Minneapolis City Council incumbents face challenges, defeat at DFL ward conventions

Challengers to Minneapolis City Council incumbents had strong showings at DFL ward conventions Saturday.

Jeremiah Ellison won the endorsement in the Fifth Ward, beating Council Member Blong Yang and Cathy Spann. In the Fourth Ward, Council Member Barb Johnson and Phillipe Cunningham were neck-in-neck until the convention adjourned with no endorsement. In Ward 7, neither Council Member Lisa Goodman nor Janne Flisrand won the endorsement.

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