2009 Minneapolis municipal election









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A general election was held in Minneapolis on November 3, 2009. 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. This was the first election held in Minneapolis that used ranked choice voting, a collective term for instant-runoff voting and the single transferable vote.


Because city voters approved a city charter change by referendum in 2006 to use a ranked choice voting system, Minneapolis did not hold a primary election on September 8, the 2009 date for primaries in Minnesota.


There was a lawsuit in court to prevent the voting change; it lost by summary judgment in the first court, was appealed directly to the Minnesota Supreme Court, where it also lost. One person active in the lawsuit filed as a candidate but did not campaign; allegedly this was to give him legal standing to sue after the election.




Contents





  • 1 Mayor


  • 2 City Council


  • 3 Board of Estimate and Taxation

    • 3.1 Party endorsements


    • 3.2 Results



  • 4 Park and Recreation Board

    • 4.1 Party endorsements


    • 4.2 Results

      • 4.2.1 At-large


      • 4.2.2 District 1


      • 4.2.3 District 2


      • 4.2.4 District 3


      • 4.2.5 District 4


      • 4.2.6 District 5


      • 4.2.7 District 6




  • 5 References




Mayor


Main article: Minneapolis mayoral election, 2009

Incumbent Democratic–Farmer–Labor Mayor R. T. Rybak announced on January 13, 2009 that he would be running for re-election.[1] 11 candidates were on the ballot.


Previously mentioned as possible candidates for Mayor were Bob Miller, the director of the Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP), Minneapolis City Council members Gary Schiff and Ralph Remington, Minneapolis Park Board President Tom Nordyke, former City Council president Jackie Cherryhomes, and Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin; none of them ended up running.



City Council


Main article: Minneapolis City Council election, 2009

All 13 seats on the Minneapolis City Council were up for election.



Board of Estimate and Taxation


The two elected members of the Board of Estimate and Taxation were up for election. Incumbent Carol Becker was re-elected in the first round with 52.1% of first-choice votes. As no other candidate achieved the threshold to be elected the second member, several rounds of vote transfers were necessary. David Wheeler was elected in the fifth round after the remaining candidates were defeated.


Members were elected citywide via the single transferable vote.



Party endorsements










Party
Candidate
Minneapolis DFL[2]Carol Becker
Fifth Congressional District Independence Party of Minnesota
Michael Martens
Minneapolis City Republican Committee[3]Michael Martens


Results




















































































Candidate
% 1st
Choice
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
% Final

Carol Becker
52.13

16,728
10,697.5560
10,697.5560
10,697.5560
10,697.5560
33.64

David Wheeler
19.03
6,107
7,239.6910
7,490.0575
8,107.4270

8,107.4270
25.27
Phil Willkie
9.19
2,950
3,527.1605
3,732.4080
4,098.4360
4,098.4360
12.77
DeWayne Townsend
7.24
2,323
3,231.4600
3,364.4975
3,674.0740
3,674.0740
11.45
Michael Martens
8.66
2,778
3,120.8355
3,273.4310



James Elliot Swartwood
3.04
975
1,160.6575





Write-ins
0.70
225
241.5830




Exhausted ballots
2867.0565
3528.0500
5508.5070
5508.5070
17.17
Threshold
10,696

Valid votes
32,086
Undervotes
13,882
Turnout
19.64
45,968
Registered voters[4]234,028
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[5]


Park and Recreation Board


The nine members of 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.



Party endorsements
































Party
At-large
District 1
District 3
District 4
District 6
Minneapolis DFL[2]Mary Merrill Anderson
Liz Wielinski
Scott Vreeland
Anita Tabb
Brad Bourn
John Erwin
Tom Nordyke
Fifth District Green Party[6]
Annie Young




Fifth Congressional District Independence Party of Minnesota
Dave Wahlstedt




Minneapolis City Republican Committee[3]Dave Wahlstedt





Results



At-large















































































































Candidate
% 1st
Choice
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
% Final

Bob Fine
22.07
8,089
8,193
8,363
8,708
9,329

9,329
25.45

Annie Young
18.94
6,941
7,062
7,490
7,741
8,371

8,371
22.84

John Erwin
17.39
6,376
6,514
6,635
6,841
7,733

7,733
21.10
Mary Merrill Anderson
14.92
5,394
5,470
5,913
6,096
6,810
6,810
18.58
Tom Nordyke
10.14
3,716
3,787
3,885
4,118



David Wahlstedt
7.66
2,807
2,888
2,991




Nancy Bernard
5.52
2,024
2,125





John Butler
3.04
1,114







Write-ins
0.53
194






Exhausted ballots
616
1,378
3,151
4,412
4,412
12.04
Threshold
9,164

Valid votes
36,655
Undervotes
9,313
Turnout
19.64
45,968
Registered voters
234,028
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[7]


District 1

























Candidate
% 1st
Choice
Round 1

Liz Wielinski
74.20

4,335
Bernie Kunza
15.56
909
John Malone
9.67
565

Write-ins
0.56
33
Threshold
2,922
Valid votes
5,842
Undervotes
1,065
Turnout
6,907
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[8]


District 2






















Candidate
% 1st
Choice
Round 1

Jon Olson
56.35

2,874
Michael Guest
42.80
2,183

Write-ins
0.84
43
Threshold
2,551
Valid votes
5,100
Undervotes
844
Turnout
5,944
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[9]


District 3






















Candidate
% 1st
Choice
Round 1

Scott Vreeland
72.35

3,430
Mike Wendorf
26.17
1,239

Write-ins
1.48
67
Threshold
2,369
Valid votes
4,736
Undervotes
1,424
Turnout
6,160
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[10]


District 4



















Candidate
% 1st
Choice
Round 1

Anita Tabb
97.45

5,012

Write-ins
2.55
131
Threshold
2,572
Valid votes
5,143
Undervotes
2,246
Turnout
7,389
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[11]


District 5

















































Candidate
% 1st
Choice
Round 1
Round 2
% Final

Carol Kummer
37.77
2,964

3,620
46.13
Jason Stone
35.52
2,788
3,271
41.68
Steve Barland
19.64
1,541


Dan Peterson
4.70
369


McLain Looney
1.92
151



Write-ins
0.45
35


Exhausted ballots
957
12.19
Threshold
3,925

Valid votes
7,848
Undervotes
1,534
Turnout
9,382
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[12]


District 6












































Candidate
% 1st
Choice
Round 1
Round 2
% Final

Brad Bourn
48.16
4,023

4,300
51.47
Meg Forney
36.39
3,040
3,506
41.97
Steven Jecha
11.71
978


Geneva Hanvik
3.32
277



Write-ins
0.43
36


Exhausted ballots
548
6.56
Threshold
4,178

Valid votes
8,354
Undervotes
1,832
Turnout
10,186
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[13]


References




  1. ^ Kimball, Joe (January 13, 2009). "Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak puts re-election announcement on web". MinnPost. Retrieved October 29, 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ ab "2009 Endorsements". Minneapolis DFL. Retrieved October 29, 2013.


  3. ^ ab "Minneapolis Republican endorsed candidates". Minneapolis City Republican Committee. Retrieved October 29, 2013.


  4. ^ "2009 Precinct Statistics with Turnout" (PDF). Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 6, 2017.


  5. ^ "2009 Minneapolis Municipal Election Results: Board of Estimate and Taxation Ranked-choice Voting Tabulation Center Summary Statement". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 6, 2017.


  6. ^ "Previous Candidates". Fifth District Green Party. Retrieved October 29, 2013.


  7. ^ "2009 Minneapolis Municipal Election Results: Park and Recreation Commissioner At Large". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 6, 2017.


  8. ^ "2009 Minneapolis Municipal Election Results: Park and Recreation Commissioner District 1". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 6, 2017.


  9. ^ "2009 Minneapolis Municipal Election Results: Park and Recreation Commissioner District 2". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 6, 2017.


  10. ^ "2009 Minneapolis Municipal Election Results: Park and Recreation Commissioner District 3". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 6, 2017.


  11. ^ "2009 Minneapolis Municipal Election Results: Park and Recreation Commissioner District 4". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 6, 2017.


  12. ^ "2009 Minneapolis Municipal Election Results: Park and Recreation Commissioner District 5". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 6, 2017.


  13. ^ "2009 Minneapolis Municipal Election Results: Park and Recreation Commissioner District 6". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 6, 2017.










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