List of mayors of Bloomington, Minnesota

This page lists the individuals who have served as mayor of Bloomington, Minnesota.

Bloomington's mayors are full councilmembers who serve at large.

The term of office was two years until 1995, when voters approved a change to 4-year terms.

Mayor	Years	# of Terms	Notes
Herman Kossow	1953–1955	1 term
Gordon Miklethun	1956–1961	3 terms
Herbert A. Knudsen	1962–1963	1 term
Donald R. Hasselberg	1964–1967	2 terms
John A. Thomasberg	1968–1969	1 term
James M. King	1970–1973	2 terms
Robert M. Benedict	1974–1977	2 terms, including one partial	resigned January 3, 1977 to become MN State Senator
James H. Lindau	1977–1987	6 terms, including one partial	appointed on January 10, 1977 elected in November 1977
Kurt Laughinghouse	1988–1989	1 term
Neil W. Peterson	1990–1995	3 terms, including one partial	resigned mid-term on January 3, 1995 to join Metropolitan Council
Coral Houle	1995–1999	2 terms, including one partial	appointed January 3, 1995 to replace Peterson – was elected in own right in November 1995
Gene Winstead	2000–2019	5 terms	Longest serving Mayor
Tim Busse	2020–	2 terms	elected in November 2019, incumbent