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Council chambers in 1900. The Minneapolis City Council has existed longer than the city's home rule charter. The cities of Minneapolis and Saint Anthony incorporated in 1856 and 1855 respectively, each with councils of their own; in 1872, when the two cities merged, there were twenty aldermen, two representing each of ten council wards. [5]
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 Mayor of Minneapolis, currently a position held by a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), operates alongside the city council. The mayor's role was previously considered relatively weak compared to some other U.S. cities, but following a charter amendment in 2021, the mayor gained more power and the council was reduced to purely legislative duties.
Voters are able to rank up to three candidates for each office in order of preference. City offices are formally nonpartisan, though the offices of mayor and city council allow candidates to list a party or preference. [1] The candidate filing period will be July 29 – August 12, 2025. Early in-person and mail voting will begin on September 19 ...
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Minneapolis City Council Ward 11 election, 2013 [67] Political party/principle Candidate % 1st Choice Round 1 DFL: John Quincy (incumbent) 67.48 4,952: Independent: Matt Steele 27.97 2,053 Non-Party Affiliate Bob Schlosser 4.48 329 N/A Write-ins: 0.07 5 Maximum possible threshold 3,901 Valid votes 7,339 Undervotes 460 Overvotes 1 Turnout 38.81% ...