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%
	Results by ward. The map shows the winning candidate's party affiliations.
President before election; Lisa Bender; Democratic (DFL)	Elected President ; TBD; Democratic (DFL)

The 2021 Minneapolis City Council election was held on November 2, 2021, to elect the members of the Minneapolis City Council. The candidate filing period was from July 27 to August 10.^[1]

Retiring members[]

DFL[]

Alondra Cano, Ward 9^[2]
Lisa Bender, Ward 10^[3]

Candidates[]

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^[4]
				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^[4]
				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^[4]
				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

Electoral system[]

The 13 members of the City Council are elected from single-member districts via instant-runoff voting, commonly known as ranked choice voting. Voters have the option of ranking up to three candidates in order of preference. Municipal elections in Minnesota are officially nonpartisan, although candidates are able to identify with a political party on the ballot. Write-in candidates must file a request with the Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services Division for votes for them to be counted.

Results[]

Results remain unofficial until The City Council convenes on November 12, when they will be canvassed and certified.^[5]

Vote share by first-party preference

DFL (85.95%)

GOP (2.71%)

Green (2.28%)

DSA (2.06%)

Socialist Workers (0.58%)

Other parties (1.3%)

Independent (5.02%)

Write-in (0.36%)

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	3	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

References[]

^ "Running for office". vote.minneapolismn.gov. City of Minneapolis. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
^ Read, Katy (December 19, 2020). "Minneapolis City Council Member Alondra Cano won't seek re-election". Star Tribune.
^ Navratil, Liz; Walsh, Paul (November 9, 2020). "Minneapolis Council President Lisa Bender won't seek re-election". Star Tribune.
^ ^a ^b ^c "2021 Endorsements". Twin Cities DSA. Democratic Socialists of America. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
^ "2021 Election results". vote.minneapolismn.gov. Retrieved November 10, 2021.

External links[]

Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services

[1] "Running for office". vote.minneapolismn.gov. City of Minneapolis. Retrieved April 28, 2021.

[2] Read, Katy (December 19, 2020). "Minneapolis City Council Member Alondra Cano won't seek re-election". Star Tribune.

[Strib20201109-3] Navratil, Liz; Walsh, Paul (November 9, 2020). "Minneapolis Council President Lisa Bender won't seek re-election". Star Tribune.

[tcdsa-4] "2021 Endorsements". Twin Cities DSA. Democratic Socialists of America. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

[5] "2021 Election results". vote.minneapolismn.gov. Retrieved November 10, 2021.

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