Thursday, Rochester Tea Party Patriot founder and sales tax opponent Cindy Maves kicked off her mayoral campaign, Rochester area media reports.
KTTC-TV's Nicole Goodrich reports in Cindy Maves kicks off campaign for Rochester Mayor:
One of the candidates hoping to unseat Rochester Mayor Ardell Brede kicked off her campaign Thursday afternoon.
Cindy Maves says she is running as a "citizen mayor" candidate who can communicate with with the people of Rochester while working with city officials.
Her supporters gathered Thursday afternoon at Central Park in Rochester to officially to start her campaign.
Minnesota State Representative Mike Benson spoke in support of Maves at the campaign event.
Maves will first face off in a primary election on August 12, and she says her campaign strategy for the primary is to simply get out the vote.
"I think it's time that we need a leader, not just a cheerleader in our town, and I've been that for the last five years," Maves said. "I've been standing up for the tax payers in Rochester. I've been speaking out. I've asked the tough questions. I am a real leader"
Maves faces incumbent Mayor Ardell Brede as well as challenger Stephanie Kilen.
Here's the video:
Most recently, Maves was alledgedly involved in anti-Seifert hostility at the Republican convention in Rochester last month. A now inactive twitter account posted a photo of someone who had alledgedly spit at Seifert staffers, although the woman in the photo isn't spitting at anyone.
While the account is unavailable, the photo is still available, along with an identification by Michael Brodkorb at #politicsdotmn
.@MNGOssiP14 it looks like @lookingforanswe (Cindy Maves) #mngop2014 pic.twitter.com/ek7MstJDmi
— politics.mn (@politicsdotmn) June 2, 2014
Certainly Maves appears to have been among those who tweeted and retweeted disapproval of Seifert's unsuccessful convention tactic to blockan endorsement:
@MNGOPSD56 should call on @MyhraMN to leave @seifertmn campaign, I will be asking my BPOU to issue a disapproval statement,
— Cindy Maves (@lookingforanswe) June 1, 2014
@ThompsonForGov @Jeff4Gov You are are a class act! Lets all work together to run this state!
— Cindy Maves (@lookingforanswe) June 1, 2014
Here are her retweets:
.@MyhraMN needs to abandon the @seifertmn campaign immediately and publicly denounce what he did at the #MnGOP2014 convention today.
— Benjamin Kruse (@BenjaminKruse) June 1, 2014
I've resigned from @seifertmn team. He should have followed @KurtZellersMN & @ScottHonourMN instead of sabotaging #mngop & its endorsement.
— Ken Cobb (@bemidjipatriot) June 1, 2014
I'd be interested to hear what @MyhraMN thinks of @seifertmn's attack on the delegates at #mngop2014 convention tonight. #mngop
— Joseph Witthuhn (@JoeWitthuhn) June 1, 2014
If I were a @seifertmn campaign volunteer, I'd be embarrassed. Marty should be ashamed. #mngop #mngop14 #mngop2014
— Andy Olson (@RealAndyOlson) June 1, 2014
Since the convention, Maves hasn't tweeted from that account. She's started a new account for the local race, @Maves4Mayor. Her campaign Facebook page can be liked or followed here. On Maves' personal page, SW Metro Tea Party leader and Chanhassen state representative Cindy Pugh has urged people to send Maves money.
This should be a fun one to watch.
Photo: Cindy Maves, via her campaign website.
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