By Frederick Melo
fmelo@pioneerpress.com
With the Nov. 3 election five months away, the St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce’s Political Action Committee has endorsed five candidates for St. Paul City Council, most of them incumbents, as well as Rebecca Noecker for the open seat in Ward 2.
The PAC, however, decided not to throw its support to Ward 1 council member Dai Thao or any of his three challengers, and it also chose not to back Jane Prince, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor-endorsed candidate for the open seat in Ward 7.
Each candidate supported by the PAC will receive $600, the maximum donation allowed under campaign finance rules. More candidates may yet materialize, as the political filing period runs from July 28 to Aug. 11.
