Chris Coleman is a Minnesota politician and the mayor of the state's capital city of St. Paul. In the 2005 mayoral race, he defeated incumbent St. Paul mayor Randy Kelly. Chris Coleman took office on January 3, 2006. Coleman spent eight years working in Hennepin County as a public defender and prosecutor. Proposals to build a metal shredder along the Mississippi River in Saint Paul inspired his first run for the Saint Paul City Council. Coleman represented Saint Paul's Ward 2 from 1997 to 2003.

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  • Chris Coleman is a Minnesota politician and the mayor of the state's capital city of St. Paul. In the 2005 mayoral race, he defeated incumbent St. Paul mayor Randy Kelly. Chris Coleman took office on January 3, 2006. Coleman spent eight years working in Hennepin County as a public defender and prosecutor. Proposals to build a metal shredder along the Mississippi River in Saint Paul inspired his first run for the Saint Paul City Council. Coleman represented Saint Paul's Ward 2 from 1997 to 2003. Currently, he is also an investment management consultant working with non-profit organizations and is also president of United Family Practice Clinic (serving people without insurance and/or with low income). Ann Mulholland serves as Chief of Staff. Coleman ran as a Democratic-Farmer-Labor(DFL) candidate against fellow DFL member Kelly, and won by a 69% to 31% margin. This was larger than margins in pre-election polling, such as in October 2005, when Coleman was ahead of Kelly among likely St. Paul voters by a margin of 35%. Kelly's loss was largely attributed to his endorsement of George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election in an overwhelmingly Democratic city, despite being an incumbent DFLer in a DFL stronghold and despite a poll showing that his constituents felt generally that the city was doing well and was heading in the right direction. Shortly after taking office, Coleman signed a city ordinance banning tobacco smoking in all bars and restaurants within city limits. The ban had long been opposed by former mayor Kelly. John Kerry visited St. Paul to campaign for Coleman in October 2005 although it meant campaigning against an incumbent of his own party. Wesley Clark and Bill Richardson have also personally campaigned for him in St. Paul, while Hillary Clinton and John Edwards have both actively supported him. Mayor Coleman is a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition, an organization formed in 2006 and co-chaired by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston mayor Thomas Menino. Chris Coleman is son of Nicholas Coleman, Sr. , a Minnesota state senator from 1963 to 1981, who also served as state senate majority leader, and the brother of Nick Coleman, a former columnist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. He has no relation to former U.S. Senator Norm Coleman, Randy Kelly's predecessor as mayor of Saint Paul.
  • Chris Coleman ist ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und seit 2006 Bürgermeister von St. Paul. Coleman ist Sohn des Politikers Nick Coleman. 2005 kandidierte das Mitglied der Demokratischen Partei Minnesotas für das Amt des Bürgermeisters in der Hauptstadt Minnesotas, St. Paul. Gegen seinen Parteikollegen Randy Kelly konnte er sich mit 69 Prozent der Stimmen durchsetzen. Dies ist auch auf den Popularitätsverlust Kellys zurückzuführen, der im Präsidentschaftswahlkampf 2004 George W. Bush befürwortet und sich somit im demokratischen St. Paul den Unmut der Bevölkerung zugezogen hatte. Kurz nach Amtsantritt im Januar 2006 verbot Colemann das Rauchen in allen Restaurants und Kneipen innerhalb der Stadt.
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  • Coleman speaks at a campaign rally, 2008
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  • Connie Coleman
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  • Chris Coleman is a Minnesota politician and the mayor of the state's capital city of St. Paul. In the 2005 mayoral race, he defeated incumbent St. Paul mayor Randy Kelly. Chris Coleman took office on January 3, 2006. Coleman spent eight years working in Hennepin County as a public defender and prosecutor. Proposals to build a metal shredder along the Mississippi River in Saint Paul inspired his first run for the Saint Paul City Council. Coleman represented Saint Paul's Ward 2 from 1997 to 2003.
  • Chris Coleman ist ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und seit 2006 Bürgermeister von St. Paul. Coleman ist Sohn des Politikers Nick Coleman. 2005 kandidierte das Mitglied der Demokratischen Partei Minnesotas für das Amt des Bürgermeisters in der Hauptstadt Minnesotas, St. Paul. Gegen seinen Parteikollegen Randy Kelly konnte er sich mit 69 Prozent der Stimmen durchsetzen. Dies ist auch auf den Popularitätsverlust Kellys zurückzuführen, der im Präsidentschaftswahlkampf 2004 George W.
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