Click on the table below to view a full list of candidates who have completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection Survey and click on their names to view their responses. Twenty candidates have submitted survey responses including at least one candidate from 10 of the 13 wards. In Minneapolis, questions ranged from public safety to gentrification. Minneapolis was one of six cities included in Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection Expansion Project which invited voters in the city to submit questions directly to the candidates about local issues. Learn more about the Minneapolis DFL endorsement process here. The party did not issue endorsements in six races, five of which featured incumbents. While 42 candidates identified as Democrats, the Minneapolis Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) issued its own official endorsements in seven wards. Of the 58 candidates who sought election, 42 were Democrats, four were Republicans, and 12 were independent or some other party. Ballotpedia includes candidates' party or principle to best reflect what voters will see on their ballot.
Įlections in Minneapolis are officially nonpartisan, but the Minneapolis City Charter allows mayoral and city council candidates to choose a party label to appear below their name on the official ballot. 2 election reflects a broader gap across Minnesota and nationwide as the Democratic establishment faces intense competition from a newly energized and insurgent progressive wing of the party." Axios Twin Cities' Nick Halter also observed the rift, writing, "he City Council has been moving to the left for several years now, and a slate of challengers could move the needle back toward the middle." įollowing the election, Axios' Halter wrote that the council "that had been moving to the left in recent elections took a step back toward the right." Halter identified the winners in Wards 3, 4, and 11 as more moderate than their predecessors and the winners in Wards 1 and 9 as more liberal, resulting in a net gain of one seat for moderate councilmembers. The Star Tribune's Kelly Smith described the city council and mayoral elections as microcosms of a more general rift in the Democratic Party, writing "he split between moderate and progressive Democratic candidates ahead of the Nov. To read more about recount laws in Minnesota, click here. 22, the Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services announced that Worlobah remained the winner, with the margin decreasing to 14 votes. The initial post-election tally showed Arab trailing Robin Wonsley Worlobah by 19 votes in the third round of tallying. 12, 2021, Ward 2 candidate Yusra Arab announced she would seek a recount, which was scheduled for Nov.
All winners were Democrats except for Robin Wonsley Worlobah who was a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. As a result, seven of the 13 city councilmembers were newcomers in 2022. In the two open city council seats, Jason Chavez won in District 9 and Aisha Chughtai won in District 10. All incumbents were Democrats except Cam Gordon, who ran as Green Party candidate. Of the 11 incumbents running for city council, six won re-election and five lost. Minneapolis used ranked-choice voting in the election which allowed voters to rank up to three candidates on the ballot. Fifty-eight candidates-including eleven incumbents-ran in the elections. The city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, held general elections for all 13 of its city council seats on November 2, 2021.