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Add City Council Member Don Samuels to the growing list of candidates interested in taking over from Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak 

Samuels issued a press release this morning announcing he's exploring a run for mayor and will make a decision "shortly after the new year."

Samuels, who has represented north Minneapolis for the last ten years, made a short-lived bid for the Hennepin County Board earlier this year. He ended that campaign in July and endorsed Linda Higgins, who went on to win the seat vacated by Mark Stenglein.

At the time, Samuels said he needed to support his wife Sondra's work as CEO of the 

Samuels is the third city council member to publicly express interest in the mayor's job. Betsy Hodges says she 

 will announce his intentions next month. Former Council Member Jackie Cherryhomes says she's entering the race, and School Board Member Hussein Samatar is thinking about it. The 

 Park Board Commissioner Bob Fine is also considering a bid.

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A third city council member expresses interest in taking over from R.T. Rybak.

Don Samuels mulls mayoral bid

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