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Council chambers in 1900 Council meeting in 2015. The Minneapolis City Council represents the city's thirteen districts called wards. The city has never had more than 13 wards, but at one time there were three representatives from each area, for a total of 39 members of the city council. The city council assumed its current size in the 1950s.
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.
This category contains current and former members of the Minneapolis City Council. Pages in category "Minneapolis City Council members" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total.
Johnson has been working as a business owner for over two decades, running two HVAC companies in Minnesota. [2] began his political career at a local level.In 2016, he was elected to the Cottage Grove City Council, where he served for two years; he then ran for Washington County Commissioner and won the seat in 2018. [3]
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Goodman was elected to the Minneapolis City Council in 1997, with 54% of the vote. [3] [4] She was the longest-serving member of the Minneapolis City Council. [5]While city council seats are officially nonpartisan, Goodman is affiliated with the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party. [3]
All 13 seats on the Minneapolis City Council were up for election. Each resident of Minneapolis could elect one city councilor in a single-member district. Because of re-districting, members were only elected for a two-year term instead of the usual four-year term. The DFL retained their supermajority, winning 12 of the 13 wards and over 85% of ...