2021_Minneapolis_City_Council_election

Minneapolis City Council election, 2021
All 13 seats on the Minneapolis City Council; 7 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	54.0% ( 11.6pp)
	Winning party's vote share by ward.
President before election; Lisa Bender; Democratic (DFL)	Elected President ; Andrea Jenkins; Democratic (DFL)

2021 Minneapolis City Council election

American city council election

The 2021 Minneapolis City Council elections was held on November 2, 2021, to elect representatives for all 13 wards of the Minneapolis City Council. These elections occurred alongside the mayoral race and several other municipal offices, including Park Board and Board of Estimate and Taxation positions. The council elections were conducted using a ranked-choice voting system, which allows voters to rank candidates by preference on their ballots.^[1]

Quick Facts All 13 seats on the Minneapolis City Council 7 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...

Amid a backdrop of significant local and national events, including the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and social unrest following the murder of George Floyd in 2020, candidates across the wards ran on various platforms, addressing key issues such as public safety reform, housing, economic recovery, and the city's approach to policing.^[2]

The DFL garnered an overwhelming 85% of the 1st choice votes, a 3 percentage point increase from the previous election. The remaining seat was taken by Democratic Socialist candidate Robin Wonsley Worlobah who beat incumbent Green Party council member Cam Gordon.

Overall, moderates gained a net one seat on the 13-member council. This change suggests that moderates will have increased influence over key decisions on issues such as police reform and rent control.^[3] While progressives managed to secure seats in Wards 1 and 9, they suffered losses in Wards 3, 4, and 11, where moderate challengers defeated progressive incumbents who had supported the now-failed charter amendment to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department.^[4]

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Ward	Incumbent			Candidates
Ward	Name	Party	First elected	Name	Party	Party endorsement
1	Kevin Reich	DFL	2009	Elliott Payne	DFL	Minneapolis DFL
				Kevin Reich	DFL
				Calvin Carpenter	Veterans
				Thomas Wortman	DFL
2	Cam Gordon	Green	2005	Cam Gordon	Green	Fifth District Green Party
				Robin Wonsley Worlobah	DSA	Twin Cities DSA^[7]
				Yusra Arab	DFL
				Tom Anderson	DFL
				Guy T. Gaskin	Republican
3	Steve Fletcher	DFL	2017	Steve Fletcher	DFL
				Hope Hennessey	Independent
				Merv Moorhead	DFL
				Michael Rainville	DFL
4	Phillipe Cunningham	DFL	2017	Phillipe Cunningham	DFL	Minneapolis DFL
				LaTrisha Vetaw	DFL
				Leslie Davis	We the People
5	Jeremiah Ellison	DFL	2017	Jeremiah Ellison	DFL
				Suleiman Isse	DFL
				Victor Martinez	DFL
				Elijah Norris-Holliday	Independent
				Kristel Porter	DFL
				James Seymor	Witness
				Cathy Spann	DFL
6	Jamal Osman	DFL	2020	Abdirizak Bihi	DFL
6	Jamal Osman	DFL	2020	Jamal Osman	DFL
7	Lisa Goodman	DFL	1997	Lisa Goodman	DFL	Minneapolis DFL
				Nick Kor	DFL
				Teqen Zéa-Aida	DFL
				Joanna Diaz	DFL
8	Andrea Jenkins	DFL	2017	Andrea Jenkins	DFL	Minneapolis DFL
8	Andrea Jenkins	DFL	2017	Robert Sullentrop	Republican
9	Alondra Cano	DFL	2013	Jason Chavez	DFL	Minneapolis DFL Twin Cities DSA^[7]
				Jon Randall Denison	Social Justice
				Alfred "AJ" Flowers, Jr	DFL
				Yussuf Haji	DFL
				Carmen Means	DFL
				Mickey Moore	DFL
				Brenda Short	DFL
				Ross Tenneson	Republican
10	Lisa Bender	DFL	2013	Aisha Chughtai	DFL	Twin Cities DSA^[7]
				Katie Jones	DFL
				Alicia Gibson	DFL
				Ubah Nur	DFL
				Chris Parsons	DFL
				David Wheeler	DFL
11	Jeremy Schroeder	DFL	2017	Emily Koski	DFL
				Jeremy Schroeder	DFL
				Kurt Michael Anderson	Independent
				Dillon Gherna	DFL
				Albert T. Ross	DFL
12	Andrew Johnson	DFL	2013	Andrew Johnson	DFL	Minneapolis DFL
				Nancy Ford	Independent
				David Rosenfeld	Socialist Workers
13	Linea Palmisano	DFL	2013	Linea Palmisano	DFL	Minneapolis DFL
				Mike Norton	DFL
				Kati Medford	Green
				Bob Reuer	Independent
				Ken Salway	Republican

Party		Candidates	1st Choice Votes			Seats
Party		Candidates	No.	%	∆pp	No.	∆No.	%
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	41	115,277	85.95	+3.26	12	0	92.31
	Democratic Socialists of America	1	3,061	2.26	+2.26	1	+1	7.69
	Republican Party of Minnesota	4	3,631	2.71	+1.37	0	0	0.00
	Green Party of Minnesota	2	3,061	2.28	-5.50	0	-1	0.00
	Socialist Workers Party	1	773	0.58	+0.58	0	0	0.00
	Veterans Party	1	635	0.47	+0.47	0	0	0.00
	We the People	1	635	0.47	+0.47	0	0	0.00
	Social Justice	1	80	0.06	+0.06	0	0	0.00
	Witness	1	38	0.03	+0.03	0	0	0.00
	Independent	5	6,739	5.03	+1.13	0	0	0.00
	Write-in	N/A	488	0.36	−0.10	0	0	0.00
Total			134,116	100.00	±0.00	13	±0	100.00
Valid votes			134,116	-	-
Overvotes			-	-	-
Undervotes			-	-	-
Turnout (registered voters)			145,337	54.0	+11.6

Party		Candidate	% 1st Choice	Round 1	Round 2	% Final
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Elliott Payne	48.18%	5,511	5,745	52.53%
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Kevin Reich (incumbent)	42.87%	4,903	5,191	47.47%
	Veteran's Party of Minnesota	Calvin Carpenter	5.58%	638
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Thomas Wortman	3.17%	363
	Write-in	N/A	0.20%	23
Exhausted ballots					502	4.39%
Valid votes				11,438
Threshold				5,720
Undervotes				704
Turnout			57.4%	12,142
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services^[8]

Party		Candidate	% 1st Choice	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	% Final
	Democratic Socialists of America	Robin Wonsley	29.04%	2,763	2,879	4,046	50.09%
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Yusra Arab	28.49%	2,719	3,236	4,032	49.01%
	Green Party of Minnesota	Cam Gordon (incumbent)	26.36%	2,508	2,800
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Tom Anderson	10.28%	982
	Republican Party of Minnesota	Guy Gaskin	5.74%	546
	Write-in	N/A	0.09%	9
Exhausted ballots					612	1,434	16.18%
Valid votes				9,527
Threshold				4,764
Undervotes				272
Turnout			55.8%	9,799
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services^[9]

Party		Candidate	% 1st Choice	Round 1	Round 2	% Final
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Michael Rainville	45.14%	6,027	6,907	54.97%
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Steve Fletcher (incumbent)	39.16%	5,229	5,658	45.03%
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Merv Moorhead	8.72%	1,165
	Independent	Hope Hennessey	6.65%	888
	Write-in	N/A	0.33%	44
Exhausted ballots					788	5.90%
Valid votes				13,353
Threshold				6,677
Undervotes				1,085
Turnout			48.9%	14,438
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services^[12]

2021_Minneapolis_City_Council_election

2021 Minneapolis City Council election

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DFL

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Electoral system

Results

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Ward 4

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Ward 10

Ward 11

Ward 12

Ward 13

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Party		Candidate	% 1st Choice	Round 1
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	LaTrisha Vetaw	60.63%	4,391
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Phillipe Cunningham (incumbent)	30.32%	2,196
	We the People	Leslie Davis	8.77%	635
	Write-in	N/A	0.28%	20
Total votes				7,500
Threshold				3,751
Turnout			41.1%	7,500
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services^[13]

Party		Candidate	% 1st Choice	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	% Final
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Jeremiah Ellison (incumbent)	31.94%	1,752	1,855	2,117	51.12%
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Kristel Porter	24.70%	1,355	1,499	2,024	48.88%
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Victor Martinez	24.65%	1,352	1,495
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Suleiman Isse	9.85%	540
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Cathy Spann	4.47%	245
	Independent	Elijah Norris-Holliday	3.56%	195
	Witness	James Seymour	0.71%	39
	Write-in	N/A	0.13%	7
Exhausted ballots					636	1,344	32.46%
Valid votes				5,485
Threshold				2,743
Undervotes				131
Turnout			33.9%	5,616
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services^[14]

Party		Candidate	% 1st Choice	Round 1
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Jamal Osman (incumbent)	59.41%	3,722
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Abdirizak Bihi	39.39%	2,468
	Write-in	N/A	1.20%	75
Total votes				6,871
Threshold				3,436
Turnout			43.5%	6,871
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services^[15]

Party		Candidate	% 1st Choice	Round 1
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Lisa Goodman (incumbent)	61.91%	7,206
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Nick Kor	26.34%	3,066
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Teqen Zéa-Aida	7.16%	833
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Joanna Diaz	4.10%	477
	Write-in	N/A	0.49%	57
Total votes				12,329
Threshold				6,165
Turnout			54.0%	12,329
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services^[16]

Party		Candidate	% 1st Choice	Round 1
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Andrea Jenkins (incumbent)	84.92%	9,013
	Republican Party of Minnesota	Robert Sullentrop	13.83%	1,468
	Write-in	N/A	1.25%	133
Total votes				11,326
Threshold				5,664
Turnout			59.5%	11,326
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services^[17]

Party		Candidate	% 1st Choice	Round 1
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Jason Chavez	56.89%	3,792
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Mickey Moore	13.59%	906
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Yussuf Haji	12.63%	842
	Republican Party of Minnesota	Ross Tennsesson	4.70%	313
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Alfred "AJ" Flowers, Jr.	3.98%	265
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Brenda Short	3.71%	247
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Carmen Means	3.23%	215
	Social Justice	Jon Randall Denison	1.20%	280
	Write-in	N/A	0.09%	6
Total votes				6,983
Threshold				3,492
Turnout			49.5%	6,983
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services^[18]

Party		Candidate	% 1st Choice	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	% Final
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Aisha Chughtai	36.91%	3,934	4,163	5,360	59.95%
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Alicia Gibson	18.75%	1,999	3,022	3,581	40.05%
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Katie Jones	19.57%	2,086	2,476
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Chris Parsons	15.10%	1,610
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	David Wheeler	5.86%	625
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Ubah Nur	3.51%	374
	Write-in	N/A	0.29%	31
Exhausted ballots					998	1,718	19.21%
Valid votes				10,659
Threshold				5,330
Undervotes				686
Turnout			48.7%	11,345
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services^[19]

Party		Candidate	% 1st Choice	Round 1
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Emily Koski	58.33%	7,789
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Jeremy Schroeder (incumbent)	30.32%	4,049
	Independent	Kurt Michael Anderson	5.20%	695
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Dillon Gherna	3.41%	455
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Albert T. Ross	2.58%	345
	Write-in	N/A	0.16%	21
Total votes				13,877
Threshold				6,939
Turnout			65.2%	13,877
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services^[20]

Party		Candidate	% 1st Choice	Round 1
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Andrew Johnson (incumbent)	64.83%	9,940
	Independent	Nancy Ford	29.80%	4,569
	Socialist Workers Party	David Rosenfeld	5.04%	773
	Write-in	N/A	0.33%	51
Total votes				16,083
Threshold				8,042
Turnout			65.9%	16,083
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services^[21]

Party		Candidate	% 1st Choice	Round 1
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Linea Palmisano (incumbent)	66.19%	10,883
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	Mike Norton	19.96%	3,282
	Republican Party of Minnesota	Ken Salway	7.94%	1,305
	Green Party of Minnesota	Kati Medford	3.39%	557
	Independent	Bob Reuer	2.44%	401
	Write-in	N/A	0.09%	14
Total votes				17,028
Threshold				8,515
Turnout			67.8%	17,028
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services^[22]