, we need to involve the public in helping us select the best possible candidate to represent Blaine. We feel that if you and your organization want to maximize good representation in Saint Paul, that transcends political parties, you should be at this meeting.
Two years ago, we couldn’t make our search more public because our incumbent candidate had not announced that he was stepping down.
Blaine and House District 51A are swing voting areas. They have been represented by both Republicans and Democrats in the past decade. Both Democrats and Republicans have won statewide races in the district.
The tentative agenda for the meeting is:
- Welcome & introductions
- Explanation of the situation
- Expectations of a state representative
- The endorsement process
- The election and campaign process
- What makes a good candidate
- What help the candidate can expect and what he/she is expected to do
- Question and answers
We will provide a PowerPoint presentation and then handle questions. We know you are busy and we won’t waste your time.
We will send you home with a map of the district, a copy of the PowerPoint presentation, demographics of the district, results of recent elections and a copy of the DFL platform.
