2017 Minneapolis municipal election
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A general election was held in Minneapolis on November 7, 2017. Minneapolis's mayor was up for election as well as all the seats on the City Council, the two elected seats on the Board of Estimate and Taxation, and all the seats on the Park and Recreation Board. Voters were able to rank up to three candidates for each office in order of preference.
Mayor
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Incumbent Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) Mayor Betsy Hodges sought re-election to a second term among a field of 16 candidates. Jacob Frey won after five rounds of vote tabulations via instant-runoff voting.
City Council
[edit]All 13 seats on the Minneapolis City Council were up for election. 13 members were elected from single-member districts via instant-runoff voting.
Board of Estimate and Taxation
[edit]The two elected seats on the Board of Estimate and Taxation were up for election. Two members were elected from one citywide, at-large district via the single transferable vote.
Candidates
[edit]| Incumbents | Candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | First elected | Name | Party endorsement |
| Carol Becker | 2005 | Carol Becker[1] | Minneapolis DFL[2] |
| David Wheeler | 2009 | David Wheeler[3] | Minneapolis DFL[2] |
Results
[edit]| Candidate | % 1st Choice |
Round 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Carol Becker | 69.11 | 48,163 |
| David Wheeler | 27.71 | 19,312 |
| John Edwards[nb 1] | 2.21 | 1,539 |
| Write-ins | 0.98 | 680 |
| Valid votes | 69,694 | |
| Threshold | 23,232 | |
| Undervotes | 36,234 | |
| Turnout | 42.45 | 105,928 |
| Registered voters | 249,512 | |
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[4][5] | ||
Park and Recreation Board
[edit]All nine seats on the Park and Recreation Board were up for election. Three members were elected from one citywide, at-large district via the single transferable vote and six from single-member districts via instant-runoff voting.
Retiring members
[edit]- John Erwin, At-large[6]
- Jon Olson, District 2[7]
- Anita Tabb, District 4[8]
- Scott Vreeland, District 3[9]
- Liz Wielinski, District 1[9]
- Annie Young, At-large[10]
Candidates
[edit]| District | Incumbent(s) | Candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | First elected | Name | Party endorsement | |
| At-large | John Erwin[nb 2] | 2002, 2009[nb 3] | Charlie Casserly[11] | |
| Meg Forney | 2013 | Mike Derus[11] | ||
| Annie Young[nb 2] | 1989 | Meg Forney[12] | ||
| Londel French[13] | Minneapolis DFL[6] | |||
| Russ Henry[13] | Minneapolis DFL[6] | |||
| Devin Hogan[14] | Minneapolis DFL[6] | |||
| Jonathan Honerbrink[15] | Minneapolis City Republican Committee[16] | |||
| Bob Sullentrop[11] | Minneapolis City Republican Committee[16] | |||
| LaTrisha Vetaw[14] | Fifth District Green Party[17] | |||
| 1 | Liz Wielinski[nb 2] | 2009 | Mohamed Barre[11] | |
| Billy Menz[11] | Fifth District Green Party[17] | |||
| Chris Meyer[13] | Minneapolis DFL[6] | |||
| 2 | Jon Olson[nb 2] | 2001 | Kale Severson[13] | Minneapolis DFL[6] |
| Mike Tate[18] | ||||
| 3 | Scott Vreeland[nb 2] | 2005 | Charles Exner[12] | Fifth District Green Party[17] |
| Abdikadir "AK" Hassan[13] | ||||
| Abdi Mohamed[13] | ||||
| 4 | Anita Tabb[nb 2] | 2009 | Jono Cowgill[13] | Minneapolis DFL[6] |
| Tom Nordyke[14] | ||||
| 5 | Steffanie Musich | 2013 | Andrea Fahrenkrug[12] | |
| Steffanie Musich[13] | Minneapolis DFL[6] | |||
| Bill Shroyer[13] | ||||
| 6 | Brad Bourn | 2009 | Brad Bourn[19] | Minneapolis DFL[6] |
| Bob Fine[20] | ||||
| Robert Schlosser[20] | ||||
| Jennifer Zielinski[16] | Minneapolis City Republican Committee[16] | |||
Results
[edit]Incumbents Meg Forney (At-large), Steffanie Musich (District 5), and Brad Bourn (District 6) were re-elected. Also elected were at-large candidates LaTrisha Vetaw and Londel French, Chris Meyer (District 1), Kale Severson (District 2), Abdikadir "AK" Hassan (District 3), and Jono Cowgill (District 4).[21]
At-large
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| Candidate | % 1st Choice |
Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | % Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaTrisha Vetaw | 21.96 | 18,526 | 19,142 | 20,529 | 22,827 | 27.06 |
| Meg Forney | 22.54 | 19,010 | 20,366 | 21,066 | 22,506 | 26.68 |
| Londel French | 14.71 | 12,405 | 12,815 | 14,308 | 17,947 | 21.28 |
| Mike Derus | 12.66 | 10,679 | 12,335 | 12,849 | 13,970 | 16.56 |
| Russ Henry | 10.74 | 9,056 | 9,815 | 11,014 | ||
| Devin Hogan | 7.41 | 6,246 | 6,735 | |||
| Charlie Casserly | 4.45 | 3,756 | ||||
| Jonathan Honerbrink | 3.10 | 2,617 | ||||
| Bob Sullentrop | 1.97 | 1,659 | ||||
| Scott Vreeland[nb 1] | 0.00 | 3 | ||||
| Write-ins | 0.46 | 390 | ||||
| Exhausted ballots | 3,139 | 4,581 | 7,097 | 8.41 | ||
| Valid votes | 84,347 | |||||
| Threshold | 21,087 | |||||
| Undervotes | 21,581 | |||||
| Turnout | 42.45 | 105,928 | ||||
| Registered voters | 249,512 | |||||
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[5][22] | ||||||
District 1
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| Candidate | % 1st Choice |
Round 1 | Round 2 | % Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Meyer | 44.45 | 6,358 | 7,210 | 50.41 |
| Billy Menz | 35.45 | 5,070 | 5,831 | 40.77 |
| Mohamed Barre | 19.53 | 2,793 | ||
| Write-ins | 0.57 | 82 | ||
| Exhausted ballots | 1,262 | 8.82 | ||
| Valid votes | 14,303 | |||
| Threshold | 7,152 | |||
| Undervotes | 3,482 | |||
| Turnout | 17,785 | |||
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[23] | ||||
District 2
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| Candidate | % 1st Choice |
Round 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Kale Severson | 56.96 | 5,089 |
| Mike Tate | 42.29 | 3,778 |
| Write-ins | 0.75 | 67 |
| Valid votes | 8,934 | |
| Threshold | 4,468 | |
| Undervotes | 2,228 | |
| Turnout | 11,162 | |
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[24] | ||
District 3
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| Candidate | % 1st Choice |
Round 1 | Round 2 | % Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdikadir Hassan | 48.49 | 7,094 | 7,753 | 52.99 |
| Abdi Mohamed | 37.01 | 5,415 | 5,841 | 39.92 |
| Charles Exner | 14.14 | 2,069 | ||
| Write-ins | 0.36 | 52 | ||
| Exhausted ballots | 1,036 | 7.08 | ||
| Valid votes | 14,630 | |||
| Threshold | 7,316 | |||
| Undervotes | 1,971 | |||
| Turnout | 16,601 | |||
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[25] | ||||
District 4
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| Candidate | % 1st Choice |
Round 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Jono Cowgill | 50.28 | 6,794 |
| Tom Nordyke | 48.95 | 6,615 |
| Write-ins | 0.77 | 104 |
| Valid votes | 13,513 | |
| Threshold | 6,757 | |
| Undervotes | 4,654 | |
| Turnout | 18,167 | |
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[26] | ||
District 5
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| Candidate | % 1st Choice |
Round 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Steffanie Musich | 58.30 | 9,466 |
| Bill Shroyer | 24.57 | 3,990 |
| Andrea Fahrenkrug | 16.57 | 2,691 |
| Write-ins | 0.56 | 91 |
| Valid votes | 16,238 | |
| Threshold | 8,120 | |
| Undervotes | 4,377 | |
| Turnout | 20,615 | |
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[27] | ||
District 6
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| Candidate | % 1st Choice |
Round 1 | Round 2 | % Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Bourn | 43.73 | 8,084 | 8,785 | 47.52 |
| Bob Fine | 40.52 | 7,491 | 8,471 | 45.82 |
| Jennifer Zielinski | 12.29 | 2,273 | ||
| Bob Schlosser | 3.16 | 584 | ||
| Write-ins | 0.30 | 56 | ||
| Exhausted ballots | 1,232 | 6.66 | ||
| Valid votes | 18,488 | |||
| Threshold | 9,245 | |||
| Undervotes | 3,110 | |||
| Turnout | 21,598 | |||
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[28] | ||||
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Carol Becker" (PDF). Affidavit of Candidacy. City of Minneapolis. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ a b "2017 DFL Endorsed Candidates". Minneapolis DFL. Archived from the original on May 7, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ "David Wheeler" (PDF). Affidavit of Candidacy. City of Minneapolis. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ "2017 Minneapolis Election Results: Board of Estimate and Taxation Ranked-Choice Voting Tabulation Summary". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
- ^ a b "Order by the Municipal Canvassing Board" (PDF). City of Minneapolis. November 15, 2017. p. 3. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Mahamud, Faiza (July 10, 2017). "Newcomers dominate DFL Park Board slate; two ejected after fistfight". Star Tribune. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ Mahamud, Faiza (April 6, 2017). "Olson will not seek re-election to Minneapolis Park Board". Star Tribune. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ Mahamud, Faiza (January 6, 2017). "Minneapolis Park Board re-elects Anita Tabb as president". Star Tribune. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ a b Callaghan, Peter (July 10, 2017). "What we learned from the Minneapolis DFL convention". MinnPost. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ Mahamud, Faiza (March 10, 2017). "After 28 years, Minneapolis Park Board's Annie Young says 'it's time to hang it up'". Star Tribune. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Best, Eric (October 20, 2017). "Voter Guide: Park Board". The Journal. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ a b c Best, Eric (August 15, 2017). "Forney announces she'll remain in Park Board race". Southwest Journal. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Best, Eric (July 10, 2017). "DFL endorsements could mean big changes for Park Board". Southwest Journal. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ a b c Wahlberg, Adam (October 10, 2017). "The battle for the soul of the Minneapolis Park Board". MinnPost. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ Thomas, Dylan (July 17, 2017). "Honerbrink now plans run for Park Board". Southwest Journal. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ a b c d Roper, Eric (July 19, 2017). "Minneapolis Republicans endorse six candidates for city elections". Star Tribune. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ a b c "Our Candidates". Green Party of Minnesota. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ Best, Eric (August 24, 2017). "Forney, Tate stay in Park Board race". The Journal. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ Mahamud, Faiza (October 26, 2017). "Candidates battle in election that could remake the Minneapolis Park Board". Star Tribune. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ a b Best, Eric (October 20, 2017). "Voter Guide: Park Board". Southwest Journal. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
- ^ Mahamud, Faiza (November 8, 2017). "Minneapolis Park Board will have 6 new faces". Star Tribune. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
- ^ "2017 Minneapolis Election Results: Parks & Recreation Commissioner At Large Ranked-Choice Voting Tabulation Summary". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
- ^ "2017 Minneapolis Election Results: Park Board District 1 Ranked-Choice Voting Tabulation Summary". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
- ^ "2017 Minneapolis Election Results: Park Board District 2 Ranked-Choice Voting Tabulation Summary". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
- ^ "2017 Minneapolis Election Results: Park Board District 3 Ranked-Choice Voting Tabulation Summary". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
- ^ "2017 Minneapolis Election Results: Park Board District 4 Ranked-Choice Voting Tabulation Summary". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
- ^ "2017 Minneapolis Election Results: Park Board District 5 Ranked-Choice Voting Tabulation Summary". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
- ^ "2017 Minneapolis Election Results: Park Board District 6 Ranked-Choice Voting Tabulation Summary". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
