2013 Minneapolis City Council election

The 2013 Minneapolis City Council elections were held on November 5, 2013, to elect the 13 members of the Minneapolis City Council for four-year terms. 10 races produced a winner in the first round and the remaining three in the second round. Candidates affiliated with the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won all 12 of the seats where they had fielded a candidate, and the Green Party of Minnesota won the remaining one seat.

Minneapolis City Council elections, 2013

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All 13 seats on the Minneapolis City Council 7 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Gary Schiff (retiring) Cam Gordon Party Democratic (DFL) Green Leader's seat Ward 9 Ward 2 Last election 12 seats, 69.57% 1 seat, 9.76% Seats won 12 1 Seat change Popular vote 59,814 5,553 Percentage 79.31% 7.36% Swing 9.74 pp 2.40 pp
Winning party's vote share by ward.
President before election Barb Johnson Democratic (DFL) Elected President Barb Johnson Democratic (DFL)

Members were elected from single-member districts via instant-runoff voting, popularly known as ranked choice voting. Voters had the option of ranking up to three candidates. Municipal elections in Minnesota are officially nonpartisan, although candidates were able to identify with a political party on the ballot.

Candidates

Names of incumbents are italicized.^[1]

Ward	Candidate	Political party/principle	Political party endorsement(s)
1	Vincent Coffeen[2]	Minnesota Pirate Party	Minnesota Pirate Party[3]
	Mark Fox[4]	Independent
	Kevin Reich[5]	DFL	Minneapolis DFL[6]
2	Cam Gordon[7]	Green Party of Minnesota	Fifth District Green Party[8]
	Diana Newberry[9]	Socialist Workers Party
3	Jacob Frey[10]	DFL	Minneapolis DFL[6]
	Kristina Gronquist[11]	Green Party of Minnesota	Fifth District Green Party[8]
	Diane Hofstede[12]	DFL
	Michael Katch[13]	Libertarian	Libertarian Party of Minnesota[14] Minnesota Pirate Party[3] Minneapolis City Republican Committee[15][nb 1]
4	Kris Brogan[16]	DFL
	Barb Johnson[17]	DFL	Minneapolis DFL[6]
	Dan Niesen[18]	Republican Party of Minnesota
5	Ian Alexander[19]	DFL
	Brett Buckner[20]	DFL
	Kale Severson[21]	Green Party of Minnesota	Fifth District Green Party[8]
	Blong Yang[22]	DFL	Fifth Congressional District Independence Party of Minnesota[23]
6	Abukar Abdi[24]	DFL
	Sheikh Abdul[25]	DFL
	Abdi Addow[26]	DFL
	Mahamed Cali[27]	DFL
	Robert Lilligren[28]	DFL
	Abdi Warsame[29]	DFL	Minneapolis DFL[6]
7	Lisa Goodman[30]	DFL	Minneapolis DFL[6]
8	Elizabeth Glidden[31]	DFL	Minneapolis DFL[6]
9	Abdi Abdulle[32]	DFL
	Alondra Cano[33]	DFL	Minneapolis DFL[6]
	Charles Curtis[34]	Politics with Principle
	Pat Fleetham[35]	DFL
	Gregory McDonald[36]	DFL
	Ty Moore[37]	Socialist Alternative	Fifth District Green Party[8]
10	Lisa Bender[38]	DFL	Minneapolis DFL[6]
	Scott Hargarten[39]	Minnesota Pirate Party	Minnesota Pirate Party[3]
	Meg Tuthill[40]	DFL
11	Bob Schlosser[41]	Non-Party Affiliate
	Matt Steele[42]	Independent	Fifth Congressional District Independence Party of Minnesota[23]
	John Quincy[43]	DFL	Minneapolis DFL[6]
12	Charlie Casserly[44]	Independent
	Dick Franson[45]	DFL
	Ben Gisselman[46]	DFL
	Andrew Johnson[47]	DFL
	Chris Lautenschlager[48]	Green Party of Minnesota	Fifth District Green Party[8]
13	Missy Durant[49]	DFL
	Linea Palmisano[50]	DFL	Minneapolis DFL[6]
	Matt Perry[51]	DFL
	David Regan[52]	Libertarian Party of Minnesota
	Bob Reuer[53]	Independent	Minneapolis City Republican Committee[15][nb 1]

Dropped out

Ward	Candidate	Political party/principle	Political party endorsement(s)
10	Nate Griggs[54]	Independence Party of Minnesota	Fifth Congressional District Independence Party of Minnesota[23]

Griggs announced on October 20, 2013, that he had accepted a job offer and would no longer be running.^[55]

Results

Summary

Summary of the November 5, 2013 Minneapolis City Council elections results

Party		Candidates	1st Choice Votes			Seats
			#	%	∆pp	#	∆#	%
	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party	29	59,814	79.31	9.74	12		92.31
	Green Party of Minnesota	4	5,553	7.36	2.40	1		7.69
	Socialist Alternative	1	1,569	2.08	2.08	0
	Socialist Workers Party	1	524	0.69	0.69	0
	Republican Party of Minnesota	1	501	0.66	1.84	0
	Minnesota Pirate Party	2	342	0.45	0.45	0
	Independence Party of Minnesota	1	226	0.30	0.94	0
	Libertarian Party of Minnesota	1	199	0.26	0.17	0
	Independent	7	6,057	8.03	8.21	0
	Write-in	N/A	637	0.84	0.53	0
Total			75,422	100.00	—	13	±0	100.00
Valid votes			75,422	94.16	3.30
Undervotes			4,649	5.80	3.26
Overvotes			30	0.04	N/A
Turnout[56]			80,101	33.38	13.74
Registered voters[56]			239,985

Ward 1

Minneapolis City Council Ward 1 election, 2013[57]
Political party/principle		Candidate	% 1st Choice	Round 1
	DFL	Kevin Reich	76.08	4,268
	Independent	Mark Fox	19.06	1,069
	Minnesota Pirate Party	Vincent Coffeen	4.39	246
	N/A	Write-ins	0.48	27
Maximum possible threshold				2,972
Valid votes				5,610
Undervotes				331
Overvotes				1
Turnout			30.93%	5,942
Registered voters[56]				19,209

Ward 2

Minneapolis City Council Ward 2 election, 2013[58]
Political party/principle		Candidate	% 1st Choice	Round 1
	Green Party of Minnesota	Cam Gordon (incumbent)	87.14	4,060
	Socialist Workers Party	Diana Newberry	11.25	524
	N/A	Write-ins	1.61	75
Maximum possible threshold				2,579
Valid votes				4,659
Undervotes				497
Turnout			27.56%	5,156
Registered voters[56]				18,705

Ward 3

Minneapolis City Council Ward 3 election, 2013[59]
Political party/principle		Candidate	% 1st Choice	Round 1
	DFL	Jacob Frey	61.31	3,722
	DFL	Diane Hofstede	26.59	1,614
	Libertarian	Michael Katch	5.98	363
	Green Party of Minnesota	Kristina Gronquist	5.88	357
	N/A	Write-ins	0.25	15
Maximum possible threshold				3,104
Valid votes				6,071
Undervotes				132
Overvotes				3
Turnout			30.99%	6,206
Registered voters[56]				20,027

Ward 4

Minneapolis City Council Ward 4 election, 2013[60]
Political party/principle		Candidate	% 1st Choice	Round 1
	DFL	Barb Johnson	56.60	2,153
	DFL	Kris Brogan	29.92	1,138
	Republican Party of Minnesota	Dan Niesen	13.17	501
	N/A	Write-ins	0.32	12
Maximum possible threshold				1,971
Valid votes				3,804
Undervotes				134
Overvotes				2
Turnout			23.06%	3,940
Registered voters[56]				17,086

Ward 5

Minneapolis City Council Ward 5 election, 2013[61]
Political party/principle		Candidate	% 1st Choice	Round 1	Round 2	% Final
	DFL	Blong Yang	42.15	1,475	1,842	52.64
	DFL	Ian Alexander	29.95	1,048	1,394	39.84
	DFL	Brett Buckner	21.32	746
	Green Party of Minnesota	Kale Severson	6.29	220
	N/A	Write-ins	0.29	10
Exhausted ballots					263	7.52
Threshold				1,750
Valid votes				3,499
Undervotes				123
Turnout			23.54%	3,622
Registered voters[56]				15,388

Ward 6

Minneapolis City Council Ward 6 election, 2013[62]
Political party/principle		Candidate	% 1st Choice	Round 1
	DFL	Abdi Warsame	63.92	3,090
	DFL	Robert Lilligren (incumbent)	32.21	1,557
	DFL	Abdi Addow	1.80	87
	DFL	Sheikh Abdul	0.81	39
	DFL	Mahamed Cali	0.52	25
	DFL	Abukar Abdi	0.41	20
	N/A	Write-ins	0.33	16
Maximum possible threshold				2,526
Valid votes				4,834
Undervotes				205
Overvotes				12
Turnout			33.62%	5,051
Registered voters[56]				15,023

Ward 7

Minneapolis City Council Ward 7 election, 2013[63]
Political party/principle		Candidate	% 1st Choice	Round 1
	DFL	Lisa Goodman	94.89	5,309
	N/A	Write-ins	5.11	286
Maximum possible threshold				3,298
Valid votes				5,595
Undervotes				994
Overvotes				5
Turnout			33.56%	6,594
Registered voters[56]				19,651

Ward 8

Minneapolis City Council Ward 8 election, 2013[64]
Political party/principle		Candidate	% 1st Choice	Round 1
	DFL	Elizabeth Glidden	97.74	5,105
	N/A	Write-ins	2.26	118
Maximum possible threshold				3,032
Valid votes				5,223
Undervotes				839
Overvotes				1
Turnout			35.00%	6,063
Registered voters[56]				17,322

Ward 9

Minneapolis City Council Ward 9 election, 2013[65]
Political party/principle		Candidate	% 1st Choice	Round 1	Round 2	% Final
	DFL	Alondra Cano	40.63	1,698	1,987	47.55
	Socialist Alternative	Ty Moore	37.54	1,569	1,758	42.07
	Politics with Principle	Charles Curtis	8.09	338
	DFL	Abdi Abdulle	6.84	1286
	DFL	Pat Fleetham	3.66	153
	DFL	Gregory McDonald	2.80	117
	N/A	Write-ins	0.43	18
Exhausted ballots					434	10.39
Threshold				2,090
Valid votes				4,179
Undervotes				131
Turnout			34.05%	4,310
Registered voters[56]				12,658

Ward 10

Minneapolis City Council Ward 10 election, 2013[66]
Political party/principle		Candidate	% 1st Choice	Round 1
	DFL	Lisa Bender	64.21	3,704
	DFL	Meg Tuthill	30.02	1,732
	Independence Party of Minnesota	Nate Griggs	3.92	226
	Minnesota Pirate Party	Scott Hargarten	1.66	96
	N/A	Write-ins	0.19	11
Maximum possible threshold				2,967
Valid votes				5,769
Undervotes				160
Overvotes				4
Turnout			30.49%	5,933
Registered voters[56]				19,456

Ward 11

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%	7,800
Registered voters[56]				20,100

Ward 12

Minneapolis City Council Ward 12 election, 2013[68]
Political party/principle		Candidate	% 1st Choice	Round 1
	DFL	Andrew Johnson	54.33	4,553
	DFL	Ben Gisselman	17.04	1,428
	Independent	Charlie Casserly	13.79	1,156
	Green Party of Minnesota	Chris Lautenschlager	10.93	916
	DFL	Dick Franson	3.51	294
	N/A	Write-ins	0.41	34
Maximum possible threshold				4,372
Valid votes				8,381
Undervotes				360
Overvotes				1
Turnout			39.54%	8,742
Registered voters[56]				22,108

Ward 13

Minneapolis City Council Ward 13 election, 2013[69]
Political party/principle		Candidate	% 1st Choice	Round 1	Round 2	% Final
	DFL	Linea Palmisano	42.57	4,452	5,059	48.37
	DFL	Matt Perry	38.85	4,063	4,705	44.99
	DFL	Missy Durant	9.43	986
	Independent	Bob Reuer	7.16	749
	Libertarian Party of Minnesota	David Regan	1.90	199
	N/A	Write-ins	0.10	10
Exhausted ballots					695	6.64
Threshold				5,230
Valid votes				10,459
Undervotes				283
Turnout			46.20%	10,742
Registered voters[56]				23,252

See also

• Minneapolis municipal elections, 2013
• Minneapolis mayoral election, 2013

Notes

1. A "recommendation." Not an official endorsement.

References

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31. "Elizabeth Glidden" (PDF). Affidavit of Candidacy. City of Minneapolis. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 8, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
32. "Abdi Abdulle" (PDF). Affidavit of Candidacy. City of Minneapolis. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 8, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
33. "Alondra Cano" (PDF). Affidavit of Candidacy. City of Minneapolis. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 8, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
34. "Charles Curtis" (PDF). Affidavit of Candidacy. City of Minneapolis. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 8, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
35. "Pat Fleetham" (PDF). Affidavit of Candidacy. City of Minneapolis. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 8, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
36. "Gregory McDonald" (PDF). Affidavit of Candidacy. City of Minneapolis. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 8, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
37. "Ty Moore" (PDF). Affidavit of Candidacy. City of Minneapolis. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 8, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
38. "Lisa Bender" (PDF). Affidavit of Candidacy. City of Minneapolis. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 8, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
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51. "Matt Perry" (PDF). Affidavit of Candidacy. City of Minneapolis. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 8, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
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External links

• Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services
• Elections & Voting - Minnesota Secretary of State

News media coverage

• 2013 Minneapolis elections from the Star Tribune
• Election News from The Journal
• Election News from the Southwest Journal
• 2013 Elections from My Broadsheet