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2006 Minnesota's 5th congressional district election

May 03, 2024

The 2006 Minnesota's 5th congressional district election was an election for the United States House of Representatives for the open seat of incumbent Martin Olav Sabo (DFL), who retired after serving the Minneapolis-based district for 28 years.

2006 Minnesota's 5th congressional district election
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Nominee Keith Ellison Alan Fine Tammy Lee
Party Democratic Republican Independence
Popular vote 156,414 52,265 51,456
Percentage 55.6% 21.3% 21.0%
U.S. Representative before election

Martin Olav Sabo
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Keith Ellison
Democratic

Sabo, who had rarely faced a serious electoral challenge, won reelection with 70% of the vote in 2004 in a district that went for John Kerry by 71% in the presidential election. The seat had elected candidates of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) since 1962 and was rated "Safe Democratic" by CQ Politics.

Sabo's surprising announcement in March 2006 prompted many area Democrats to enter the race. While state representative Keith Ellison received the party's endorsement, he was not backed by Sabo and faced stiff primary competition from former Sabo aide Mike Erlandson, among others. Having won the primary, Ellison handily defeated Republican nominee, business consultant Alan Fine, and the Independence nominee, businesswoman Tammy Lee, in the general election.

Democratic-Farmer-Labor primary edit

 
Minnesota's 5th congressional district

Candidates edit

Received nomination edit

Defeated in primary edit

Withdrew before primary edit

Declined to run edit

DFL endorsement edit

Before Sabo announced his retirement, he was already being challenged for the party endorsement by professor and anti-Iraq War activist Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer.[12] Nelson-Pallmeyer's campaign was considered to have little to no chance of succeeding.[12] When Sabo announced his retirement several candidates entered the race, seeking the DFL endorsement to replace him.[19] Hennepin County commissioner Gail Dorfman announced her campaign for the seat on March 21, 2006, becoming the first woman to enter the campaign, and assumed the status of one of the frontrunners due to her strong fundraising record.[20]

At the district convention in May, state representative Keith Ellison won the DFL endorsement after four ballots.[21] Ellison winning the endorsement was considered a surprise, as election analysts had predicted a close race between him, Dorfman and former DFL chair Mike Erlandson, but instead Ellison came away with a convincing margin of victory, with Dorfman in second and Erlandson in fourth, behind Nelson-Pallmeyer.[22][23] After being heckled by delegates for refusing to commit to endorsing the winner of the convention, Erlandson left the building and decided to run in the primary anyway. This action angered DFL chair Brian Melendez, who accused Erlandson of disloyalty.[24]

Primary election edit

In the September primary, the retiring Sabo backed Erlandson. Ellison and Erlandson were joined by state senator Ember Reichgott Junge and Minneapolis City Councillor Paul Ostrow in the primary race, along with several minor candidates.

Junge was widely considered the most moderate candidate, and her campaign was largely focused around healthcare,[25] while Ellison was focused on turning out traditionally overlooked voters, like Somali Americans and members of the LGBT community.[26] However, Ellison's campaign suffered from numerous controversies, such as revelations that he had failed to pay back parking tickets, and that in the early 90s he had written articles praising the Nation of Islam.[27] Erlandson attacked both Ellison and Junge, drawing attention to the controversies Ellison had been involved in, and criticising Junge for numerous votes she had made while a state senator and for being the Minnesota chair of Joe Lieberman's 2004 presidential campaign.[28] Erlandson also emphasised his supposed ability to work with other elected Democrats in order to pass legislation.[29] Ellison went on to win the September 12 primary with 41% of the vote.

Debates edit

2006 Minnesota's 5th congressional district democratic primary debates
 No. Date & Time Host Moderator Link Participants
Key:
 P  Participant    A  Absent    N  Non-invitee    W  Withdrawn
Gail Dorfman Keith Ellison Mike Erlandson Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer Ember Reichgott Junge Paul Ostrow Jorge Saavedra Gary Schiff
  1[19] 
April 24, 2006
 P P P P P A P P
  2[30] 
July 24, 2006
KFAI, Insight News
 W P P W P P W W
  3[31] 
July 25, 2006
Temple Israel Minneapolis
David Schlecter
 W P P W P P W W
  4[32] 
August 24, 2006
Minnesota Public Radio
 W P P W P P W W

Endorsements edit

Gail Dorfman (withdrawn)
State officials
Local officials
Keith Ellison
Executive officials
State officials
Local officials
Individuals
Labor unions
Organizations
Mike Erlandson
Federal officials
State officials
Local officials
Labor unions
Organizations
Newspapers and publications
Ember Reichgott Junge
Labor unions
Organizations
Newspapers and publications
Paul Ostrow
Local officials
Labor unions
Organizations

Results edit

Democratic primary[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic (DFL) Keith Ellison 29,003 41.21
Democratic (DFL) Mike Erlandson 21,857 31.06
Democratic (DFL) Ember Reichgott Junge 14,454 20.54
Democratic (DFL) Paul Ostrow 3,795 5.39
Democratic (DFL) Andrew Vincent Favorite 470 0.67
Democratic (DFL) Gregg A. Iverson 448 0.64
Democratic (DFL) Patrick J. Wiles 347 0.49
Total votes 70,374 100.00

Republican primary edit

Despite the heavy Democratic lean of the 5th district, Republicans were hopeful that with Sabo's retirement, their candidate would perform well.[38] Before Sabo announced his retirement, two Republicans had already announced campaigns, Tim Anderson and James Turnham.[39] However, by May the 3rd, both had dropped out, with Turnham citing "some unfortunate circumstances" as his reason for doing so,[40] paving the way for business consultant Alan Fine to receive the party's nomination.[41] Viewed as a moderate Republican, Fine was pro-choice, and his campaign was noted in its early days for its gentleness, with Fine himself often playing the piano at campaign events.[38]

Candidates edit

Withdrawn edit

Results edit

Republican primary[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Alan Fine 7,352 100.00
Total votes 7,352 100.00

Independence Primary edit

Independence primary[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independence Tammy Lee 1,086 100.00
Total votes 1,086 100.00

General election edit

 
Jay Pond

Candidates edit

Campaign edit

Following Ellison's victory in the DFL primary, Fine and Lee immediately started campaigning.[49] Ellison promised to run a campaign on the "issues", and accused his opponents of attempting to steer the conversation towards his controversies because "on the issues they're in... big trouble".[49] Ellison also attempted to de-emphasise his religion while campaigning.[50] Fine's campaign largely focused on Ellison's past ties to the Nation of Islam and Louis Farrakhan, while Lee's campaign emphasised her fiscal centrism, declaring that Fine was too conservative to beat Ellison.[49] In contrast to Fine and Lee, Pond declared that Ellison was insufficiently liberal, stating that he had not been fast enough to denounce the Iraq War.[49] However, Pond largely failed to gain traction, which was attributed to Ellison's staunch progressivism drawing off left-wing support that Pond might otherwise have received.[51]

In contrast to the genial tone his campaign had taken during the primaries, Fine's general election campaign took a staunchly combative turn.[52] Special attention was drawn to Fine's comments after Ellison had won the primary, when he stated "I’m extremely concerned about Keith Ellison, Keith Hakim, Keith X Ellison, Keith Ellison Muhammad", referring to various pseudonyms Ellison had used when he was in college.[53] These remarks were seen by some as racist, and one of Fine's brothers, Robert Fine, wrote a letter to Ellison denouncing his brother's comments.[53] Fine's campaign was also wracked by allegations that he had abused his former wife in 1995, first revealed in a story by Star Tribune reporter Rochelle Olson.[54] Fine strongly denied the allegations, claiming that Olson had ties to Ellison, and accused the Star Tribune of trying to "rig the election".[55][56]

Lee capitalized on Ellison's controversies by securing endorsements from a coalition of Minnesota Democrats, including Kathleen Anderson, Sabo's long-time district director.[57] Anderson labelled Ellison a "scofflaw" and stated that Lee was the only candidate "honorable" enough to carry on Sabo's legacy.[58] Lee's campaign was largely focused around winning voters in the more moderate, suburban area of South Minneapolis.[59] As the campaign continued, Lee was widely considered to be in second place, and several Republican officials attempted to convince Fine to drop out of the race in order to prevent the anti-Ellison vote from being split, but he refused.[60]

Media coverage of the race outside of Minnesota largely focused around Ellison's status as the possible first Muslim member of the United States Congress.[61] This focus was criticised both by Ellison's campaign and by Columbia Journalism Review, which found that the media was shoehorning Ellison's religion into articles where it was not relevant, and that the media was not giving anything other than a surface-level depiction of Islam, noting that only the St. Petersburg Times had stated whether Ellison was a Shia or Sunni in their coverage.[61] In contrast, Columbia Journalism Review praised the Star Tribune's coverage of the race, finding that it was more substantial than the coverage in newspapers based outside of Minnesota.[61] Fine strongly criticised the media's coverage of the race, stating that they had not covered Ellison's controversies enough and that they were not discussing the political positions of the candidates.[52]

Sabo's support edit

During the primary run, departing Representative Sabo had endorsed and donated money to the campaign of his longtime chief of staff, Mike Erlandson.[62] When Ellison won the primary and his campaign manager contacted him, Sabo said that he "wouldn't be supporting anyone in the race".[62] Sabo donated funds to the general election campaigns of many Minnesota Democrats, including Coleen Rowley, Patty Wetterling, Tim Walz, and Amy Klobuchar, but none to Ellison. Several Democrats were disappointed with Sabo's refusal to endorse Ellison.[63][57] Sabo allowed a picture of himself with Lee to be used in her campaign literature, and in response to this an anonymous individual set up a site designed to look like Lee's campaign website, wherein they accused Sabo of being motivated by racism in his refusal to endorse Ellison.[64] This website was later revealed to have been created by activist Chris Stewart, who in 2006 was elected to the Minneapolis Board of Education.[65]

Debates edit

 
Ellison, Fine and Lee debate at Beth El Synagogue on October 17, 2006

There were several debates held over the course of the race, along with numerous forums.[56]

On October 17 two debates were held on the same night, one hosted by Air America and one hosted by the Beth El synagogue. All four major candidates on the ballot were invited to the Air America debate, though Fine did not attend.[66] Pond was not invited to the Beth El debate, though he did attend it as a member of the audience, and upon seeing him Ellison and Lee escorted him onto the stage in order for him to participate. However, the debate officials refused to allow him to do so, and Pond returned to his seat.[56] In an analysis of the Beth El debate, journalist and blogger David Zingler stated that Fine was the "least impressive" debater, finding that he was answering questions with "rambling dissertations that border on incoherent".[56]

Shortly prior to the fourth debate, which was held by several student groups at the University of Minnesota, Julian Santana, who was running a write-in campaign for the seat as the nominee of the Socialist Workers Party, unexpectedly showed up, and was allowed to participate.[46] Lee was widely regarded as the winner of the debate, though Pond was also regarded as having a strong performance.[46]

2006 Minnesota's 5th congressional district general election debates
 No. Date & Time Host Moderator Link Participants
Key:
 P  Participant    A  Absent    N  Non-invitee  
Keith Ellison Alan Fine Tammy Lee Jay Pond Julian Santana
  1[67] 
September 15, 2006
Minnesota Public Radio
Gary Eichten
 P P P N N
  2[66] 
October 17, 2006
Air America
 P A P P N
  3[56] 
October 17, 2006
Beth El Synagogue
Esme Murphy
 P P P N N
  4[46] 
October 18, 2006
University of Minnesota
Joel Kindler
 P P P P P

Endorsements edit

Keith Ellison (DFL)
Executive officials
Federal officials
State officials
Local officials
Party officials
Individuals
Labor unions
Organizations
Newspapers and publications
Tammy Lee (IM)
Federal officials
State officials
Individuals
Newspapers and publications

Results edit

2006 Minnesota's 5th congressional district election[48]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic (DFL) Keith Ellison 136,060 55.56
Republican Alan Fine 52,264 21.34
Independence Tammy Lee 51,456 21.01
Green Jay Pond 4,792 1.94
Independent Write-ins 334 0.14
Total votes 244,905 100.00

Reactions edit

Ellison's victory made him the first Muslim member of congress, as well as the first African-American congressman from Minnesota.[75] Ellison's win was positively received by Muslim communities in the United States, who viewed it as an affirmation of their ability to advance politically.[68] Incumbent congressman Sabo congratulated Ellison on his victory, stating "He has a big task in front of him and I wish him well". Sabo also cautioned Ellison against letting his high-profile status become a liability.[76] After his victory, Ellison was denounced by users on the salafist message board Al-Hesbah, who deemed him "the first Jewish Muslim that goes to Congress" and "[a] one-way ticket to hell".[77] Ellison announced that he would use a Quran when being sworn into his seat, a decision which led to the Quran oath controversy of the 110th United States Congress.[78]

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Further reading edit

  • "Warning: GOP smear campaign just ahead". Star Tribune. September 15, 2006. p. 18A.
  • Grow, Doug (September 15, 2006). "Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Doug Grow column". Star Tribune.

External links edit

  • Keith Ellison for Congress
  • Alan Fine for Congress
  • Ellison's Minnesota Public Radio profile
  • Pond's Minnesota Public Radio profile
  • CD 5 Candidate Forum, October 17 (Minnesota Public Radio)
  • CD 5 Candidate Forum, October 10 (Minnesota Public Radio)
  • CD 5 Candidate Forum, September 21 (Minnesota Public Radio)
  • . Pioneer Press. September 28, 2006. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007.

May 03, 2024
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The 2006 Minnesota s 5th congressional district election was an election for the United States House of Representatives for the open seat of incumbent Martin Olav Sabo DFL who retired after serving the Minneapolis based district for 28 years 2006 Minnesota s 5th congressional district election 2004 November 7 2006 2008 Nominee Keith Ellison Alan Fine Tammy Lee Party Democratic Republican Independence Popular vote 156 414 52 265 51 456 Percentage 55 6 21 3 21 0 U S Representative before election Martin Olav Sabo Democratic Elected U S Representative Keith Ellison Democratic Sabo who had rarely faced a serious electoral challenge won reelection with 70 of the vote in 2004 in a district that went for John Kerry by 71 in the presidential election The seat had elected candidates of the Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party DFL since 1962 and was rated Safe Democratic by CQ Politics Sabo s surprising announcement in March 2006 prompted many area Democrats to enter the race While state representative Keith Ellison received the party s endorsement he was not backed by Sabo and faced stiff primary competition from former Sabo aide Mike Erlandson among others Having won the primary Ellison handily defeated Republican nominee business consultant Alan Fine and the Independence nominee businesswoman Tammy Lee in the general election Contents 1 Democratic Farmer Labor primary 1 1 Candidates 1 1 1 Received nomination 1 1 2 Defeated in primary 1 1 3 Withdrew before primary 1 1 4 Declined to run 1 2 DFL endorsement 1 3 Primary election 1 4 Debates 1 5 Endorsements 1 6 Results 2 Republican primary 2 1 Candidates 2 1 1 Withdrawn 2 2 Results 3 Independence Primary 4 General election 4 1 Candidates 4 2 Campaign 4 3 Sabo s support 4 4 Debates 4 5 Endorsements 4 6 Results 5 Reactions 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External linksDemocratic Farmer Labor primary edit nbsp Minnesota s 5th congressional district Candidates edit Received nomination edit Keith Ellison state representative 1 Defeated in primary edit Mike Erlandson former Chairman of the Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party former Chief of Staff to Martin Olav Sabo 2 Andrew Vincent Favorite businessman and former U S Navy reservist 3 Gregg A Iverson perennial candidate and U S Army veteran 3 4 Ember Reichgott Junge former state senator 5 Paul Ostrow member of the Minneapolis City Council 6 Patrick J Wiles former member of the United Auto Workers Local 879 executive board 7 Withdrew before primary edit Gail Dorfman member of the Hennepin County Commission 8 endorsed Ellison 9 Anne Knapp former Assistant Commissioner for the Department of Employment Security 10 endorsed Saavedra 11 Jack Nelson Pallmeyer Associate Professor of Justice and Peace Studies at the University of St Thomas 12 endorsed Ellison 11 Jon Olson President of the Minneapolis Parks Board 13 Jorge Saavedra attorney 14 endorsed Ellison 9 Gary Schiff member of the Minneapolis City Council 15 Erik Thompson activist Ran in the 7th congressional district 16 Declined to run edit Mark Andrew former chairman of the Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party 17 Sharon Sayles Belton former Mayor of Minneapolis 18 Scott Benson member of the Minneapolis City Council 18 Satveer Chaudhary state senator 17 Scott Dibble state senator 17 endorsed Dorfman 17 Betty Folliard former state representative 18 Lisa Goodman member of the Minneapolis City Council 17 Margaret Anderson Kelliher state representative 17 endorsed Ellison 11 Peter McLaughlin member of the Hennepin County Commission 18 Mike Opat member of the Hennepin County Commission 17 endorsed Dorfman then Erlandson 17 3 R T Rybak Mayor of Minneapolis 18 Julie Sabo former state senator 17 DFL endorsement edit Before Sabo announced his retirement he was already being challenged for the party endorsement by professor and anti Iraq War activist Jack Nelson Pallmeyer 12 Nelson Pallmeyer s campaign was considered to have little to no chance of succeeding 12 When Sabo announced his retirement several candidates entered the race seeking the DFL endorsement to replace him 19 Hennepin County commissioner Gail Dorfman announced her campaign for the seat on March 21 2006 becoming the first woman to enter the campaign and assumed the status of one of the frontrunners due to her strong fundraising record 20 At the district convention in May state representative Keith Ellison won the DFL endorsement after four ballots 21 Ellison winning the endorsement was considered a surprise as election analysts had predicted a close race between him Dorfman and former DFL chair Mike Erlandson but instead Ellison came away with a convincing margin of victory with Dorfman in second and Erlandson in fourth behind Nelson Pallmeyer 22 23 After being heckled by delegates for refusing to commit to endorsing the winner of the convention Erlandson left the building and decided to run in the primary anyway This action angered DFL chair Brian Melendez who accused Erlandson of disloyalty 24 Primary election edit In the September primary the retiring Sabo backed Erlandson Ellison and Erlandson were joined by state senator Ember Reichgott Junge and Minneapolis City Councillor Paul Ostrow in the primary race along with several minor candidates Junge was widely considered the most moderate candidate and her campaign was largely focused around healthcare 25 while Ellison was focused on turning out traditionally overlooked voters like Somali Americans and members of the LGBT community 26 However Ellison s campaign suffered from numerous controversies such as revelations that he had failed to pay back parking tickets and that in the early 90s he had written articles praising the Nation of Islam 27 Erlandson attacked both Ellison and Junge drawing attention to the controversies Ellison had been involved in and criticising Junge for numerous votes she had made while a state senator and for being the Minnesota chair of Joe Lieberman s 2004 presidential campaign 28 Erlandson also emphasised his supposed ability to work with other elected Democrats in order to pass legislation 29 Ellison went on to win the September 12 primary with 41 of the vote Debates edit 2006 Minnesota s 5th congressional district democratic primary debates No Date amp Time Host Moderator Link Participants Key P Participant A Absent N Non invitee W Withdrawn Gail Dorfman Keith Ellison Mike Erlandson Jack Nelson Pallmeyer Ember Reichgott Junge Paul Ostrow Jorge Saavedra Gary Schiff 1 19 April 24 2006 P P P P P A P P 2 30 July 24 2006 KFAI Insight News W P P W P P W W 3 31 July 25 2006 Temple Israel Minneapolis David Schlecter W P P W P P W W 4 32 August 24 2006 Minnesota Public Radio W P P W P P W W Endorsements edit Gail Dorfman withdrawn State officials Scott Dibble state senator 17 Local officials Mike Opat member of the Hennepin County Commission 17 later endorsed Erlandson 3 Keith EllisonExecutive officials Walter Mondale former Vice President of the United States 3 State officials Connie Bernardy state representative 23 Frank Hornstein state representative 33 Phyllis Kahn state representative 23 Margaret Anderson Kelliher state representative 11 Allan Spear former state senator former President of the Minnesota Senate 23 Local officials R T Rybak Mayor of Minneapolis 3 Individuals Samuel L Kaplan businessman and attorney 23 Jack Nelson Pallmeyer Associate Professor of Justice and Peace Studies at the University of St Thomas 11 Labor unions AFL CIO 3 American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees 3 International Brotherhood of Teamsters 3 National Education Association 3 Service Employees International Union 3 Organizations Clean Water Action 34 Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party 26 Sierra Club 34 Mike ErlandsonFederal officials Wendell Anderson former U S Senator from Minnesota and former Governor of Minnesota 3 John Murtha U S Representative from PA 12 35 Martin Olav Sabo U S Representative from MN 05 26 State officials Ted Mondale former state senator 3 Local officials Patrick D McGowan Sheriff of Hennepin County and former state senator 3 Mike Opat member of the Hennepin County Commission 3 Labor unions United Transportation Union 3 Organizations League of Conservation Voters 36 National Association of Home Builders 3 National Association of Realtors 3 Newspapers and publications Star Tribune 26 Ember Reichgott JungeLabor unions Fraternal Order of Police 7 Organizations EMILY s List 37 National Women s Political Caucus 7 Newspapers and publications Lavender Magazine 34 Paul OstrowLocal officials Albert Hofstede former Mayor of Minneapolis 3 Labor unions International Association of Fire Fighters Local 82 3 Organizations American Diabetes Association 3 Business and Professional Women s Foundation 3 Results edit Democratic primary 4 Party Candidate Votes Democratic DFL Keith Ellison 29 003 41 21 Democratic DFL Mike Erlandson 21 857 31 06 Democratic DFL Ember Reichgott Junge 14 454 20 54 Democratic DFL Paul Ostrow 3 795 5 39 Democratic DFL Andrew Vincent Favorite 470 0 67 Democratic DFL Gregg A Iverson 448 0 64 Democratic DFL Patrick J Wiles 347 0 49 Total votes 70 374 100 00Republican primary editDespite the heavy Democratic lean of the 5th district Republicans were hopeful that with Sabo s retirement their candidate would perform well 38 Before Sabo announced his retirement two Republicans had already announced campaigns Tim Anderson and James Turnham 39 However by May the 3rd both had dropped out with Turnham citing some unfortunate circumstances as his reason for doing so 40 paving the way for business consultant Alan Fine to receive the party s nomination 41 Viewed as a moderate Republican Fine was pro choice and his campaign was noted in its early days for its gentleness with Fine himself often playing the piano at campaign events 38 Candidates edit Alan Fine business consultant and senior lecturer at the Carlson School of Management 42 Withdrawn edit Tim Anderson 41 James Turnham 39 41 Results edit Republican primary 4 Party Candidate Votes Republican Alan Fine 7 352 100 00 Total votes 7 352 100 00Independence Primary editIndependence primary 4 Party Candidate Votes Independence Tammy Lee 1 086 100 00 Total votes 1 086 100 00General election edit nbsp Jay Pond Candidates edit Keith Ellison Democratic Farmer Labor state representative 23 Alan Fine Republican business consultant and senior lecturer at the Carlson School of Management 42 Tammy Lee Independence businesswoman former press secretary for U S Senator Byron Dorgan 43 Jay Pond Green political scientist Green nominee for CA 08 in 2002 and MN 05 in 2004 44 Julian Santana Socialist Workers meat packer 45 write in 46 Larry Leininger White Working Man s janitor and candidate for Mayor of Minneapolis in 2001 47 48 write in 48 Campaign edit Following Ellison s victory in the DFL primary Fine and Lee immediately started campaigning 49 Ellison promised to run a campaign on the issues and accused his opponents of attempting to steer the conversation towards his controversies because on the issues they re in big trouble 49 Ellison also attempted to de emphasise his religion while campaigning 50 Fine s campaign largely focused on Ellison s past ties to the Nation of Islam and Louis Farrakhan while Lee s campaign emphasised her fiscal centrism declaring that Fine was too conservative to beat Ellison 49 In contrast to Fine and Lee Pond declared that Ellison was insufficiently liberal stating that he had not been fast enough to denounce the Iraq War 49 However Pond largely failed to gain traction which was attributed to Ellison s staunch progressivism drawing off left wing support that Pond might otherwise have received 51 In contrast to the genial tone his campaign had taken during the primaries Fine s general election campaign took a staunchly combative turn 52 Special attention was drawn to Fine s comments after Ellison had won the primary when he stated I m extremely concerned about Keith Ellison Keith Hakim Keith X Ellison Keith Ellison Muhammad referring to various pseudonyms Ellison had used when he was in college 53 These remarks were seen by some as racist and one of Fine s brothers Robert Fine wrote a letter to Ellison denouncing his brother s comments 53 Fine s campaign was also wracked by allegations that he had abused his former wife in 1995 first revealed in a story by Star Tribune reporter Rochelle Olson 54 Fine strongly denied the allegations claiming that Olson had ties to Ellison and accused the Star Tribune of trying to rig the election 55 56 Lee capitalized on Ellison s controversies by securing endorsements from a coalition of Minnesota Democrats including Kathleen Anderson Sabo s long time district director 57 Anderson labelled Ellison a scofflaw and stated that Lee was the only candidate honorable enough to carry on Sabo s legacy 58 Lee s campaign was largely focused around winning voters in the more moderate suburban area of South Minneapolis 59 As the campaign continued Lee was widely considered to be in second place and several Republican officials attempted to convince Fine to drop out of the race in order to prevent the anti Ellison vote from being split but he refused 60 Media coverage of the race outside of Minnesota largely focused around Ellison s status as the possible first Muslim member of the United States Congress 61 This focus was criticised both by Ellison s campaign and by Columbia Journalism Review which found that the media was shoehorning Ellison s religion into articles where it was not relevant and that the media was not giving anything other than a surface level depiction of Islam noting that only the St Petersburg Times had stated whether Ellison was a Shia or Sunni in their coverage 61 In contrast Columbia Journalism Review praised the Star Tribune s coverage of the race finding that it was more substantial than the coverage in newspapers based outside of Minnesota 61 Fine strongly criticised the media s coverage of the race stating that they had not covered Ellison s controversies enough and that they were not discussing the political positions of the candidates 52 Sabo s support edit During the primary run departing Representative Sabo had endorsed and donated money to the campaign of his longtime chief of staff Mike Erlandson 62 When Ellison won the primary and his campaign manager contacted him Sabo said that he wouldn t be supporting anyone in the race 62 Sabo donated funds to the general election campaigns of many Minnesota Democrats including Coleen Rowley Patty Wetterling Tim Walz and Amy Klobuchar but none to Ellison Several Democrats were disappointed with Sabo s refusal to endorse Ellison 63 57 Sabo allowed a picture of himself with Lee to be used in her campaign literature and in response to this an anonymous individual set up a site designed to look like Lee s campaign website wherein they accused Sabo of being motivated by racism in his refusal to endorse Ellison 64 This website was later revealed to have been created by activist Chris Stewart who in 2006 was elected to the Minneapolis Board of Education 65 Debates edit nbsp Ellison Fine and Lee debate at Beth El Synagogue on October 17 2006 There were several debates held over the course of the race along with numerous forums 56 On October 17 two debates were held on the same night one hosted by Air America and one hosted by the Beth El synagogue All four major candidates on the ballot were invited to the Air America debate though Fine did not attend 66 Pond was not invited to the Beth El debate though he did attend it as a member of the audience and upon seeing him Ellison and Lee escorted him onto the stage in order for him to participate However the debate officials refused to allow him to do so and Pond returned to his seat 56 In an analysis of the Beth El debate journalist and blogger David Zingler stated that Fine was the least impressive debater finding that he was answering questions with rambling dissertations that border on incoherent 56 Shortly prior to the fourth debate which was held by several student groups at the University of Minnesota Julian Santana who was running a write in campaign for the seat as the nominee of the Socialist Workers Party unexpectedly showed up and was allowed to participate 46 Lee was widely regarded as the winner of the debate though Pond was also regarded as having a strong performance 46 2006 Minnesota s 5th congressional district general election debates No Date amp Time Host Moderator Link Participants Key P Participant A Absent N Non invitee Keith Ellison Alan Fine Tammy Lee Jay Pond Julian Santana 1 67 September 15 2006 Minnesota Public Radio Gary Eichten P P P N N 2 66 October 17 2006 Air America P A P P N 3 56 October 17 2006 Beth El Synagogue Esme Murphy P P P N N 4 46 October 18 2006 University of Minnesota Joel Kindler P P P P P Endorsements edit Keith Ellison DFL Executive officials Walter Mondale 42nd Vice President of the United States Democratic nominee for President in 1984 22 Federal officials Jesse Jackson minister former Shadow U S Senator from the District of Columbia Candidate for President in 1984 and 1988 68 Betty McCollum U S Representative from MN 04 22 State officials Frank Hornstein state representative 33 Ember Reichgott Junge former state senator 69 Phyllis Kahn state representative 23 Margaret Anderson Kelliher state representative 11 Allan Spear former state senator former President of the Minnesota Senate 23 Local officials Amy Klobuchar County Attorney of Hennepin County 2006 Democratic nominee for United States Senator from Minnesota 22 R T Rybak Mayor of Minneapolis 22 Party officials Mike Erlandson former chair of the Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party former chief of staff to Martin Olav Sabo 69 Individuals Samuel L Kaplan businessman and attorney 23 Jack Nelson Pallmeyer Associate Professor of Justice and Peace Studies at the University of St Thomas 11 Labor unions AFL CIO 3 American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees 3 International Brotherhood of Teamsters 3 National Education Association 3 Service Employees International Union 3 Organizations Clean Water Action 34 National Jewish Democratic Council 68 Sierra Club 34 Newspapers and publications Esquire 70 Minnesota Daily 71 Star Tribune 72 Tammy Lee IM Federal officials Tim Penny former U S Representative from MN 01 73 State officials Peggy Leppik former state representative Republican 57 Jesse Ventura former Governor of Minnesota 74 Individuals Steve Minn businessman 57 Newspapers and publications Lavender Magazine 74 Results edit 2006 Minnesota s 5th congressional district election 48 Party Candidate Votes Democratic DFL Keith Ellison 136 060 55 56 Republican Alan Fine 52 264 21 34 Independence Tammy Lee 51 456 21 01 Green Jay Pond 4 792 1 94 Independent Write ins 334 0 14 Total votes 244 905 100 00Reactions editEllison s victory made him the first Muslim member of congress as well as the first African American congressman from Minnesota 75 Ellison s win was positively received by Muslim communities in the United States who viewed it as an affirmation of their ability to advance politically 68 Incumbent congressman Sabo congratulated Ellison on his victory stating He has a big task in front of him and I wish him well Sabo also cautioned Ellison against letting his high profile status become a liability 76 After his victory Ellison was denounced by users on the salafist message board Al Hesbah who deemed him the first Jewish Muslim that goes to Congress and a one way ticket to hell 77 Ellison announced that he would use a Quran when being sworn into his seat a decision which led to the Quran oath controversy of the 110th United States Congress 78 References edit MPR Campaign 2006 U S Congress 5th District Keith Ellison Minnesota Public Radio Retrieved December 4 2011 MPR Campaign 2006 U S Congress 5th District Mike Erlandson Minnesota Public Radio Retrieved December 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