2009 Minneapolis municipal election
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.
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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.
Mayor
editIncumbent 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
editAll 13 seats on the Minneapolis City Council were up for election.
Board of Estimate and Taxation
editThe 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
edit| Party | Candidate |
|---|---|
| Minneapolis DFL[2] | Carol Becker |
| Fifth Congressional District Independence Party of Minnesota | Michael Martens |
| Minneapolis City Republican Committee[3] | Michael Martens |
Results
edit| 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
editThe 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
edit| 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
editAt-large
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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] | ||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Kimball, Joe (January 13, 2009). "Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak puts re-election announcement on web". MinnPost. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
- ^ a b "2009 Endorsements". Minneapolis DFL. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
- ^ a b "Minneapolis Republican endorsed candidates". Minneapolis City Republican Committee. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
- ^ "2009 Precinct Statistics with Turnout" (PDF). Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Previous Candidates". Fifth District Green Party. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
- ^ "2009 Minneapolis Municipal Election Results: Park and Recreation Commissioner At Large". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ "2009 Minneapolis Municipal Election Results: Park and Recreation Commissioner District 1". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ "2009 Minneapolis Municipal Election Results: Park and Recreation Commissioner District 2". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ "2009 Minneapolis Municipal Election Results: Park and Recreation Commissioner District 3". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ "2009 Minneapolis Municipal Election Results: Park and Recreation Commissioner District 4". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ "2009 Minneapolis Municipal Election Results: Park and Recreation Commissioner District 5". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ "2009 Minneapolis Municipal Election Results: Park and Recreation Commissioner District 6". Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. Retrieved November 6, 2017.