2009 Minneapolis municipal election
Elections in Minnesota |
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A general election was held in
Because city voters approved a city charter change by referendum in 2006 to use a ranked choice voting system, 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 filed as a candidate but did not campaign; allegedly this was to give him legal standing to sue after the election.
Mayor
Incumbent
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.
City Council
All 13 seats on the Minneapolis City Council were up for election.
Board of Estimate and Taxation
The two elected members of the Board of Estimate and Taxation were up for election. Incumbent Carol Becker was re-elected in the first round with 52.1% of first-choice votes. As no other candidate achieved the threshold to be elected the second member, several rounds of vote transfers were necessary. David Wheeler was elected in the fifth round after the remaining candidates were defeated.
Members were elected citywide via the single transferable vote.
Party endorsements
Party | Candidate |
---|---|
Minneapolis DFL[2] | Carol Becker |
Fifth Congressional District Independence Party of Minnesota | Michael Martens |
Minneapolis City Republican Committee[3] | Michael Martens |
Results
Candidate | % 1st Choice |
Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | % Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carol Becker | 52.13 | 16,728 | 10,697.5560 | 10,697.5560 | 10,697.5560 | 10,697.5560 | 33.64 |
David Wheeler | 19.03 | 6,107 | 7,239.6910 | 7,490.0575 | 8,107.4270 | 8,107.4270 | 25.27 |
Phil Willkie | 9.19 | 2,950 | 3,527.1605 | 3,732.4080 | 4,098.4360 | 4,098.4360 | 12.77 |
DeWayne Townsend | 7.24 | 2,323 | 3,231.4600 | 3,364.4975 | 3,674.0740 | 3,674.0740 | 11.45 |
Michael Martens | 8.66 | 2,778 | 3,120.8355 | 3,273.4310 | |||
James Elliot Swartwood | 3.04 | 975 | 1,160.6575 | ||||
Write-ins | 0.70 | 225 | 241.5830 | ||||
Exhausted ballots | 2867.0565 | 3528.0500 | 5508.5070 | 5508.5070 | 17.17 | ||
Threshold | 10,696 | ||||||
Valid votes | 32,086 | ||||||
Undervotes | 13,882 | ||||||
Turnout | 19.64 | 45,968 | |||||
Registered voters[4] | 234,028 | ||||||
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[5] |
Park and Recreation Board
The nine members of the
Party endorsements
Party | At-large | District 1 | District 3 | District 4 | District 6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minneapolis DFL[2] | Mary Merrill Anderson | Liz Wielinski | Scott Vreeland | Anita Tabb | Brad Bourn |
John Erwin | |||||
Tom Nordyke | |||||
Fifth District Green Party[6] | Annie Young | ||||
Fifth Congressional District Independence Party of Minnesota | Dave Wahlstedt | ||||
Minneapolis City Republican Committee[3] | Dave Wahlstedt |
Results
At-large
Candidate | % 1st Choice |
Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | % Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Fine | 22.07 | 8,089 | 8,193 | 8,363 | 8,708 | 9,329 | 9,329 | 25.45 |
Annie Young | 18.94 | 6,941 | 7,062 | 7,490 | 7,741 | 8,371 | 8,371 | 22.84 |
John Erwin | 17.39 | 6,376 | 6,514 | 6,635 | 6,841 | 7,733 | 7,733 | 21.10 |
Mary Merrill Anderson | 14.92 | 5,394 | 5,470 | 5,913 | 6,096 | 6,810 | 6,810 | 18.58 |
Tom Nordyke | 10.14 | 3,716 | 3,787 | 3,885 | 4,118 | |||
David Wahlstedt | 7.66 | 2,807 | 2,888 | 2,991 | ||||
Nancy Bernard | 5.52 | 2,024 | 2,125 | |||||
John Butler | 3.04 | 1,114 | ||||||
Write-ins
|
0.53 | 194 | ||||||
Exhausted ballots | 616 | 1,378 | 3,151 | 4,412 | 4,412 | 12.04 | ||
Threshold | 9,164 | |||||||
Valid votes | 36,655 | |||||||
Undervotes | 9,313 | |||||||
Turnout | 19.64 | 45,968 | ||||||
Registered voters | 234,028 | |||||||
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[7] |
District 1
Candidate | % 1st Choice |
Round 1 |
---|---|---|
Liz Wielinski | 74.20 | 4,335 |
Bernie Kunza | 15.56 | 909 |
John Malone | 9.67 | 565 |
Write-ins
|
0.56 | 33 |
Threshold | 2,922 | |
Valid votes | 5,842 | |
Undervotes | 1,065 | |
Turnout | 6,907 | |
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[8] |
District 2
Candidate | % 1st Choice |
Round 1 |
---|---|---|
Jon Olson | 56.35 | 2,874 |
Michael Guest | 42.80 | 2,183 |
Write-ins
|
0.84 | 43 |
Threshold | 2,551 | |
Valid votes | 5,100 | |
Undervotes | 844 | |
Turnout | 5,944 | |
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[9] |
District 3
Candidate | % 1st Choice |
Round 1 |
---|---|---|
Scott Vreeland | 72.35 | 3,430 |
Mike Wendorf | 26.17 | 1,239 |
Write-ins
|
1.48 | 67 |
Threshold | 2,369 | |
Valid votes | 4,736 | |
Undervotes | 1,424 | |
Turnout | 6,160 | |
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[10] |
District 4
Candidate | % 1st Choice |
Round 1 |
---|---|---|
Anita Tabb | 97.45 | 5,012 |
Write-ins
|
2.55 | 131 |
Threshold | 2,572 | |
Valid votes | 5,143 | |
Undervotes | 2,246 | |
Turnout | 7,389 | |
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[11] |
District 5
Candidate | % 1st Choice |
Round 1 | Round 2 | % Final |
---|---|---|---|---|
Carol Kummer | 37.77 | 2,964 | 3,620 | 46.13 |
Jason Stone | 35.52 | 2,788 | 3,271 | 41.68 |
Steve Barland | 19.64 | 1,541 | ||
Dan Peterson | 4.70 | 369 | ||
McLain Looney | 1.92 | 151 | ||
Write-ins
|
0.45 | 35 | ||
Exhausted ballots | 957 | 12.19 | ||
Threshold | 3,925 | |||
Valid votes | 7,848 | |||
Undervotes | 1,534 | |||
Turnout | 9,382 | |||
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[12] |
District 6
Candidate | % 1st Choice |
Round 1 | Round 2 | % Final |
---|---|---|---|---|
Brad Bourn | 48.16 | 4,023 | 4,300 | 51.47 |
Meg Forney | 36.39 | 3,040 | 3,506 | 41.97 |
Steven Jecha | 11.71 | 978 | ||
Geneva Hanvik | 3.32 | 277 | ||
Write-ins
|
0.43 | 36 | ||
Exhausted ballots | 548 | 6.56 | ||
Threshold | 4,178 | |||
Valid votes | 8,354 | |||
Undervotes | 1,832 | |||
Turnout | 10,186 | |||
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[13] |
References
- ^ Kimball, Joe (January 13, 2009). "Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak puts re-election announcement on web". MinnPost. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
- ^ a b "2009 Endorsements". Minneapolis DFL. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
- ^ a b "Minneapolis Republican endorsed candidates". Minneapolis City Republican Committee. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
- ^ "2009 Precinct Statistics with Turnout" (PDF). Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ "2009 Minneapolis Municipal Election Results: Board of Estimate and Taxation Ranked-choice Voting Tabulation Center Summary Statement". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ "Previous Candidates". Fifth District Green Party. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
- ^ "2009 Minneapolis Municipal Election Results: Park and Recreation Commissioner At Large". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ "2009 Minneapolis Municipal Election Results: Park and Recreation Commissioner District 1". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ "2009 Minneapolis Municipal Election Results: Park and Recreation Commissioner District 2". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ "2009 Minneapolis Municipal Election Results: Park and Recreation Commissioner District 3". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ "2009 Minneapolis Municipal Election Results: Park and Recreation Commissioner District 4". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ "2009 Minneapolis Municipal Election Results: Park and Recreation Commissioner District 5". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ "2009 Minneapolis Municipal Election Results: Park and Recreation Commissioner District 6". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 6, 2017.