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March 10, 2010 (MINNEAPOLIS) – In his eighth annual State of the City Address today, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak said that Minneapolis “is like the Twins — we’re playing on a whole new ballfield. But just like in baseball, the fundamentals remain the same.” Read more »
Yesterday, 25 participants in Ms. G's "White House to our House" campaign took lunch — and impeccable manners — to Minneapolis' City Hall, where they delivered a thick stack of letters to Mayor R.T. Rybak. Read more »
People all over our state want R.T. Rybak to be our next Governor. When the campaign for governor started, we know some people asked whether folks in Greater Minnesota would vote for someone who was the mayor of Minneapolis. The answer to that question? A resounding “Yes"! Three weeks ago, when R.T. won the DFL statewide straw poll at our party’s precinct caucuses, he got votes in every part of our state, from Austin and Albert Lea to Brainerd and Bemidji, from Wabasha to Hutchinson to Thief River Falls — not to mention winning big in Duluth and Rochester. Read more »
Minneapolis, MN (February 23, 2010) – This afternoon the Rybak for Governor Committee responded to a complaint filed by the Minnesota Republican Party earlier today. Read more »
If Minnesota DFLers are to be believed, Machiavelli is rolling over in his grave: Gov. Tim Pawlenty's proposal Thursday to hand the mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul control over their respective school districts may or may not have ignited the public's passions, but it certainly opened the door wide for the governor's critics — including both mayors — to charge through. Read more »
“I’m very encouraged by our strong showing tonight because it shows that people across Minnesota are connecting with our record of getting solid, measurable results in putting people to work and making people’s lives better. It shows people are connecting with our demonstrated ability to change the same old politics and restore faith in our common purpose." Read more »
January 31, 2010 (Minneapolis, MN) — Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak was the top vote-getter today in the poll of members of reNEW.mn, the gubernatorial-endorsement campaign of TakeAction Minnesota. Rybak is the only candidate who received votes from over half of reNEW.mn members, garnering 336 votes from the 643 reNEW.mn members who voted for up to three candidates. Read more »
January 29, 2010 (Minneapolis, MN) - R.T. Rybak’s campaign for governor announced today that it has raised a total of $278,000 in less than three months. This includes $138,000 raised during the last eight weeks of 2009 and $140,000 raised to date through January 2010. The Rybak for Governor Committee was created on November 5, 2009. Read more »
January 25, 2010 (Duluth, MN) – With just one week before precinct caucuses, Mayor R.T. Rybak today added the support of key Duluth leaders to his campaign for Governor. Duluth Mayor Don Ness, City Council President Jeff Anderson, City Councilor at Large Dan Hartman and Second District City Councilor Patrick Boyle each endorsed Rybak’s campaign for Governor, citing his leadership and ability to deliver real results for the people of Minneapolis despite tough economic times Read more »
January 13, 2010 (Minneapolis, MN) — The gubernatorial campaign of Mayor R.T. Rybak announced today that Mayor Rybak has received the endorsement of the DFL Latino Caucus in his race for governor of Minnesota. Read more »
January 4, 2010 (MINNEAPOLIS) - In an address delivered in the historic rotunda of Minneapolis City Hall to mark his inauguration for a third four-year term, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak hailed the last four years of progress in Minneapolis and called for raising the bar of expectations and accomplishments even higher in the City of Lakes. Read more »
Minnesota, facing a steep state budget deficit, will have to raise taxes — but it will also need tough budget management, says Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak. Read more »
December 30, 2009 (MINNEAPOLIS) -- Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak issued the following statement in response to the finding by Ramsey District Court Judge Kathleen Gearin today. Read more »
Throughout the summer and fall, one subject of chronic chatter among the Capitol set revolved around when R.T. Rybak would officially enter the fast-developing 2010 gubernatorial race. Read more »
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak visited New Prague last week, looking to his roots as he kicked off his campaign for governor. Rybak, whose great-great-grandfather settled in New Prague in the 1860s, made a campaign appearance Thursday, Dec. 10, in New Prague at Patty's Place, a coffee shop in downtown New Prague next to the building that once housed one of his family's businesses. Read more »
First, people who know me know I love Zimmy's for its food and Bob Dylan motif. I go there often enough that the waitresses bring me a glass upon entering, say "here's your diet," and I am never offended. When I can get a gubernatorial candidate to meet me there, I will. Nothing provokes honesty like several dozen massive images of late 1970s Bob Dylan on the wall watching and judging your every action. Read more »
December 15, 2009 (Minneapolis, MN) — The gubernatorial campaign of Mayor R.T. Rybak announced today that Mayor Rybak has received the endorsement of the DFL Veterans Caucus in his race for governor of Minnesota. The DFL Veterans Caucus, one of the largest and most active of the Minnesota DFL Party’s constituency caucuses, serves as a voice for veterans in the political process, advises the party and candidates on veterans’ issues and advocates for veterans and their families. The caucus screened DFL candidates for governor last Saturday. Read more »
By Steve Berg | Friday, Dec. 11, 2009 R. T. Rybak launched his campaign for governor last week with a variation on a theme he has used throughout his political life. "I was born in a great state," he said. "I'm not going to retire in a mediocre one." The Minneapolis mayor likes the line not just because it fits his buoyant/defiant personality, but because it matches the frustration his audiences feel about their home state — that Minnesota's exceptionalism is slipping away. Read more »
R.T. Rybak officially kicked off his campaign for governor today, at a packed rally at the Varsity Theater at the University of Minnesota. Running on a strong record of job creation, fiscal responsibility and hands-on leadership and mayor of Minneapolis, R.T. pledged that as governor of Minnesota, creating jobs will be the "number-one job" of his four-point Opportunity Agenda. R.T. also stressed the urgent need to change the old politics that have pitted Minnesotans against each other and instead to reconnect Minnesota. Read more »
The Rybak for Governor Campaign is up and running and we are building a grassroots movement to get real change in Minnesota. I’m running for Governor to create jobs and get real results for the people of Minnesota – because it is time to change not only the policies of St. Paul, but the politics. Read more »
