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MINNEAPOLIS: Independent Charles Stenvig last night upset Democratic Mayor Albert Hofstede by a narrow 507-vote margin...
With 219 precincts reporting, Stenvig had 45,065 votes and Hofstede...
...state of Minnesota to make ends meet. The son of a Dutch-born truck driver, Hofstede decided to stay in government, became a Minneapolis alderman at 26. Last year he was elected mayor of Minneapolis in a startling upset over the law-and-order incumbent, Police Detective Charles Stenvig. Since taking office, he has begun an ambitious multimillion-dollar urban-renovation plan, reorganized equipment to provide better mass-transit service and placed considerable emphasis on preserving the flavor-and safety-of Minneapolis' old neighborhoods...
Hofstede was aided by general disenchantment with Mayor Stenvig's constant vetoes of City Council legislation, notably a bill providing for a domed stadium downtown...
During his campaign, Hofstede capitalized on Mayor Stenvig's refusal to release the names of donors to his campaign...