2017 Minneapolis municipal election
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A general election was held in Minneapolis on November 7, 2017. 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.
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November 7, 2017
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Mayor
Incumbent Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) Mayor Betsy Hodges sought re-election to a second term among a field of 16 candidates. Jacob Frey won after five rounds of vote tabulations via instant-runoff voting.
City Council
All 13 seats on the Minneapolis City Council were up for election. 13 members were elected from single-member districts via instant-runoff voting.
Board of Estimate and Taxation
The two elected seats on the Board of Estimate and Taxation were up for election. Two members were elected from one citywide, at-large district via the single transferable vote.
Candidates
Results
Park and Recreation Board
All nine seats on the Park and Recreation Board were up for election. Three members were elected from one citywide, at-large district via the single transferable vote and six from single-member districts via instant-runoff voting.
Retiring members
Candidates
| District | Incumbent(s) | Candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | First elected | Name | Party endorsement | |
| At-large | John Erwin[nb 2] | 2002, 2009[nb 3] | Charlie Casserly[11] | |
| Meg Forney | 2013 | Mike Derus[11] | ||
| Annie Young[nb 2] | 1989 | Meg Forney[12] | ||
| Londel French[13] | Minneapolis DFL[6] | |||
| Russ Henry[13] | Minneapolis DFL[6] | |||
| Devin Hogan[14] | Minneapolis DFL[6] | |||
| Jonathan Honerbrink[15] | Minneapolis City Republican Committee[16] | |||
| Bob Sullentrop[11] | Minneapolis City Republican Committee[16] | |||
| LaTrisha Vetaw[14] | Fifth District Green Party[17] | |||
| 1 | Liz Wielinski[nb 2] | 2009 | Mohamed Barre[11] | |
| Billy Menz[11] | Fifth District Green Party[17] | |||
| Chris Meyer[13] | Minneapolis DFL[6] | |||
| 2 | Jon Olson[nb 2] | 2001 | Kale Severson[13] | Minneapolis DFL[6] |
| Mike Tate[18] | ||||
| 3 | Scott Vreeland[nb 2] | 2005 | Charles Exner[12] | Fifth District Green Party[17] |
| Abdikadir "AK" Hassan[13] | ||||
| Abdi Mohamed[13] | ||||
| 4 | Anita Tabb[nb 2] | 2009 | Jono Cowgill[13] | Minneapolis DFL[6] |
| Tom Nordyke[14] | ||||
| 5 | Steffanie Musich | 2013 | Andrea Fahrenkrug[12] | |
| Steffanie Musich[13] | Minneapolis DFL[6] | |||
| Bill Shroyer[13] | ||||
| 6 | Brad Bourn | 2009 | Brad Bourn[19] | Minneapolis DFL[6] |
| Bob Fine[20] | ||||
| Robert Schlosser[20] | ||||
| Jennifer Zielinski[16] | Minneapolis City Republican Committee[16] | |||
Results
Incumbents Meg Forney (At-large), Steffanie Musich (District 5), and Brad Bourn (District 6) were re-elected. Also elected were at-large candidates LaTrisha Vetaw and Londel French, Chris Meyer (District 1), Kale Severson (District 2), Abdikadir "AK" Hassan (District 3), and Jono Cowgill (District 4).[21]
At-large
| Candidate | % 1st choice |
Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | % Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaTrisha Vetaw | 21.96 | 18,526 | 19,142 | 20,529 | 22,827 | 27.06 |
| Meg Forney | 22.54 | 19,010 | 20,366 | 21,066 | 22,506 | 26.68 |
| Londel French | 14.71 | 12,405 | 12,815 | 14,308 | 17,947 | 21.28 |
| Mike Derus | 12.66 | 10,679 | 12,335 | 12,849 | 13,970 | 16.56 |
| Russ Henry | 10.74 | 9,056 | 9,815 | 11,014 | ||
| Devin Hogan | 7.41 | 6,246 | 6,735 | |||
| Charlie Casserly | 4.45 | 3,756 | ||||
| Jonathan Honerbrink | 3.10 | 2,617 | ||||
| Bob Sullentrop | 1.97 | 1,659 | ||||
| Scott Vreeland[nb 1] | 0.00 | 3 | ||||
| Write-ins | 0.46 | 390 | ||||
| Exhausted ballots | 3,139 | 4,581 | 7,097 | 8.41 | ||
| Valid votes | 84,347 | |||||
| Threshold | 21,087 | |||||
| Undervotes | 21,581 | |||||
| Turnout | 42.45 | 105,928 | ||||
| Registered voters | 249,512 | |||||
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[5][22] | ||||||
District 1
| Candidate | % 1st choice |
Round 1 | Round 2 | % Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Meyer | 44.45 | 6,358 | 7,210 | 50.41 |
| Billy Menz | 35.45 | 5,070 | 5,831 | 40.77 |
| Mohamed Barre | 19.53 | 2,793 | ||
| Write-ins | 0.57 | 82 | ||
| Exhausted ballots | 1,262 | 8.82 | ||
| Valid votes | 14,303 | |||
| Threshold | 7,152 | |||
| Undervotes | 3,482 | |||
| Turnout | 17,785 | |||
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[23] | ||||
District 2
District 3
| Candidate | % 1st choice |
Round 1 | Round 2 | % Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdikadir Hassan | 48.49 | 7,094 | 7,753 | 52.99 |
| Abdi Mohamed | 37.01 | 5,415 | 5,841 | 39.92 |
| Charles Exner | 14.14 | 2,069 | ||
| Write-ins | 0.36 | 52 | ||
| Exhausted ballots | 1,036 | 7.08 | ||
| Valid votes | 14,630 | |||
| Threshold | 7,316 | |||
| Undervotes | 1,971 | |||
| Turnout | 16,601 | |||
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[25] | ||||
District 4
District 5
District 6
| Candidate | % 1st choice |
Round 1 | Round 2 | % Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Bourn | 43.73 | 8,084 | 8,785 | 47.52 |
| Bob Fine | 40.52 | 7,491 | 8,471 | 45.82 |
| Jennifer Zielinski | 12.29 | 2,273 | ||
| Bob Schlosser | 3.16 | 584 | ||
| Write-ins | 0.30 | 56 | ||
| Exhausted ballots | 1,232 | 6.66 | ||
| Valid votes | 18,488 | |||
| Threshold | 9,245 | |||
| Undervotes | 3,110 | |||
| Turnout | 21,598 | |||
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[28] | ||||