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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 Minneapolis City Council is made up of 13 members, with one council member representing each of the city's 13 wards. Typically, council members serve four year terms, but due to census redistricting, the 2021 and 2023 elections were for two-year terms. [ 2 ]
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 ...
Metro (styled as METRO) is a transit network in Minnesota serving the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul.It also provides service to some suburban areas. As of 2022, the system consists of two light rail lines (Blue and Green Lines) and five bus rapid transit (BRT) lines (Orange Line, Red Line, A, C, and D Lines) all of which are operated by the local public transit company: Metro Transit.
Metro Transit is the primary public transportation operator in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the largest operator in the state. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 44,977,200, or about 145,300 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024.
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 Metropolitan Council, the metropolitan planning organization for the Twin Cities, completed a 2030 Transit Master Study for the region in 2008 which identified arterial bus network corridors and encouraged further study of arterial bus rapid transit projects. [45] The council set the goal of doubling transit ridership by 2030 in their 2030 ...
Candidates Candidate Experience Party Announced Ref; DeWayne Davis: Chaplain of the Minnesota Senate: DFL: October 17, 2024 [6] Omar Fateh: State senator from the 62nd district (2021–present) DFL: November 20, 2024 [7] Emily Koski: City councilor from the 11th ward (2022–present) Daughter of former mayor Albert Hofstede: DFL: December 4 ...