St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman makes it official, will seek third term

No shock listed here: St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman is managing for a third expression.

And with no actual opposition rising however for the November election, the announcement in this DFL-dominated town may well practically be regarded a coronation.

Gov. Mark Dayton even stopped by the event, saying he was there to assistance Coleman each as a governor on his lunch hour, and as a constituent. (Dayton has lived in the Summit Avenue discount coupons pertaining to toyo Governor's Mansion for just in excess of two several years now.)

Coleman's official re-election speech at noon Wednesday came with dozens of supporters in challenging hats close to him on the 10th flooring of the Pioneer Endicott Developing, a amazing outdated developing now being redeveloped from offices to residences.

The theme â€" reuse, relatively than begin over â€" functions each for the building and the mayoral campaign.

It truly is been a virtual certainty that Coleman would operate once again, notably after he was positioned in succession much more than a yr ago to be president of the National League of Towns, a submit he'll assume in 2014.

The formal purpose for holding off the the re-election campaign: Coleman wished to give last week's Point out of the City speech with out any political overtones, said his campaign manager Matt Freeman, son of Hennepin County Lawyer Mike Freeman.

But the probably genuine purpose, observers famous, is: Why make it a race when you don't have to?

Although no other mayoral campaigns have been registered but, genuine estate agent Tim Holden has mentioned he'll run as an impartial.

Coleman, even though reciting his listing of achievements that contain the new Lowertown Saints ballpark, completion of downtown mild rail, the Penfield task and new downtown Lunds shop, mentioned a major energy in the up coming phrase will be continuation of function with university officers to "near the accomplishment hole, after and for all."

In his remarks, Dayton stated that Chris Coleman is held in high regard on Capitol Hill in St. Paul and on Capitol Hill in Washington.

"We will be better off if he's re-elected," Dayton explained.