One of the themes of Lisa Goodman's campaign this year is that Donald Trump is a bad man, and Lisa Goodman will protect you.
It's not a crazy message. There's an anti-Trump undercurrent running through many Minneapolis campaigns this year. But for arguably the second-most conservative member of the City Council, Goodman has used "Trump" as a way to distract from the real differences she has with her opponent, Janne Flisrand. (I won't go into those differences, but there's no denying Ward 7 has two very distinct choices this year.)
Another theme that's emerging: Lisa Goodman is clearly unaccustomed to the hassle of having to run for re-election. She hasn't had a serious challenger since first winning her seat in 1997. But she has built up a large campaign fund ($133,000 at the end of 2016), and acquired enough power to have convinced Senator Al Franken to endorse her just days before the DFL caucuses on April 4.
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