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The 2023 election was the first to elect members to redrawn districts and the first election since the city's form of government moved to an Executive Mayor-Legislative Council structure. [3] The change was prompted after voters narrowly approved a ballot measure in 2021 to shift certain powers from the city council to the mayor. [ 4 ]
This is the first Minneapolis City Council election since 2017 in which members are elected to the usual 4-year terms, rather than 2-year terms. In 2020, voters passed a ballot measure to elect council members to two separate, two-year terms in 2021 and 2023. This measure was meant to keep city council and mayoral terms concurrent. [3]
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 ...
All 13 Minneapolis council members are up for re-election Tuesday, with incumbents facing challengers from across the political spectrum. A slate of progressive representatives who vowed to end ...
In 2021, Jones ran a campaign to represent Ward 10 (representing Whittier, South Uptown and the Wedge) in the Minneapolis City Council. [1] She was eliminated at third place in the third round of ranked-choice voting behind Aisha Chughtai and Alicia Gibson after receiving 19.57% of first-round votes. [8]
His re-election was part of a shift in the council's alignment: a left-wing coalition endorsed by Minneapolis for the Many and/or the Minneapolis DSA took a majority of city council seats. [10] [11] He was subsequently chosen as council president by a 10–3 vote in January 2024, serving alongside council vice president Aisha Chughtai. [12]
Lisa Goodman has served on the Minneapolis City Council longer than anyone in the city's history. But after 25 years representing an area that includes much of downtown, Goodman is in her last ...
A general election was held in Minneapolis on November 2, 2021. 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.