Minneapolis municipal elections, 2009
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The 2009 Minneapolis municipal elections in the U.S. state of Minnesota held a scheduled general election on November 3. Because city voters approved a city charter change by referendum in the 2006 election to use a ranked choice voting system,[1] Minneapolis did not hold a primary election on September 8, the 2009 date for primaries in Minnesota.
There was a lawsuit in court to prevent the voting change; it lost by summary judgment in the first court, was appealed directly to the Minnesota Supreme Court, where it also lost. One person active in the lawsuit has filed as a candidate but is not campaigning; allegedly this is to give him legal standing to sue after the election.
Voters in the city elected:
- 1 mayor
- 13 city council members, elected by ward
- 2 at-large members of the Board of Estimate and Taxation, and
- 3 at-large and 6 elected by district members of the Park and Recreation Board
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[edit] Party Endorsements
Conventions of the Minneapolis DFL,[2] Green,[3] Independence,[4] and Republican[5] parties have respectively endorsed the following candidates. Several candidates were endorsed by both the Independence and Republican parties; in the table below, these candidates' names span both parties' columns.
| Seats | DFL endorsed | Green endorsed | IP endorsed | Republican endorsed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor | RT Rybak, incumbent | John Kolstad[6] | |||
| City Council | Ward 1 | Kevin Reich | Thomas Alessi | ||
| Ward 2 | Cam Gordon, incumbent | Allen Aigbogun | |||
| Ward 3 | Diane Hofstede, incumbent | Jeffrey Cobia | |||
| Ward 4 | Barb Johnson, incumbent | Marcus Harcus [7] | Grant Cermak [8] | ||
| Ward 5 | Don Samuels, incumbent | Roger Smithrud | |||
| Ward 6 | Robert Lilligren, incumbent | Andy Exley [9] | Mike Tupper [10] | ||
| Ward 7 | Lisa Goodman, incumbent | Michael Katch | |||
| Ward 8 | Elizabeth Glidden, incumbent | Jeanine Estime | Greg McDonald | ||
| Ward 9 | Gary Schiff, incumbent | Dave Bicking [11] | Todd Eberhardy | ||
| Ward 10 | Meg Tuthill[12] | Dan Alvin | Kim Vlaisavljevich[13] | ||
| Ward 11 | John Quincy | ||||
| Ward 12 | Sandy Colvin Roy, incumbent | Rick Nyhlen [14] | |||
| Ward 13 | Betsy Hodges, incumbent | Kris Broberg [15] | |||
| Board of Estimate and Taxation | 2 Seats | Carol Becker, incumbent | Michael Martens [16] | ||
| Parks and Recreation Board | 3 At large Seats | Mary Merrill Anderson, incumbent John Erwin, former Board member Tom Nordyke, incumbent |
Annie Young, incumbent | Dave Wahlstedt [17] | |
| Parks & Recreation Board | District 1 | Liz Weilinski | |||
| District 2 | |||||
| District 3 | Scott Vreeland | ||||
| District 4 | Anita Tabb | ||||
| District 5 | |||||
| District 6 | Brad Bourn | ||||
[edit] Candidates
There were 95 candidates total:
- 11 candidates for Mayor,
Dick Franson: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
John Charles Wilson: Edgertonite National Party
Tom Fiske: Socialist Workers Party
R. T. Rybak: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Joey Lombard: Lombard's candidacy was essentially a prank – he initially ran because his girlfriend said he didn't do enough for the community, but ended up terminating the relationship once he ran. Surprisingly, despite his lack of real campaigning, he finished in sixth place, and now plans to run for governor.[18]
Bob Carney Jr.: Moderate Progressive Censored
Al Flowers: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Papa John Kolstad: Independent Civic Leader
James R. Everett: Social Entrepreneurship
Bill McGaughey: New Dignity Party
Christopher Clark: Libertarian [19]
- 2-6 for each City Council Ward,
- 6 for the 2 Board of Estimate & Taxation seats,
- 8 for the 3 Park Board at-large seats,
- 1-5 for each Park Board District seat.
Previously mentioned as possible candidates for Mayor were Bob Miller, the director of the Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP), Minneapolis City Council members Gary Schiff and Ralph Remington, Minneapolis Park Board President Tom Nordyke, former City Council president Jackie Cherryhomes, and Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin; none of them ended up running.
[edit] General Election Results
DFL candidates won 23 of the 25 seats, with Green party candidates winning the other two. No Republican or Independence Party candidates were elected.
Mayor
- RT Rybak
City Council:
- Ward 1 Kevin Reich
- Ward 2 Cam Gordon (Green Party)
- Ward 3 Diane Hofstede
- Ward 4 Barb Johnson
- Ward 5 Don Samuels
- Ward 6 Robert Lilligren
- Ward 7 Lisa Goodman
- Ward 8 Elizabeth Glidden
- Ward 9 Gary Schiff
- Ward 10 Meg Tuthill
- Ward 11 John Quincy
- Ward 12 Sandy Colvin Roy
- Ward 13 Betsy Hodges
Board of Estimate and Taxation
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- Carol Becker
- David Wheeler
Parks and Recreation Board
- At large Seats
- Bob Fine
- John Erwin
- Annie Young (Green Party)
- District Seats
- District 1 Liz Weilinski
- District 2 Jon Olson
- District 3 Scott Vreeland
- District 4 Anita Tabb
- District 5 Carol Kummer
- District 6 Brad Bourn
[edit] See also
Minneapolis municipal elections, 2005
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/elections/elections-works.asp
- ^ http://scc.net/~t-bonham/MPLS2009DFLENDO.HTM
- ^ http://www.mngreens.org/2009candidates
- ^ http://www.independenceminnesota.org/local-parties/minneapolis
- ^ http://minneapolisrepublicans.org/
- ^ http://www.papajohnkolstad.com/
- ^ http://www.marcusharcus.org/marcusforcouncil.htm
- ^ http://www.grantcermak.com/about_grant/about_grant.html
- ^ http://andyexley.org/
- ^ http://www.michaeltupper.com/links.html
- ^ http://davebicking.org/
- ^ http://www.megtuthill.com/
- ^ http://voteforkimv.com/
- ^ http://ricknyhlen.com/
- ^ http://www.krisbroberg.org/
- ^ http://martens4bet.com/
- ^ www.daveforparks.org/
- ^ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Joey-Lombard/199345185293?ref=nf
- ^ http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/elections/candidate-filings.asp
