St. Cloud has new choices for mayor. Here's how to tell them apart

ST. CLOUD – In less than one month, St. Cloud voters will determine who will be next to lead the city following two decades of Mayor Dave Kleis at the helm.

The good news? Both candidates have ample experience in city politics. They both have the confidence of the current mayor. And they both have similar goals: to remain focused on providing essential services such as public safety and infrastructure, to prioritize downtown redevelopment and continue Kleis’s tradition of being readily available to meet with residents.

The bad news? Voters have to dig a bit deeper to find out which mayoral candidate speaks to them on the issues.

The August primary winnowed a packed six-candidate mayoral field to Jake Anderson, who earned about 24% of the vote, and Mike Conway, who earned about 21%. Both currently serve on St. Cloud City Council. Conway is in his second term; Anderson in his first, after serving several years on the city’s Planning Commission........

One difference residents will notice if they drive around town is the placement of candidate yard signs: Despite the mayoral race being nonpartisan, in most instances, Anderson’s signs appear with DFL candidates and Conway’s with Republican candidates. But both say that simply reflects the views of the people who put up the signs.



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