 Vallay Varro is pictured here holding the microphone. She won unanimous endorsement after two votes. Vallay came in with the most big name support, and with the most initial supporters who showed up. She had 110 supporters on facebook, apparently 98 of them showed up for the convention. As the early leader, she attracted more votes. There were only two ballots and then the convention moved to unanimous endorsement. The first round was Bran Joyce 23 - 12%, Meg Lugar-Nikolai 15 - 5%, Al Oertwig 65 - 25%, Louise Seeba 44 - 16%, Vallay Varro 98 - 31%, no endorsement 5 - 2%, spoiled ballots not counted - 5. Then Meg Lugar-Nickolai dropped out. Brian Joyce dropped out, supporting Vallay. In the second round, Al Oertwig 66 - 25.1%, Louise Seeba 44 - 16% and 2%. So 263 very loyal people came on a very hot day to make an endorsement happen. It was a clearly a case of activating supporters.
I was surprised because compared to all of the other candidates, I did not sense political activity in the Varro campaign. I did not get a call, see an email, see her comments on St Paul Issues Forum, on Facebook or here. Except in one area, Vallay did have more signs and cute little kids in tshirts. Vallay was a good speaker, although the speeches were light on actual details. However the political action was done well, however it happened, for Vallay won the endorsement in an easy two votes. So Kudos for Vallay.
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