Democratic Endorsement
Before Sabo announced his retirement, he was being challenged for the party endorsement by professor and peace activist Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer. When he announced his retirement, several candidates sought the endorsement to replace him. These candidates included Nelson-Pallmeyer, Hennepin County Commissioner Gail Dorfman, Minneapolis City Council Members Gary Schiff and Paul Ostrow, former State Senator Ember Reichgott Junge, State Representative Keith Ellison, former DFL Party Chair and Sabo Chief of Staff Mike Erlandson, attorney Jorge Saavedra, Anne Knapp, Minneapolis Park Board President Jon Olson, and peace activist and 7th district resident Erik Thompson (who subsequently challenged Congressman Collin Peterson). At the district convention in May, Ellison won the endorsement after four ballots.
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