Samuels to hold kickoff event for mayoral campaign

Updated: January 28, 2013 - 12:00 AM

The City Council member isn't the only one to throw his hat in the ring since Rybak announced he won't seek a fourth term.

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Minneapolis City Council Member Don Samuels has announced that he will run for mayor this year and hold a campaign kickoff this week.

Samuels, who represents the Fifth Ward and was first elected to the council in 2003, had said he was pondering a run for mayor, after incumbent R.T. Rybak announced that he won't seek a fourth term. In an e-mail, Samuels said his kickoff event will take place at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the A Loft Hotel.

After Rybak's announcement late last month, Council Member Betsy Hodges and former council president Jackie Cherryhomes said they would seek the office.

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