DFL to Ember: Stop using DFL on billboards

Posted at 11:54 AM on July 11, 2006 by Tom Scheck (3 Comments)

The DFL Party issued a news release saying Ember Reichgott Junge is making false claims that she's endorsed by the DFL Party. They say she put the letters DFL on the lower corner of the billboards she put up over the weekend. Reichgott Junge is running in Minnesota's Fifth Congressional District. The Party filed a cease and desist letter saying Reichgott Junge can identify herself as "affiliated with the DFL" or a "member of the DFL Party" but the billboards violate the law. Here's a quote from Brian Melendez:

“The Minnesota DFL Party has endorsed Keith Ellison for Congress,” Minnesota DFL Chair Brian Melendez said. “For Ms. Reichgott-Junge to stick “DFL” on her website and on her billboards misleads fifth-district voters. She didn’t even seek the DFL Party endorsement – she bypassed the process completely. She doesn’t get to pretend that she’s the DFL candidate months after we endorsed Keith Ellison.”

It appears that Melendez and the party will work hard to ensure that voters know Ellison has the party endorsement. There are at least seven candidates who intend to run in the DFL primary...

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Comments (3)

This is ridiculous. The last thing from the DFL to do is to sue a loyal party member, who has given twenty years of her life to promote the democratic agenda. Not only does this take time and resources away from other important races, it just makes the media concentrate on this democratic safe seat, and not the other hotly contested ones. I wish Brian would concentrate on the 4th and 1st district. Just wait. Keith will be Brian's achilles' heal.

Posted by Mollie G | July 11, 2006 2:18 PM

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As I noted at MDE when Brodkorb posted this release, this is not a bad thing. Indeed, it is the party's job to defend its endorsed candidates from attacks and malfeasance from all quarters, whether from the candidate's party or the party opposite. In my mind, it's good to see Melendez standing up for a candidate his party endorsed.

Posted by MN Campaign Report | July 11, 2006 2:37 PM

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The Delegates rule on this one. Even if there is reason to change there mind the party leadership is under an obligation to stick with the endorsed candidate. If for whatever reason they aren't willing to do that, the proper action would be to resign.

Ember made the mistake here, the party was put in a situation where they had to decide to either let that slide in essense endorsing Ember, or take action to protect Ellison.

Posted by Mike Grimes | July 11, 2006 2:51 PM

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